Notes in Spanish - 35 Los Topicos Flashcards
Stereotype
Un tópico
To have a siesta
Echarse la siesta - voy a echarme una siesta
I like to lie down for a while
Me gusta echarme un ratito - Voy a echarme media hora
It definitely exists
No: existir, existe
Translate: el rato que más a gusto se está
‘Se está’ is used to describe how something feels. For example talking to someone in a swimming pool.:
Qué tal se está en el agua
Se está de miedo (it’s great!)
Hombre?
Similar to starting a sentence with ‘well’ in English
Estate agency
Inmobiliarias
It’s not worth then going home.
No le compensa volver a casa
To sit around the table and chat after a meal.
Hacer sobremesa
Errand
Recado
Get together, communal chat
Tertulia
Everyone has their own special technique
Cada uno tiene un truquito
To go hunting
Ir de caza
Young bulls
Las Vaquillas
To bullfight
Torear
We’ve run out of time
Nos ha pillado el toro
Fond of/ enthusiastic about
Aficionada
Lend me a hand
Échame un capote
To get out of a tight spot
Salir del apuro
Spliff
El canuto, el porro
Enough (sleep) to get through the day.
Lo suficiente como para tirar
I wouldn’t mind/wish I could
Ya quisiera yo
Globalise
Globalizar