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Welcome to episode 15 of 3 Words for Ascuas! This week Ben and Marina discuss all things maritime – sea creatures (pulpos y esponjas), beach bars (chiringuitos), great sea-related songs, and much more.
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THIS WEEK’S SHOW NOTES!
Randi
Estar más perdido que un pulpo en un garaje – Like a fish out of water
Ser un pulpo – The guy who can’t keep his hands to himself at the disco
Ese tío es un pulpo – That guy can’t keep his hands to himself
Ser más difícil que ponerle el pantalón a un pulpo – Something is really hard
La mar de contento – Very happy
Mi hijo está la mar de contento con el juguete que le has regalado – My son is really happy with the toy you have given him
Llorar a mares – To cry your eyes out
Está hecho un mar de lágrimas – To be crying a lot
Estar hecho un mar de dudas – To be full of doubt about something
Linda
Alfonsina y el mar, sung by Mercedes Sosa:
You can read more about the song in Wikipedia and read the Lyrics here.
See also Mercedes Sosa’s rendition of Gracias a la vida:
Fito y Fitipaldis – Soldadito marinero:
Angela
El cangrejo – Crab
La tortuga marina – Sea turtle
La medusa – Jellyfish
La esponja de mar – Sponge
La orilla – Seashore
La ola – Wave
Hacer la ola – To do a Mexican wave (e.g. around a stadium)
Echar agua al mar – Something is pointless
Decirle a mi padre que duerma más es como echar agua al mar – Telling my dad to sleep more is completely pointless
Camarón que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente – You snooze, you lose (literally, the sleeping shrimp is carried away by the current)
Ben
Erizo de mar – Sea urchin
Resaca – Undertow or hangover
Valerie
Un/a Porteño/a – Someone from Buenas Aires
Un/a portero/a – Doorman/doorwoman
Gentilicio – The origin of someone, e.g. Madrileño for people from Madrid
La listilla – Clever-clogs
El que tiene boca se equivoca – Whoever has a mouth, makes mistakes
Arthur
Boquerones Victorianos – Fried little anchovies from Malaga
Boquerones – People from Malaga
Boquerones Fritos – Fried anchovies
Enharinados – Covered in flour
Rebozados – Battered
Anchoas – Anchovies (like the ones you put on a pizza)
Boquerones en vinagre – The white pickled anchovies you have in a bar with crisps
Chiringuitos – Beach bars
El Tintero – The wonderful restaurant we mention in Malaga
El Entierro Del Boquerón – The burial of the Boqueron
Hacer Barquitos- Dipping bread in sauces or olive oil
Viktoria
Nadar y guardar la ropa – To proceed with caution in a matter, to get the most out of it with the least risk (literally to put your clothes away before you swim)
Ir a contracorriente – To go against the current (against popular opinion or behaviour)
Contra viento y marea – When you get over a difficult situation despite all the difficulties (literally, against wind and tide)
Tim
Hay moros en la costa – Watch out! Danger!
Un moroso – someone who doesn’t pay a debt
(Outdated expressions now considered racist)
Elizabeth
¡Chicos, respirad el yodo! – Guys, breath in the iodine
Sirimiri (Txirimiri is the Basque version)- Drizzle
This Week’s Joke
– Papá, ¿cuántas anclas tiene un barco?
– Once
– ¿Estás seguro?
– Claro, nunca has oído eso de: “Eleven anclas”?
– Ah si, es verdad. Gracias Papi!
– Dad, who many anchors does a boat have?
– Eleven
– Are you sure?
– Of course, haven’t you ever heard “Eleven anclas” – “Lift the anchors”?
– Ah, it’s true. Thanks dad.
Marina
Echar pelillos al mar – Let sleeping dogs lie
Ben
No me marees – Stop driving me mad
Me cachis en la mar – Darn it
Girls names: Marina, Mar (sea), Concha (shell)
A boy’s name: Delfín – Dolphin
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