Phrases Describing Age

Question 0

chochear

Answer 0

to be a bit senile/forgetful because of age

Question 1

carroza

Answer 1

old, mature; describes someone middle-aged who tries to be young

Literally means: “carriage”

Question 2

cincuentón(ona)

Answer 2

fiftyish (“ón/ona” emphasizes age)

Question 3

entradito(a) en años

Answer 3

Euphemism meaning “getting up there”

Literally means “a little bit entered into years”

Question 4

estar hecho(a) un cascajo

Answer 4

to be decrepit

Literally means “to be made a piece of junk”

Question 5

estar para sopitas y buen vino

Answer 5

to be old/on his(her) last legs

Literally means “to be for light soup and good wine”

Question 6

más viejo(a) que Matusalén

Answer 6

older than Methuselah

Question 7

rondar los cincuenta(cuarenta, etc.)

Answer 7

to be pushing fifty(forty, etc.) years old

Literally means “to round the fifty, forty, etc.”

Question 8

tener abriles

Answer 8

to have a certain age

Literally means “to have Aprils”

Question 9

vejestorio(a)

Answer 9

geezer, fogy

Question 10

vetusto(a)

Answer 10

old and worn out (bat); old goat (a bit old-fashioned)

Question 11

Ya le han caído cincuenta castañas(tacos).

Answer 11

He/She is fifty.

Literally means “Fifty chestnuts(bad words) have fallen on him/her.”