Slang USED Very frequently BY Young People
(to the fart) • When you do something for nothing.
"Me puse a estudiar al pedo."
"I studied to the fart."
Slang USED Very frequently BY Young People
(to the fart) • When you do something for nothing.
"Me puse a estudiar al pedo."
"I studied to the fart."
Spanish
Spanish speaking countries
más sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(more knows the devil for being an old guy than for being the devil) • This phrase means that a person is more knowledgeable in life because they are more experienced due to their age, and not for their degree or status.
"Hazle caso a tu papá ya que más sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo."
"Listen to your dad because more knows the devil for being an old guy than for being the devil."
Expression USED On Rare Occasion BY Mainly older adults
(like Peter for his house) • Used when someone is acting all casual as you would at your house, even though it might be inappropriate to act that way.
"Hay mucha gente en las calles como Pedro por su casa, parece que se les olvidó que estamos en cuarentena."
"There are so many people on the streets like Peter for his house. Seems like they forgot we are in quarantine."
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Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone
(in the fifth pine) • When something is too far away.
"Vives en el quinto pino."
"You live in the fifth pine."
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Idiom USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(to be eaten bread) • Used to say when something (task, problem) can be easily solved.
"Elena es buena con los números. Para ella, resolver problemas de matemáticas es pan comido."
"Elena is good with numbers. For her, solving math problems is eaten bread."
Expression USED Frequently BY Adults
(are you a glazier's son?) • Used when someone stands in front of the TV when you're watching it, as if they were invisible or see-through.
"¡Movete! ¿Sos hijo de vidriero?"
"Move! Are you a glazier's son?
Expression USED Very frequently BY Adults
(you dropped a decade) • When someone says something that gives away they are not young, something that only people of a certain age would know or be familiar with.
"Cuando era chica miraba Tom y Jerry." "Se te cayó una década."
"When I was a kid I used to watch Tom and Jerry." "You dropped a decade."
Slang USED On Occasion BY Some People
(n.) • (gasoline) • A deviation from "nafta" (gasoline) used by some people, mainly older.
"Cargame nasta, jefe."
"Charge me the gasoline, boss."
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Spanish
Spanish speaking countries
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(make a name for yourself and go to sleep) • It's usually said after a person gets offended when someone else says something bad about them, expressing the idea that, after doing the same bad thing repeatedly, people will only expect that from you.
"¿Querés galletitas caseras?" "No, no me gustan las galletitas quemadas." "¡No se me quemaron!" "Se te quemaron las últimas diez veces... ¡Hazte fama y échate a dormir!"
"Would you like some home-made cookies?" "No, I don't like burnt cookies." "I didn't burn them!" "You burned them the last ten times... Make a name for yourself and go to sleep!"
más frío que el abrazo de una suegra
Expression USED Frequently BY Most People
(colder than a mother-in-law's hug) • Form of expression used when the weather is cold.
''Afuera hace más frío que el abrazo de una suegra.''
''It's colder than a mother-in-law's hug outside.''
Expression USED On Occasion BY Adults
(to do the Miliki) • Miliki was a famous Spanish clown in the last decades of the 20th century. The expression is used when someone does something dumb or acts like a clown.
''¡Bájate de esa silla y deja de hacer el Miliki!''
''Get down of that chair and stop doing the Miliki!''
Expression USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(to be dumber than a stone) • Used when a person does something silly or behaves in a stupid way.
''¿Cómo se te han podido olvidar las llaves otra vez? ¡Eres más tonto que una piedra!''
''How could you forget your keys again? You're dumber than a stone!''
Expression USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(to be slower than a turtle) • Used when a person does everything in a really slow way.
''Como no aceleres, no llegamos. ¡Eres más lento que una tortuga!''
''If you don't speed up, we will be late. You're slower than a turtle!''
estar como un pulpo en un garaje
Expression USED On Occasion BY Some People
(to be like an octopus in a garage) • To be lost, also in a figurative way.
''Anoche en tu fiesta estuve como un pulpo en un garaje.''
''Last night at your party I was like an octopus in a garage.''
Slang USED On Rare Occasion BY Street people
(n.) • Used instead of saying “one 10”, which in Spanish is “un diez”, referring to a 10-peso coin.
“No tengo billetes, sólo un diego”.
“I don’t have any bills, only a diego.”
Submitted August 2020 by musgo
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Slang USED Frequently BY Young People
It's money, either bills, coins, cents, any denomination.
"¡Tienes pisto va! "
"You have money, don't you?"
Submitted August 2020 by ivette
Slang USED On Occasion BY People who has been in jail
(n.) • Money
"Me quedé sin bishusha."
"I ran out of money."
Slang USED Very frequently BY Adults
(to throw the house out the window) • To spare no expense for something and therefore spend too much money on something. Especially used for celebrations e.g. birthdays or weddings.
"Ellos tiraron la casa por la ventana en su boda."
"They threw the house out the window at their wedding."
Expression USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(you don't even reach my heels) • It's a very mean way of saying "you are way inferior than me".
"¿Pensás que estoy celoso? ¡No me llegás ni a los talones!"
"You think I'm jealous? You don't even reach my heels!"
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Name USED On Rare Occasion BY Some People
(n.) • Someone's hand.
''Me duele mi baiza." ''Vamos a rifarnos un tiro, puras baizas.''
''My hand hurts.'' ''Let's start a fight, hands only.''
Submitted August 2020 by fandoaca
