{"id":4245,"date":"2012-02-13T15:37:28","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T20:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=4245"},"modified":"2014-07-15T11:35:22","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T15:35:22","slug":"business-slang-expressions-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/business-slang-expressions-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"Business slang expressions in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey, there! How’ve you been?<\/p>\n

In all languages we have very interesting business slang expressions, and today we’ll take a look at some of them in Spanish.<\/p>\n

Our first expression is ser un trepa<\/strong>. Ser un trepa<\/strong> means to be a social climber, because trepar<\/em> means to climb, especially a tree or a wall. This expression is not used in a very good context because trepas<\/em> are those people who would do just about anything to get ahead. They’re usually regarded as not very good people by their co-workers.<\/p>\n

Ojo con Eduardo, pues es un aut\u00e9ntico trepa. Si no te cuidas \u00e9l te toma tu puesto.<\/em> [Be careful with Eduardo because he’s a real social climber. If you’re not careful he’ll take your position away from you.]<\/p>\n

Now, if what’s left for you is only the telediario<\/em>, the news, you might not be in a good situation. The idiom quedar(le a uno) dos telediarios<\/strong> is used when the deadline of a project is around the corner or your vacation time in near its end. If it is applied to a person, it also means they don’t have long to live.<\/p>\n

Si sigue trabajando as\u00ed a Pedro le va a quedar el telediario pues dicen que el pr\u00f3ximo mes van a hacer recorte de personal.<\/em> [If Pedro keeps working like that he’s going to be in trouble because word is that next month they’re going to lay off some people.]<\/p>\n

Ser un pica pleitos<\/strong>. Well, that happens everywhere: the shysters! Ser un pica pleitos<\/strong> means to be a shyster, someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law, politics or business. The word shyster comes tentatively from vulgar German, Schei\u00dfer<\/em> (literally, “defecator”).<\/p>\n

Es un pica pleitos sin escr\u00fapulos. Har\u00eda lo que fuera para conseguir m\u00e1s clientes.<\/em> [He’s a shyster. He’d do anything to have more clients.]<\/p>\n

Now, if you live like a priest, si vives como un cura<\/strong>, in Spanish it means that you live a very good life or have a cushy job. In Spain people think priests live a comfortable life. Any priests to confirm that?<\/p>\n

La gente dice que vivo como un cura pues trabajo en casa. Lo que no saben es que trabajo ocho horas exactas al d\u00eda, como todo el mundo.<\/em> [People say I have a cushy job because I work at home. What they don’t know is that I work eight hours every day, just like everyone else.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Hey, there! How’ve you been? In all languages we have very interesting business slang expressions, and today we’ll take a look at some of them in Spanish. Our first expression is ser un trepa. Ser un trepa means to be a social climber, because trepar means to climb, especially a tree or a wall. This…<\/p>\n

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