Audiovisual Rosetta Stones: 15 foreign words and phrases we learned from film and TV
1. “Hermanos” (Spanish, “brothers”): Arrested Development/Breaking Bad
Pop music has a longstanding tradition of introducing listeners to a second language accompanied to a toe-tapping beat. TV and film are no slouches in the foreign-language department, either, but they have more time than the average pop single to delve into the thematic implications of dropping a foreign word into the script—or, in the case of Arrested Development, the comedic potential of doing so. In the sitcom’s first season, Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) falls for his brother’s girlfriend, telenovela actress Marta Estrella (played by two different actresses), only ...
