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• Spanish Saying July 9, 2009

  09Jul
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  We often hear the phrase “life is short”. One equivalent saying in Spanish is “l

• Spanish Saying March 2, 2009

  02Mar
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  You know the saying “there’s no accounting for taste”. The equivalent in Spanish is “hay gustos que merecen palos”, which literally means “there are tastes that deserve whacks”. I also like the Latin saying “de gustibus non est  disputandum”, which means “in matters of taste on does not argue”.

• 15 Ways to Say Skinny/Thin in Spanish (Flaco)

  15Jan
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  Enjuto, macilento, esbelto, delgado, escuchimizado, esmirriado,  flacucho, espárrago, rechupado, demacrado, enclenque, desmedrado, delgaducho, magro and juncal.

• Fifty Ways to Say Drunk in Spanish

  05Jan
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  As previously threatened, here are fifty ways to say “drunk” or “drunkard” or to “get drunk” in Spanish. The basic terms are “borracho”, “borrachera” and “emborracharse”.  Now for the idiomatic and slang versions.

  Coger una tea

  Agarrar (coger) una tajada

  Sebo

  Catavinos

  Moña

  Coger una tranca

  Agarrar una bomba

  Ebriedad

  Pellejo

  Estar pedo

  Crápula

  Chispa

  Chiva

  Odre

  Estar morado

  Coger una merluza

  Embriagarse

  Espita

  Coger una zorra

  Coger (trincar) una trompa

  Beber como un cosaco

  Ponerse como un trompo

  Agarrar una pea

  Atajar

  Macaco

  Enajenar

  Abombar

  Acatarrarse

  Tiznar

  Templado

  Amarrarsela

  Prender

  Jumarse

  Coger una turca

  Estar trompa

  Apimplarse

  Estar un poco cargado

  Beodo

  Estar piripi

  Coger una mamada

  Estar hecho un cuero

  Tener la lengua gorda

  Ahumado

  Beber como una cuba

  Coger una mona

  Agarrar un pedal

  Coger una mordaga

  Coger una melopea

  Estar entre do luces

  Tener una torta

• Spanish Idiom October 6, 2008

  06Oct
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  When someone promises not to divulge a secret, he might say “my lips are sealed” or “mum’s the word”. In Spanish one might say “soy una tumba”, which literally means “I am a grave”.

• Spanish Idiom September 22, 2008

  22Sep
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  “Dirigir el baile” means “to direct the dance”. The colloquial equivalents in English are “to rule the roost” or “to run the show”.

• Spanish Idiom September 9, 2008

  09Sep
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  In English we sometimes refer to despicable people as the “scum” or “dregs” of society. In Spanish, the equivalent term is “slag”, as in “la escoria de la sociedad”.  Readers may be familiar with the imposing palace “El Escorial”. When pronounced aloud, this sounds somehow very regal. However, its literal meaning is “The Slag Heap”.

• Spanish Idiom September 3, 2008

  08Sep
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  “Tener (tomar) cartas en un asunto” literally translates to “to have (take) cards in a matter”. The colloquial meaning is “to intervene in an affair”.

• Spanish Idiom September 2, 2008

  08Sep
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  “Lejia” is Spanish for “bleach”. It can be used colloquially to mean a “scolding” or “dressing down”.

• Spanish Idiom August 27, 2008

  08Sep
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  !Toma del frasco! literally means “take (drink) from the bottle!”. The colloquial equivalent in English is “put that in your pipe and smoke it!”.