Brayan Peña Show: Slang and Cultural Expressions

Expression	Approx. time	Explanation
Atlanta Braves	1:08	MLB team in Atlanta, GA
Kansas City Royals	1:10	MLB team in Kansas City, MO
on the roster	1:12	official list of team members
drafted me	1:25	chose me (through the selection process for new professional players) to play with their team
the Big League	1:32	Major League Baseball (MLB)
still have goosebumps	1:54	excitement when the hairs on your skin stand up
take nothing for granted	1:56	don’t relax or assume everything will be easy
defected (from Cuba)	2:18	to escape a country without government permission
Everything else is history.	2:56	The rest of the story is well known.
slipped away	4:12	left secretly, without anyone noticing
Hugo Chavez	4:34	President of Venezuela from 1999-2013
Fidel Castro	4:45	Communist leader of Cuba from 1959-2008
pay back	5:57	return good deeds when you have received good deeds
take things for granted	7:30	relax, don’t work hard, and assume everything will be easy
get to know	7:40	take time and begin to learn about someone (or something)
traitor	8:13	someone who is disloyal to his/her country
turn their back on me	8:42	ignore me, forget I exist, disown me
opened their arms	8:46	welcomed warmly
vice-versa	9:40	the other way around (Americans understanding Cuban jokes)
clubhouse	9:56	building for the team’s players to dress, eat, meet, and relax
make fun of each other	10:01	teasing, joking with each other
50% Latino	10:29	half of 40-man team roster is Spanish speaking
Venezuela, Dominican (Republic), Cuba, Curaçao	11:20	Caribbean countries with MLB players
at the end of the day	11:29	in the final analysis, the bottom line
off the field	11:36	in public, away from the stadium, in real life
career in jeopardy	11:38	risk hurting or losing your career
Cubano	12:25	Spanish for “Cuban person”
open yourself to	B-2:16	be ready to accept (new things)
can make it	B-2:40	can succeed