S10 E6: Sebastién

Speaker 10:00

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Speaker 30:30

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David Ridgen· Host0:34

The following episode contains difficult subject matter, including references to suicide. Please take care while listening.

Speaker 5· Soundbite0:43

[instrumental music] Gracias is good, and we also-- we al- the, the word that you're gonna hear the most is pura vida.

David Ridgen· Host0:59

Pura vida?

Speaker 5· Soundbite1:00

Pura vida. There is m- the ma- the translation is p- pure life.

David Ridgen· Host1:04

Oh, oh.

Speaker 5· Soundbite1:05

That would be our- So just pura vida ... pura vida.

David Ridgen· Host1:06

Okay, and it's okay to say that?

Speaker 5· Soundbite1:07

Yes.

David Ridgen· Host1:07

Okay.

Speaker 5· Soundbite1:07

Of course. Everybody use it for gracias, hola, ciao. So, yes.

David Ridgen· Host1:11

Pura vida. Pura vida.

Speaker 5· Soundbite1:13

[laughs] [laughs] Thanks.

David Ridgen· Host1:15

Pura vida is widely used here in Costa Rica by expats and locals in regular conversation, sort of like saying hello or goodbye.

Speaker 31:23

Pura vida, David.

David Ridgen· Host1:25

It's taken from a 1956 Mexican Western, and it means that