65: I like your style Flashcards
How embarrassing!
¡Qué corte!
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Have you ever been shopping, seen something you liked a lot and thought “¡mola mucho!” (it’s so cool!)? Or have you ever been in an embarrasing situation? We’re going to look at some vocabulary and expressions to talk about these kinds of situations in colloquial Spanish.
Have you ever been shopping, seen something you liked a lot and thought “¡mola mucho!” (it’s so cool!)? Or have you ever been in an embarrasing situation? We’re going to look at some vocabulary and expressions to talk about these kinds of situations in colloquial Spanish.
Victoria: Oh yes! I know which one it is. It’s really cool!
Victoria: ¡Ah sí! Ya sé cuál es. ¡Mola un montón!
Chema: Yes, after work we all went to a bar next to the office, but it was a bit shabby.
Chema: Sí, después de trabajar fuimos todos a un bar que hay al lado de la oficina, pero era un poco cutre.
We then went to another bar called La sidrería. It was a bit further away, but it was really great.
Después fuimos a otro bar que se llama La sidrería. Estaba un poco más lejos pero era chulísimo.
Victoria: Were all of you having a drink?
Victoria: ¿Estuvisteis tomando algo?
Chema: Well, Pedro’s dress sense is very tacky!
Chema: ¡Es que Pedro es muy hortera para vestir!
Chema: Yesterday I met Silvia, Pedro’s girlfriend.
Chema: Ayer conocí a Silvia, la novia de Pedro.
Victoria: And she dresses much better than Pedro.
Victoria: Y viste mucho mejor que Pedro.
Chema: Yes, she seemed very nice to me, and very cute too.
Chema: Sí, me pareció muy simpática, y muy mona también.
Victoria: She’s a really nice woman, isn’t she?
Victoria: Es una chica majísima, ¿verdad?
We say “¡Qué corte!” or “¡Menudo corte!” when we feel very embarrassed because of something that happened to us. We can also use it with the verb “dar” (“dar corte”) in a colloquial way to say that something’s making us feel embarrassed.
We say “¡Qué corte!” or “¡Menudo corte!” when we feel very embarrassed because of something that happened to us. We can also use it with the verb “dar” (“dar corte”) in a colloquial way to say that something’s making us feel embarrassed.
I’m very embarrassed to talk to her.
Me da mucho corte hablar con ella.
I forgot to switch off my phone and it rang in the middle of the exam, how embarrasing!
Se me olvidó apagar el móvil y sonó en medio del examen, ¡qué corte!
(You’re super cool, man!)
¡Cómo molas tío!
(I don’t like my new neighbour at all.)
Mi nueva vecina no me mola nada.
(The clothes in this shop are cool.)
La ropa de esta tienda mola.
(Pedro is a very cute child.)
Pedro es un niño monísimo.
We use the verb “molar” in a colloquial way in Spain to say that we like something or someone very much.
We use the verb “molar” in a colloquial way in Spain to say that we like something or someone very much.
(I love your dress, it’s very cute.)
Me encanta tu vestido, es muy mono.
We use the word “chulo / chula” to describe something that we like and think is pretty or lovely. In Spain, it only has this meaning when describing objects. However, in some Latin American countries it is also used to say that a person is very pretty or good-looking.
We use the word “chulo / chula” to describe something that we like and think is pretty or lovely. In Spain, it only has this meaning when describing objects. However, in some Latin American countries it is also used to say that a person is very pretty or good-looking.
(I love the new house, it’s cool.)
Me encanta la casa nueva, es muy chula.
(María is a very pretty girl.)
María es una niña muy chula.
“Un mono” in Spanish is a monkey. But in Spain, we use the expression “ser mono” to say that something is cute. We can also use it to talk about people.
“Un mono” in Spanish is a monkey. But in Spain, we use the expression “ser mono” to say that something is cute. We can also use it to talk about people.
Everyone was silent when the phone started ringing. How embarrassing!
Estaba todo el mundo en silencio cuando el móvil empezó a sonar, ¡qué corte!
Your new motorbike is very cool.
Tu moto nueva me mola mucho.
to be cool
molar
I think Javier is a really nice guy.
Javier me parece un chico majísimo.
nice
majo / maja
Carmen is a very cute woman.
Carmen es una chica muy mona.
shabby
cutre
cute
mono / mona
This shirt is cool.
Esa camisa es muy chula.
cool
chulo / chula
I don’t like this jacket, it’s very tacky.
No me gusta esta chaqueta, es muy hortera.
In the end we went to a very shabby bar because we couldn’t find anything else open at that time.
Al final fuimos a un bar súper cutre porque no encontrábamos nada abierto a esas horas.
tacky
hortera
