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Narcos tells the true-life story of the growth and spread of cocaine drug cartels across the globe and attendant efforts of law enforcement to meet them head on in brutal, bloody conflict. It centers around the notorious Colombian cocaine king in Pablo Escobar (Wagner Moura) and Steve Murphy (Holbrook), a DEA agent sent to Colombia on a U.S. mission to capture him and ultimately kill him. As drug lord Pablo Escobar rises, Colombian and U.S. law enforcement find themselves battling an enemy who will do anything to keep his empire.


Narcos cuenta la historia real del crecimiento y la propagación de los cárteles de drogas de cocaína en todo el mundo y los consiguientes esfuerzos de los organismos de represión por enfrentarse a ellos de frente en un conflicto brutal y sangriento. Se centra en el notorio capo colombiano de la cocaína Pablo Escobar (Wagner Moura) y Steve Murphy (Holbrook), un agente de la DEA enviado a Colombia en una misión de EE.UU. para capturarlo y finalmente matarlo. A medida que el señor de la droga Pablo Escobar se levanta, las fuerzas del orden colombianas y estadounidenses se encuentran luchando contra un enemigo que hará cualquier cosa para mantener su imperio.

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Cagado del susto

Shit scared

This term is usually used in Spanish when a person is very scared, when they don't want to face a situation. Pablo discovered me, I'm scared shitless, I don't want him to kill me.

Blandengues

Sissies

Soft, with unpleasant softness. Said of a person: Of excessive weakness of strength or spirit. Example: Ana, your children behave very badly, but, you are too soft to scold them.

Pedazo de mierda

Piece of shit

You hear this expression in Spanish usually in the form of an insult. When you argue with a person and the conversation gets out of hand this insult can come out; you piece of shit!

Ni puta idea

No fucking idea

Who has no knowledge of the subject or anything

Pavonear

Show off

Said of a person who presumes his qualities. To boast of having certain qualities or possessions; We were annoyed that he strutted so brazenly; he strutted of his wealth.

Bien jodido

Fucked up

Situation or person that is considered difficult to understand or very complicated.

Tener huevos

To have balls

Having character, determination. To have firmness in their decisions and actions.

Meterse en la boca del lobo

To step into the lions' den

Expresses danger, darkness and a dark atmosphere. It is a signature warning that prevents us from any risk.

Estar mamado

Very tired

Be very tired. Ex: Today I do not want to leave the house, I am very tired.

Ser una mosca muerta

Goody-goody

This is a person who pretends to be innocent, delicate and fragile, but in reality is capable of "stabbing" you in the back.

Berraco

Outstanding

Outstanding person, outstanding, talented or practical, courageous. Also, angry, difficult, hard-working.

Dar la talla

Measure up

To have [a person or thing] the minimum qualities or aptitudes required by a given situation or task.

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1 of 11

¿Cuál es el nombre del personaje principal?

2 of 11

En el episodio introductorio, Murphy dice "Los hippies fueron reemplazados por ____"

3 of 11

¿Cómo se llamaba el presidente de Colombia?

4 of 11

¿Quiénes eran los dos personajes, Murphy y Peña?

5 of 11

¿Qué es un Sicario?

6 of 11

En la serie, el personaje Gacha, se muestra entrando a una fiesta para hacer que?

7 of 11

¿Quién narra la serie?

8 of 11

¿Quién es Gustavo?

9 of 11

¿Cuál es el nombre de la esposa de Pablo?

10 of 11

¿Cuál era el mayor temor de Pablo?

11 of 11

¿Cuál era el nombre de la esposa de Murphy?

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Narcos Season 1 Episode 1

Ep. 1

Pablo, along with his cousin Gustavo, are taking full control of the Colombian police through threats and bribes in order to forge an extensive network of illegal trafficking....

Narcos Season 1 Episode 2

Ep. 2

Agent Murphy moves to Medellín with his wife, where he will have a few run-ins as soon as he arrives at the airport due to the deployment of "informants" operating under the orders of Pablo Escobar.

Narcos Season 1 Episode 3

Ep. 3

Pablo's political aspirations are on the rise and his next goal will be to get to Congress. To achieve this, he is using his contacts in the Liberal Party...

Narcos Season 1 Episode 4

Ep. 4

Things are beginning to get complicated for the Medellín cartel. After the last event, the figure of the drug trafficker is in the spotlight of the American justice and the extradition will be applied...

Narcos Season 1 Episode 5

Ep. 5

"Pablo and his people (Gustavo, Gacha and the Ochoa) managed to flee to Panama under the Norwegian regime in the face of Galán's incisive fight against drug trafficking...

Narcos Season 1 Episode 6

Ep. 6

In an atmosphere permeated by killings on both sides, Gacha is the victim of a "tip-off" by one of his partners, making him the main target of the Search Block...

Narcos Season 1 Episode 7

Ep. 7

After the attack perpetrated by Escobar -who denies any connection with it- he will have to remain in hiding, where he begins to make deals with the Cali cartel and one of its top...

Narcos Season 1 Episode 8

Ep. 8

Gaviria accepts Paul's conditions to finally surrender to Justice, among which are the end of the extradition and the construction of his own prison known as "The Cathedral"...

Narcos Season 1 Episode 9

Ep. 9

Paul's entry into prison is not what anyone imagined except him. All kinds of privileges are available to the capo in this "resort behind bars" that he himself has had built....

Narcos Season 1 Episode 10

Ep. 10

Faced with the leakage thanks to Murphy and Peña of Paul's privileges in "The Cathedral""along with the suspicion of the murder of two men in it, the government of Gaviria decides to take action...

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