Intermediate Spanish 16: Las Mascotas

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As a girl, Lis had a tiny pet chick, and one cosy night together ended in what she says is a classic Colombian childhood story. She explains why, in Colombia, you might share a bus with a pig, and how clucking hens on the roof terrace mortified her teenage sisters whenever a boyfriend phoned. Rob, meanwhile, remembers his aquarium, and the one tropical fish that refused to die.

Do you know what these mean?
se morían de la vergüenza · calientico · terminaron en la olla · qué pecado

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Bonus: Rob says his parents wouldn't let him have a pet, "ni siquiera cuando era niña". Why does Lis jump in? The answer's in the transcript.