Imported Deck

Question 1

(in an opening and closing of the eyes) in the blink of an eye

Answer 1

en un abrir y cerrar de ojos

Question 2

(to be bored as an oyster) to be or get very bored

Answer 2

aburrirse como una ostra

Question 3

(used instead of acá) here (e.g. ‘ven acasito, mi amor)

Answer 3

acasito

Question 4

to put a lid on it, stifle it, comply and be quiet about something

Answer 4

achantarse

Question 5

to toast the others (the other beers to come)

Answer 5

brindar por las otras (cervezas que vienen)

Question 6

(diver) smart, alert, on the ball

Answer 6

buzo

Question 7

1. (searcher) someone who is looking for a fight, troublemaker
2. (searcher) opportunist, operator

Answer 7

el buscón, la buscona

Question 8

(to look for breasts on a snake) to look for the impossible or for something one can never find

Answer 8

buscar chichis a las culebras

Question 9

(to look for someone’s fleas) to provoke or irritate someone

Answer 9

buscarle las pulgas a alguien

Question 10

(to give to understand) to lead to believe or think (something)

Answer 10

dar a entender

Question 11

(to have teeth hitting each other) to be very cold or to be afraid, when teeth chatter

Answer 11

dar diente con diente

Question 12

(short for depresión) blues, depression

Answer 12

la depre

Question 13

(to leave [someone] planted) to stand up, ditch

Answer 13

dejar plantado(-a)

Question 14

(he who makes them pays for them) you made your bed, now lie on it

Answer 14

el que las hace las paga

Question 15

(the person who blinks loses) if you snooze you lose

Answer 15

el que pestañea pierde

Question 16

(to bottle) to memorize, cram

Answer 16

embotellarse

Question 17

(the dead person in the hole and the opportunist at the bread roll) what an opportunist!

Answer 17

el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo

Question 18

(to wear the pants well placed) to impose one´s authority, especially in a home setting, throw one´s weight around

Answer 18

llevar bien puestos los pantalones

Question 19

(smooth and flat, as a road) a piece of cake, easy, without difficulty

Answer 19

liso(-a) y llano (-a)

Question 20

I´m fucked!

Answer 20

me lleva la chingada

Question 21

(to take someone to the garden) to take someone down the garden path, deceive someone making them think they are favoured when they are not; to convince someone to have sex

Answer 21

llevar a alguien al huerto

Question 22

(pure truth) true, right you are

Answer 22

pura verdad

Question 23

(what curves and me without brakes) street compliment

Answer 23

qué curvas y yo sin freno

Question 24

(what insect has bitten you?) what´s bothering (bugging) you?

Answer 24

¿qué bicho te ha picado?

Question 25

(to stop a train) in large quantities, tons of

Answer 25

para parar un tren

Question 26

(to be to suck one’s fingers) to be delicious, finger-lickin’ good

Answer 26

ser para chuparse los dedos

Question 27

(parachutist) freeloader, party crasher (also, less common, someone who jumps into a discussion but doesn’t know anything about the topic)

Answer 27

el/ la paracaidista

Question 28

(to paint one’s little skull) to take off, disappear

Answer 28

pintar su calaverita

Question 29

(with pipe and glove) all dressed up, dressed up to the nines

Answer 29

de pipa y guante

Question 30

(to be eaten bread) to be very easy, a piece of cake

Answer 30

ser pan comido

Question 31

(go tell it to your grandmother) oh, come on!, go figure!

Answer 31

vaya a decírselo a su abuela

Question 33

to go with the prevailing wind (opinions, ideas)

Answer 33

irse con el viento que corre

Question 34

(to) go out on the town

Answer 34

irse de rumba

Question 35

(to go for a while) to be a while e.g. ya va para rato que trabaja aquí - he (she) has been working here for a while

Answer 35

ir para rato

Question 36

(to give them to oneself as…) to pretend to be or act like… (also, picarse de…)

Answer 36

dárselas de…

Question 37

(to call bread bread and wine wine) to tell something directly and without beating around the bush, tell it like it is

Answer 37

decir al pan pan y al vino vino

Question 38

street slang

Answer 38

el caliche

Question 39

(to be bad in the head) to be off one’s rocker, crazy

Answer 39

estar mal de la cholla

Question 40

(badly born, meaning bastard) jerk

Answer 40

mal nacido(-a)