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Welcome to episode 2 of our new podcast for real-Spanish lovers! This week, pranks, getting in trouble (and related anecdotes!), general forgetfulness, and wonderful listener words and phrases (thank you!)
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THIS WEEKS SHOW NOTES!
Estoy emocionado – I’m excited
Estoy impaciente por empezar – I can’t wait to get going
Lo bueno si breve, dos veces bueno – Good when brief is twice as good
Las Travesuras – Pranks
Un travieso/una traviesa – a prankster
Una traviesa – A railway sleeper
Una buena bronca – A good telling-off
Te has metido en un buen lío – You’re in big trouble
La has fastidiado – You’ve really messed up
Lo has fastidiado – You’ve broken it
Estoy muy fastidiado – I’ve really hurt myself, I’ve injured myself
Me he fastidiado el tobillo – I’ve hurt my ankle
La has liado parda – You’re in massive trouble
Un oso pardo – A brown bear
La gota que colmó el vaso – The last straw
Un tirachinas – A catapult
Una china / chinita – A pebble, little stone
Un mercadillo – An artisanal market
Mercadillo de navidad – A christmas market
Estábamos en guerra – We were at war with each other
Nos molestábamos mucho – We annoyed each other a lot
Molestaba mucho a mi hermano – I annoyed my brother a lot
Despistado – Dreamy
La has liado papa – You’ve messed up dad
Lo has liado – You’ve tied everything up, knotted it up
Tengo mucho lío – I’m very busy
Me he liado – I’ve got confused
Déjame un minuto que he metido la pata – Wait a minute, I’ve put my foot in it
Quiero causar buena impresión – I want to make a good impression
Quiero quedar bien – I want to make a good impression
Nos vas a coger manía – You’re going to get completely fed up with us
Mi maestra me tiene manía – My teacher doesn’t like me
Un despiste – A lapse of concentration
This week’s Jokes…
— ¿Qué le dice un huevo a una sartén?
— Me tienes frito.
What does an egg say to the frying pan?
I’m fed up with you (me tienes frito is a play on words, it means you’ve fried me, and I’m fed up with you)
And…
Dos peces en el mar, un pez dice al otro pez, ¿qué hace tu padre? Y el otro dice, “nada”.
Two fish in the sea, one says to the other, what does your dad do, and the other says, nothing (nada means “nothing”, and “he swims” – another play on words!)
Listeners words, phrases and questions!
Una pesadilla – A nightmare
¡Qué pesadilla! – What a nightmare!
Una pescadilla – Small hake (fish)
Eres un sinvergüenza – You are a scoundrel
Mirala que sinvergüenza – What a scoundrel you are
Las pantuflas – Slippers
Las zapatillas de estar por casa – Slippers
Despampanante – Stunning (in a Marlyn Monroe kind of way).
Un escote – Cleavage
Un piscolabis – A snack before the main meal (at a wedding reception, at a meeting, at a party)
Un tentempié – A snack (to keep you going)
Este restaurante se ha subido a la parra – This restaurant has gone through the roof (price-wise)
Y con esto y un bizcocho, hasta mañana a las ocho – We’re done!
We hope you enjoyed episode 2!
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