NIS - podcast 4 - Fobias

Question 1

retraso

Answer 1

delay “Tuvimos dos horas de retraso”

Question 2

sustituir

Answer 2

to substitute

Question 3

sustituyeron

Answer 3

they substituted

Question 4

recorrido

Answer 4

trip/tour/route

Question 5

a la vuelta

Answer 5

around the corner

Question 6

que es raro ‘siendo’ una española.

Answer 6

‘being’ - “That is rare being a Spanish person”. - ‘Siendo’ is used to describe that something is rare for a person that is spanish to experience this.

Question 7

me canta el ala

Answer 7

Expresión que se usa cuando uno huele mal, o le ha fallado el
desodorante – to have B.O. Nota que “ala” hace referencia a la “axila” (formal) o “sobaco”
(informal) – armpit.

Question 8

distinto de

Answer 8

other than/different from

Question 9

pasar muchos nervios

Answer 9

Estar muy inquieto o alterado con una situación determinada.

Distinto de “ser nerviosa”, que indica que la persona es siempre nerviosa

Question 10

y tal

Answer 10

Es una muletilla - Like “and all that stuff” que se dice en ingles al final de un oración.

Question 11

superar

Answer 11

to overcome (a fear)

Question 12

dar un susto

Answer 12

to scare someone (sneaking up and saying ‘boo!’)

Question 13

pasar de

Answer 13

to refuse to do something. “Paso de ir contigo” = “I refuse to go with you.”

Question 14

ala

Answer 14

armpit

Question 15

axila

Answer 15

armpit

Question 16

sobaco

Answer 16

armpit