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The new Notes in Spanish L!VE video blogging adventure continues (subscribe in iTunes!) Today we talk about a few of our favourite phrases, first of all focusing on the wonderful, and pretty informal, Chungo:

Las cosas se han puesto chungas - Things have got pretty hectic/tricky/difficult.

Lo veo muy chungo - I think it’s going to be difficult (e.g. to get a certain project done by Monday).

¿Qué tal tu abuelo? … Pues está muy chungo - How is your grandfather? … He’s in a pretty bad way.

Other phrases from today’s video blog:

Hasta el 40 de mayo no te quites el sayo - this great phrase basically means it could still get a bit chilly any time up until about June 10th. After that you can pack your coat away!

Se está de miedo - It’s lovely (in this case the weather)

Estamos en la gloria… estamos de maravilla… estamos estupendamente… estamos guay - we are super happy, comfortable and contented (in this case about the wonderful temperatures)!

Le llevo dos años - I’m two years older than her

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We are about to embark on season 2 of our Inspired beginners series, and we would love to know: what would you like us to cover?

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We look forward to your suggestions, either here in the blog or via email.

Thanks,

Ben

Coming up in the next four shows: rat plagues devastating a region of India, the real repression of women under Franco’s dictatorship, a tragic case of baby kidnapping and adoption in Argentina, and just why firefighters are responsible for Brits being so uptight.

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We got the first video in yesterday, so thought we would post it here as an example of the kind of thing we’d love to see. In the video, Graham takes us around his village in Wales, pointing out, amongst other things, the old slate (pizarra) mines:

Remember, all the other videos will be posted in our special forum thread, though we may occasionally highlight great ones here in the blog! Do add one from your neck of the woods soon!

Phrases from today…

Escaquearse de algo - To get out of doing something

Ser un poco friki - To be a bit of a geek

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This week, La Chuleta…

Cool phrases from today’s video blog…

La Chuleta - a cheat sheet that you smuggle into exams to copy from (what the guys in the photocopying shop wanted the girl behind the counter to make for them!)

Mi viejo/a - My old man, my old lady, slang for parents.

Mazo - slang for ‘lots’. E.g. Me mola mazo, I really like it, or tengo mazo de curro, I’ve got loads of work (curro is slang for work).

Eres un rajao - A rajao is a person that promises to do something with you, and then pulls out (rajao is short for rajado)

Tengo una movida en casa que no veas - You can’t believe the trouble I’ve got at home…

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The top words from today’s video blog are:

Apart from the good old storm vocab (Rayos = Lightening, Trueno = Thunder), the top phrase pick has to be Marina’s comment to Ben:

‘Eres un exagerado!

… a cool Spanish phrase meaning, ‘you are completely over the top!’

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We have just put out a news broadcast on all our feeds, to say to say where we’ve been and where we are going next! You can listen to the broadcast here or in your regular Notes in Spanish podcast feed.

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A random start to our new ‘Notes in Spanish L!VE’ video blogging adventure, in which Ben, the Guiri Total, had to get a bit Spanish in mega department store Fnac to get his Euros back.

This is the start of a new videoblogging season here at Notes in Spanish: there will be lots of videos from lots of places coming your way! We hope to see yours too! Details of a new feed for those that want to subscribe in iTunes etc will follow shortly.

The top words from today’s video blog are:

Guiri - Foreign bloke, more info here.

Meterle caña - To give someone a hard time

Ponerse Chulo - To get tough about something, take no crap!

More Real Phrases in our Real Spanish Phrase Book and Audio Guide!