Posts Tagged ‘Spanish slang’

 

Posted on June 20th, 2010 by by Theresa

Mosquis and D’oh

I’ve been in Spain as long as The Simpsons have been on air (1989). And for me, despite their utter American-ness, they remain utterly Spanish. The first time I heard the ‘real’ Homer’s voice I was horrified. Lisa and Marge sound amazingly similar in both languages, but somehow Homer is cuter in castellano, Moe even [...]

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Posted on April 18th, 2010 by by admin

Sleeve cuts and sausages: hand signals part 1

The most obscene gesture in Spain is the forearm jerk, known as el corte de manga, or ’sleeve cut’. Much favoured by tantrumy footballers, this involves shooting the left arm straight up at a 90 degree angle while whacking your right palm into the elbow joint. The underlying message, which may or may not [...]

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Posted on March 9th, 2010 by by Valerie

Garlic Moments: Correos and the Ley de Falta Uno

Recently I fell foul of La Ley de Falta Uno (The Law of One Thing Missing), which, as formulated by us, states that you can never ever complete a bureaucratic transaction in one go. Even something as apparently straightforward as picking up a registered letter at Correos is also subject to the law, as I [...]

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Posted on February 11th, 2010 by by admin

Heavier than a cow in arms: more

The day after the TV show, when loads of you visited us and left comments, our website crashed due to circunstancias ajenas a nuestra voluntad, and all the new comments vanished into cyberspace. We’re really really sorry. We’ve managed to retrieve them from our mailbox and here they are. Thanks!!!
From Paquita
Tienes más peligro que [...]

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Posted on February 9th, 2010 by by Theresa

cursing in castellano

The Spanish are hugely fond of metaphorically defecating in and on all kinds of unsuitable surfaces and recipients. The least alarming is the sea. Me cago en la mar, I shit in the sea. Or for those of more gentile disposition, me cachis en la mar, or even just me cachis ….  I euphemistically shit [...]

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