Expressing Your Love like a Spaniard!
Whether you are just learning Spanish or want to learn some key phrases, it is good idea to learn how to tell someone you like them or be able to recognize if someone likes you. If you haven’t noticed already,…
Whether you are just learning Spanish or want to learn some key phrases, it is good idea to learn how to tell someone you like them or be able to recognize if someone likes you. If you haven’t noticed already,…
Eggs do not immediately call to mind grand, sweeping declarations. These sturdy breakfast staples are seriously underused in English idioms (“last one there is a rotten egg” and “suck an egg”— vintage— are the only two that come to mind)….
Goats aren’t that bad. Some would say they’re pretty cute. But in Spain calling someone a cabrón (or calling a group of people cabrones), meaning male goat, definitely isn’t a compliment. Though it can be used jokingly among friends (i.e….
Do you ever have one of those nights where you just need to let loose, go crazy and have some fun? Or how about that feeling you get when you’re about to reunite with some old friends who guarantee a…
You have to be pretty hard up to not even have a turkey. At least that’s what this Spanish expression seems to be saying. In fact, “pavo” was originally a slang term for five pesetas because that’s exactly what a…
Fish face sounds like a cruel thing to call someone, but in Spain it can actually be a good thing. If someone has a Cara de pez (fish face) it means they’re impossible to read (the English equivalent would be…
When translated, “hacerse el sueco“ means ‘to play Swedish’. But in reality it isn’t meant to be any kind of insult to the Swedish people. Actually, the expression is derived from the Latin word Latin “soccus” which means “log”. So, if you “play…
This is a really fun one because literally translated it makes almost no sense, but it’s actually a really happy and positive thing. “Está que te cagas” literally means “you shit yourself”. But, colloquially it means something like “you’re the…