quotations Flashcards
“Panda de vagos!” - Amaia
“Bunch of layabouts” - Amaia (about Andalusians), stereotype
“Solamente os levantáis de la siesta para ir de juerga” - Amaia
“You just get up from your nap to go and party/binge” - Amaia (about Andalusians) - stereotype
“Te pones a levantar piedras” - Rafa
“You start to lift stones” - Rafa (about Basques) - stereotype
“las vascas no se maquillan” - Curro
“Basques don’t wear make-up” - Curro (about Amaia’s purse) - stereotype
“hasta las trancas” - Rafa en el autobus
“head over heels” - Rafa describing how he loves Amaia to Merche
“me habéis traído y me habéis vestido de gilipollas” - Amaia
“you brought me here and you dressed me like an idiot” - Amaia to her friends at the bar talking about the flamenco costume
“hasta la independentzia y más allá” - Rafa says this relating to the protest and toy story
“to independence and beyond” - Rafa to the gang leaders (a line taken from Toy Story)
“dormir con una vasca es como tirarte tres veces a una Malaga” - Joaquín
“to sleep with a Basque is like screwing a girl from Malaga three times” - Joaquín about Rafa and Amaia sleeping together
“me trastocas la religión si quieres pero la gomina no me la tocas” - Rafa
“you can take my religion if you want but don’t touch my hair gel” - Rafa to Amaia
Rafa is more concerned about his appearance than his religion, plays up to the stereotype of Southerners being narcissistic and really into their looks
Koldo says that Rafa is this
‘Es un espanolazo”,
This shows his prejudice towards people from the South of Spain
Curro says this about the Basque Country
‘Es incapaz de irse a las Vascongadas, incapaz’
Curro has this exaggerated image of the Basque Country and believes Rafa won’t be able to hack it there. It is meant to show the stupidity of the extremely prejudicial characters
Rafa says this on the bus in the Basque Country to amaia
‘me va a secuestrar’
Rafa forgets that it isn’t a good idea to joke about terrorist activities in the Basque Country
stereotypes of basques - relating to ETA
What does Rafa say about Amaia’s hair to police when being put in cell
‘cortarse el flequillo que parece que le han dado un hachazo’
Because of her jagged fringe
Rafa living up to the Andalusian stereotype of being obsessed with appearance
Amaia living up to the stereotype that Basques don’t care about their appearance
Merche says this about Basques and Spanish culture
‘Al final lo español les encanta’
Merche believes that all Spaniards, including Basques, love the Spanish language. Sums up her positive character
Merche says this to Rafa about Amaia
‘No te vuelves a Sevilla sin la chica esa’
Merche understands that Rafa is in love and advises him to make sure he leaves with Amaia
