My Little Pony: La magia de la amistad (Latin American Spanish)

Dubbed in, it first premiered on Discovery Kids in on November 21, 2011. The channel had a tendency of cutting certain scenes that were either deemed not appropriate, or for time constraints. The dub completed its original run on February 2, 2020, with the series finale not airing on the channel; instead, it was released on Hulu in the on April 12.

This dub is available to stream on Netflix and Hulu. A DVD featuring the first four episodes was released in. On September 19, 2020, the official Spanish My Little Pony YouTube channel began uploading full episodes of the dub, starting with the episode "The Return of Harmony Part 1". A demo dub of the episode "The Ticket Master" was released prior on DVDs in 2011.

Broadcast
Outside of Discovery Kids, this dub has been syndicated on various Latin American stations. In, it has aired on Canal 5 from August 21, 2012 , to December 17, 2018, ending re-runs on the sixth season. It has also aired on Azteca 7 since July 27, 2020.

In, it premiered on MEGA on July 13, 2013. In, it has aired on Canal 4 since May 2014. It also aired on Telefe in on June 12, 2015.

In the, it has ran on Discovery Familia from October 3, 2016, to October 12, 2019.

Cast

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Music
The song titles are all taken from the lyrical adpatations in the dubbing of the songs themselves, as most of the songs were not provided official titles in Spanish.

Promotional versions
In October 2012, as part of promoting the two-parter episode "A Canterlot Wedding", a promotional version of the song "Love Is Bloom" (extended version) was released months before its official premiere, with a very similar adaptation to the version presented in the official dub. There is no information available about the singer of this version, or the recording studio it was performed in, other than that it was not dubbed in (according to Analiz Sánchez).

In October 2015, a "botargas" show called "My Little Pony Equestria Girls: El show en vivo" began in ; one of its first presentations was in the show "Venga la alegría" on the channel Azteca 13, where they presented the songs "This Is Our Big Night" (Equestria Girls), and an extended version of "Let the Rainbow Remind You". Also included in the show is an extended version of the show's opening theme. This show continued throughout Mexico and Latin America, and featured the participation of some of the dubbing actresses from the main dub. Carla Castañeda (Twilight) decided not to participate "due to the very low budget of the organizers", being replaced both in dialogue and songs by Annie Rojas (Starlight).

Live performances
There were several live performances of the songs by the actors of the dubs, that were performed at Mexican brony cons. A few of the performances were the first previews of the Spanish dub of the songs.

Other live performances that have been said to exist, but are not available online anymore, are:
 * Maggie Vera premiering "So Many Wonders" at BronyMexiCon.
 * Melissa Gedeón premiering "Smile Song" at BronyMexiCon Gala.
 * Maggie Vera premiering "This Day Aria" at BronyMexiCon Gala.
 * Melissa Gedeón premiering "Cranky Doodle Joy" at BronyMexiCon Gala.
 * The main cast singing "Smile Song" at Fluttycon.
 * Elsa Covián singing "Becoming Popular" at FluttyCon 2014.
 * Claudia Motta singing "Raise This Barn" at FluttyCon 2014.
 * Analiz Sánchez and Maggie Vera singing "May the Best Pet Win" at FluttyCon.
 * Carla Castañeda singing "B.B.B.F.F." and "Love Is in Bloom" at FluttyCon.

Recording dates

 * The first recordings of the series date back to a pilot episode in early 2011.
 * The first season was recorded throughout the year 2011.
 * The second season was recorded from September 2012 to December 2012, starting with the last two episodes of the season.
 * The third season was recorded immediately after concluding the dub of the second, from December 2012 to January 2013; it is worth mentioning that from this season, the dubbing begins (and is the only one to conclude) before the original broadcast in English.
 * The fourth season began with translating on March 20, 2014 . The recording sessions began on March 31, 2014   . By May 6, the dub advanced to the season's 20th episode (85th overall). On May 23, Maggie Vera announced through her Twitter the conclusion of the dubbing for this season.
 * The fifth season began the adaptation of songs and translating in mid-April 2015. The recording sessions began on April 6, 2015 . On December 4, Maggie Vera announced through her Facebook the conclsion of dubbing this season.

Translations and adaptation
As a trend in the franchise, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is a show with many typical puns of the English language in names, objects, places, and phrases, the most common being the replacement of anybody and its variants. The Latin American dubbing tries to maintain this with various translations; in many occasions the translation ranges from quite difficult to simply impossible. Listed below are the attempts to translate these phrases:
 * Somepony and anypony are replaced with "alguien" ('someone' or 'somebody').
 * Everypony is replaced with "todos" ('everyone' or 'everybody') in some episodes, like Secret of My Excess.
 * Everypony is rarely replaced in few episodes as:
 * "Amigas" ('Friends') in season 1.
 * In season 2:
 * "Ponis" ('Ponies').
 * "Amigas poni" ('Pony friends').
 * "Ustedes" ('You').
 * Everypony, somepony, and anypony are correctly translated in the rest of episodes of season 2 and in all season 3 as:
 * "Algún poni" ('some pony').
 * "Cualquier poni" y "ningún poni" (they mean 'any pony').
 * "Todos los ponis" ('every pony').

As is customary in Latin American dubbing of the franchise since Generation 2, all of the names of the characters are kept in English, with the following exceptions:
 * Granny Smith is called La abuela Smith.
 * Cranky Doodle Donkey is called Burro Gruñón Refusnón.
 * The doll of Twlight Sparkle, Smarty Pants, is called Sabelotodo.
 * The pet of Rainbow Dash, Tank, is called Tanque.
 * The villain Mane-iac is called Melen-iaca.
 * The nicknames of the ponies in episode 9 are as follows:
 * Hairity is Rarita
 * Spitty Pie is Pinkie Lengua
 * Apple Teeny is Apple Mini
 * Flutterguy is Hombreshy
 * and Twilight Flopple is Twilight Cuerno débil
 * Rainbow Crash remained untranslated.
 * The identities of the Power Ponies are as follows:
 * Masked Matter-Horn is Cuerno Enmascarado
 * Mistress Mare-valeous is Yegua Villosa
 * Saddle Rager is Montura Furiosa
 * Fili-Second is Casco Veloz
 * and Radiance is Radiante
 * Zipp and Hum-drum remain untranslated.
 * Timberwolves are called "Lobos Grises" ('Grey Wolves') in Family Appreciation Day. Later, they are called "Lobos" ('Wolves') or "Lobos de Bosque" ('Forest Wolves').
 * Fluttershy as a vampire, FlutterBat, is called MurciShy.

Additionally:
 * Spike is pronounced as /es'paɪk/ or ocassionally /spaɪk/.
 * Cheerilee is pronounced as:
 * /'cherilee/ at the beginning of Hearts and Hooves Day.
 * /cheri'li/ in most episodes since the end of Hearts and Hooves Day.

The names of frequent cities such as Ponyville, Cloudsdale, Appleloosa, Dodge Junction, and Mustangia are maintained, as well as natural, expected translations of locations such as Imperio de Cristal, el bosque Everfree, el pantano Froggy Bottom, el bosque Whitetail, or el Tártato. However, some locations were still adapted (mostly from the second season):
 * Manehattan is mentioned as Manhattan in the first season, and is later translated as Corcel York (second season), and Ponihattan (third season onwards).
 * Fillydelphia is not translated in the first season, but is translated as Yegua-delfia ("Mare-delphia") since season 2.
 * Baltimare is called Baltimare.
 * Saddle Arabia is called Arabia Equina.
 * The Galloping Gorge is called el Cañon Galope'' ('The Galloping Canyon').
 * Foal Mountain is called los Montes Equinos ('The Equine Mountains').
 * Wall of Shade is called La Morada del Rey Sombra ('King Sombra's Abode').
 * The city in the world of comics, Maretropolis, is called Potrópolis.
 * Appleloosa is mentioned as "Apa-loosa" in episode 72.

Additionally, Trottingham is pronounced as "/'Trottingam/" in Stare Master, and is pronounced correctly in season 2. Hoofington, Las Pegasus, Tall Tail Town, and Windsome Falls are also not translated.

Certain special dates, titles, objects, and buildings (except the Sugar Cube Corner) received a translation:
 * Great Galloping Gala is called La Gran gala del galope.
 * Carousel Boutique is called la Boutique carrusel.
 * Nightmare Night is called la Noche de Nightmare.
 * Hearts and Hooves Day is called Día de corazones y cascos in the episode title, but it is only called Día de los corazones during the entire episode.
 * Heart's Warming Eve is called la Noche de los corazones cálidos.
 * The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well is called La Misteriosa Yegua Bienhechora.
 * Foal Free Press is called el diario Equino Libre.
 * Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness (MMM) is called Maravilla de Merengue, Mascarpone y Mazapán.
 * Sweet Apple Acres is commonly referred to in English, although it has also been called Campo de manzanas.
 * Cute-ceañera (except in Crusaders of the Lost Mark) is called:
 * "Cutie-fiesta" ('cutie-party') in Call of the Cutie.
 * Cutie-ceañera (pronounced /'Kjuti sɛa'nyɛra/) in Pinkie Pride.
 * "Cumpleaños" ('birthday') in Filli Vanilli.
 * Bits are translated as:
 * Centavos or 'cents', and billetes or 'bills' in season 1.
 * Monedas or 'coins' in all season 2.
 * Zap apples are called "Zapamanzanas".

The body parts that make up a pony are translated as well.
 * Mane is called:
 * "Melena" ('mane') in most episodes.
 * "Crin" ('horsehair') in Party of One.
 * Flank is called:
 * "Costado" ('human flank').
 * "Anca" ('animal flank').
 * Legs are translated correctly as "patas" ('animal legs') in all of the series, except in A Bird in the Hoof and Games Ponies Play, which replace it with "piernas" ('human legs').

The pony classes are referred to as pegaso (pegasus), unicornio (unicorn), and poni de tierra or poni terrestre (earth pony); the mythological creatures that appear retain their common translations, except for mentions of the Manticore in episode 1, and the species of Gilda, griffin, in episode 5.
 * In episode 1, at the beginning the legend of "la yegua en la luna" (Mare in the Moon) is mentioned. From its sixth mention, it was changed to "la mare en la luna". In the flashback of the following episode, where the aforementioned beginning scene appears, the legend is still translated as "la mare en la luna".

Finally, certain phrases were translated throughout the series.
 * The Pinkie Pie promise (el juramento Pinkie Pie or Promesa de Casco) changed from Con cerrojo y si no, arrojo un pastelito a mi ojo to Comprendido y prometido por mi ojo aún dormido.
 * Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara's greeting changed from Pam, pam, azúcar con pan to Golpe, golpe, a todo galope.
 * The expression Sugarcube is translated as:
 * "Dulzura" (equivalent to 'sweetie').
 * "Terroncito de azúcar" ('little sugarcube').
 * "Terroncito" (also 'little sugarcube').
 * "Manzanita" ('little apple').
 * "Caramelo".
 * The phrase itself is muted in Party of One.

Differences with the original version

 * In the original, Applejack, Apple Bloom, Big McIntosh, and Granny Smith all speak with a country accent like the rest of the Apple family. In the dub, it is only Applejack and Braeburn who maintain such an accent.
 * Specifically, Applejack and Braeburn use country expressions, but speak with a mix of Southern American and Mexican accents.
 * Granny Smith uses country expressions, but she has South American Spanish accent instead, and her younger self has a Russian accent (Apple Family Reunion).
 * Applejack's voice is raspy and deep in season 1, raspy and acute in "Suited for Success", and since season 2, and thick more acute only in "Simple Ways".
 * Rarity's trans-Atlantic dialect is changed, and she has a South American Spanish accent instead.
 * As of the second season, Zecora speaks entirely in rhymes like her original version, which was not as frequent in the first season.
 * Princess Luna has a characterization with her language (she speaks in an archaic manner). In the dubbing, this was not kept, except for referring to herself as nosotros instead of nos, and speaking to the interlocutors of ustedes, instead of vosotros.
 * Princess Luna has a language characterization (she speaks in an archaic manner). For the dubbing, this was not kept, except for referring to herself as us instead of us and to her interlocutors she spoke of you instead of you.
 * All flashbacks are re-recorded, with slight differences in pronunciation.
 * The dub is complete and no loops are recycled, as is the case with the original version.


 * In episode 9, because of the blue flowers, Applejack shrinks and with it, her voice sharpens. This doesn't happen in the dub.
 * In episode 18, the point of the Cutie Mark Crusaders Song was that Scootaloo went off-key (which the audience would be upset about). This was removed in the dub as she sings in the most normal way.
 * The Diamond Dogs from episode 19 are based on Gollum from . Notably in the dub, was taken as the base voice, instead of.
 * Per client decision, Nightmare Moon eventually retained Luna's voice, unlike the first season, and it is much more loyal to the original version.
 * For some reason, episode 4 "Daring Don't" was named Daring Do on Discovery Kids, when its official name is Un poco de ayuda, as stated in the title voice-over.
 * Dr. Caballeron's name was pronounced "Caballeron" (like "horse" or "gentleman") instead of "Caballerón", which is how it was originally pronounced.

Dubbing errors

 * Throughout the first season and in other episodes of the series, Fluttershy's name is mispronounced, mentioning her as Flotershai instead of Flodershai.
 * In episode 11, Apple Bloom says Pie (as in the desert) in the wrong way.
 * In episode 36, Scootaloo mistakenly mentions the group (consisting only of girls) as los Cutie Mark Crusaders.
 * In episode 39, Carrot Cake names his son Pound Cake as Carrot Cake by mistake.
 * In that same episode, a loop of Pound Cake is removed.
 * In episode 50, Pinkie Pie mentions MMMM with a wrong acronym in one scene.
 * Apple Bloom says "Querida..." as the beginning of the letter to Celestia when she only says "Oh..." in the original version.
 * In episode 41, Flim's "No lo podrás creer" loop was mistimed and cut off.
 * Also during their song, the Flim and Flam brothers say "...somos los grandes Flim-Flam Hermanos", which is incorrect in the Spanish language.
 * In one scene, Twilight says "vamos chicas, salvemos Big Apple Acres!"
 * In episode 42, a scene is completely cut from the Discovery Kids broadcast, since the commercial breaks are not the same as the original version.
 * A translation error occurs in episode 66; a royal guard arrives before Twilight, warning that the Everfree Forest is "invading" (invadiendo) Ponyville. In the dub, the guard says that the Everfree Forest has been "invaded" (invadido). Subsequent mentions of this fact correct the error.
 * The song "Winter Wrap Up" is poorly mixed in 5.1 audio, with sound effects and no main vocals in the center channel, with the main vocals in the left and right channels, and another channel with an instrumental totally different from the original song.
 * In the episode "Frenemies", in the song "Better Way to Be Bad", Lord Tirek's phrase is changed when he says "I'm smarter, stronger, and I don't need you two", to "Inteligente soy y no las quiero"; this is inconsistent as Queen Chrysalis then calls him out and says "mas fuerte, ok" (stronger, okay), when he never mentioned the strong part.

Censorship

 * "Darn" is removed from all episodes except for The Last Roundup, when Rainbow Dash says "¡Rayos!".
 * "Oh my gosh!", "Oh my goodness!" and similar expressions are replaced with "¡No puede ser!" ('It can't be!') and "¡Qué emoción!" ('What a thrill!'). In Celestial Advice, it was translated as '¡Ay!'.
 * "Cider" is censored in The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 due to it typically being an alcoholic beverage, being replaced with "jugo de manzana" (apple juice). The word was censored most episodes except for Sisterhooves Social when Rarity says "...Es el aroma a cidra de manzana tibia" ('...It's the aroma of warm apple cider').
 * It is uncensored and mentioned as "cidra" since Bats!.
 * "Stupid" is removed in It Ain't Easy Being Breezies and replaced in other episodes with "tonto" ('fool'/'silly').
 * Episode 40 was broadcast with the censored version of the Derpy Hooves scene, where her name is not mentioned, and her eyes are less crossed.

Additionally, Discovery Kids is prone to making cuts and censoring many scenes of the show that they would deem to be unsuitable for its target demographic, or otherwise for time.
 * The season nine episode "The Last Crusade", as well as the series finale "The Last Problem", were initially banned from airing the channel, likely due to the presence of same-sex couples. The former features Scootaloo's aunts, while the latter implies that Lyra Heartstrings and Bon Bon are married. Eventually, the former aired on the channel on February 8, 2020, a few days after the dub's initial run was completed. However, the latter has still yet to air; it was released instead in the.

Demo DVD dub
As with other dubs of the show, a Spanish demo dub of the episode "The Ticket Master" was issued and sold on DVDs in 2011, featuring a different voice cast for the main characters. Twilight was still voiced by Carla Castañeda, but with a much more childlike tone. When the finalized dub was being produced, this episode was re-recorded with the new cast for consistency.


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Meet the Ponies
Shortly after the premiere of the third season finale, Hasbro uploaded videos containing scenes from the series, focused on introducing each of the protagonists. Leyla Rangel is the narrator in the Spanish dub of these.

Commercial dubbing
There are various My Little Pony toy commercials that have dubbing that were produced in, as stated by Analiz Sánchez. The actress who dubs them from 2014 is Laura Azul.

About the broadcast

 * As Discovery Kids has different feeds, episodes typically have their premiere in the various Latin American countries differently:
 * In Argentina and the rest of Latin America first, and finally, in Mexico beginning seasons 3 to 5.
 * In Mexico first and then in the rest of Latin America from seasons 6 to 7.
 * Since season 8 (except for School Raze - Part 2), in Argentina and Chile first, then in Mexico, and finally, in Colombia and the rest of Latin America.
 * Sometimes on Discovery Kids, commercial breaks cut some seconds of Read It and Weep.
 * The first season was broadcast by Discovery Kids with a low-pitched sound (although it is broadcast normally on Canal 5). It was corrected since Suited for Success.
 * The premieres of episodes on Discovey Kids were irregular and sometimes not even advertised by the channel, although the time to broadcast the entirety of a season was reduced from the third.
 * In the first season, the premiere of episode 5 "Griffon the Brush-off" was delayed until after episode 12.
 * When the show is aired on Azteca 7, they cut the black backgrounds that appear at the end of scenes. In season 5 however, they cut complete transitions.
 * The fifth season has had two premiere orders:
 * The first premiere order of this season did not follow the original broadcast or production order; again, they were not advertised and premiered on Saturday and Sunday mornings, as opposed to the traditional week of premieres. Only seven episodes were released in the Latin American feed, excluding Mexico. The first episodes to be released were episodes 3 and 5 (October 10/11), 8 and 9 (October 17/18), 1 and 2 (October 24/25), and finally episode 6 (November 1).
 * Beginning Monday, November 2, in the Mexican and Colombian feeds, following Tuesday, November 3 in the rest of Latin America, the broadcast of premieres for all of Latin America had the correct order of transmission, and covered between 2 and 3 weeks of premieres from episodes 1-13.

About the songs

 * When the show is broadcast on Discovery Kids, where most episodes have premiered, the channel airs the show with monophonic audio throughout its signal for Latin America. This leads to various circumstances where the quality of the choir, instrmentals, and even solos are lower.
 * During the Smile Song, many fans of the show were upset, because only Pinkie Pie was heard, and not the rest of the ponies that perform the chorus. The reason for this is an error with the final mix, where the choirs were not added, as Maggie Vera pointed out on her Twitter that choirs were indeed recorded for the song. The proof of this are various sources where the dub is broadcast with stereo audio (such as Canal 5, MEGA, Netflix, and even the official version on YouTube), where the choir remains non-existent.
 * This type of mixing error is again present in the song "Apples to the Core", where Applejack is not heard singing in any of the choruses.
 * There are certain instances where several loops are interpreted by another dubbing actress at the time of singing. This is because the characters share singers in the original version, such as Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom (Michelle Creber) in "The Perfect Stallion", or Rainbow Dash and Applejack (Ashleigh Ball) in "Winter Wrap Up" and Equestria Girls.
 * In several songs, Applejack sings high-pitched, whereas in choirs her voice is more serious.


 * Between November and December 2014, Hasbro published stereo versions of various songs on the YouTube channels "My Little Pony ES" and "My Little Pony", whose "official" titles carry a literal translation. In addition, the logo of the series is titled "La amistad es mágica".
 * Art of the Dress is titled Arte del vestido.
 * At the Gala is titled En la gala.
 * Becoming Popular is titled Cada vez más popular.
 * The Flim Flam Brothers Song is titled La canción de Flim Flam.
 * Smile is titled Canción de la sonrisa.
 * B.B.B.F.F. is titled La canción de los mejores amigos.
 * This Day Aria is titled Aria de este día.
 * A True True Friend is titled Un amigo realmente verdadero.
 * Find a Way is titled Busca la manera.
 * Life in Equestria is titled La vida en Equestria.