{"id":6628,"date":"2013-03-22T10:07:46","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T14:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=6628"},"modified":"2013-03-22T10:07:46","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T14:07:46","slug":"07-expressions-with-the-word-madre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/07-expressions-with-the-word-madre\/","title":{"rendered":"07 expressions with the word “madre”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today we are going to learn some expressions with the word madre (mother) in Spanish. Some of the are not very polite, but I think it’s very important for everyone to be able to recognize them – whether you use them or not it’s up to you.<\/p>\n

Are you ready? Let’s do this!<\/p>\n

01. Ciento y la madre<\/strong> = mucha o demasiada gente [a lot of people]<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00c9ramos ciento y la madre en el curso del a\u00f1o pasado. [There were oddles of students in last year’s course.]<\/em>
\nEn aquel sal\u00f3n est\u00e1bamos ciento y la madre. [There were lots of people in that room.]<\/em><\/p>\n

02. De puta madre<\/strong> = (vulgar) muy bien [very well, very good]<\/em><\/p>\n

Me lo he pasado de puta madre. [I had one hell of a good time.]<\/em>
\nLas cosas me van de puta madre. [Things have been frickin’ good for me.]<\/em>
\nTe encuentro de puta madre. [You look amazing!]<\/em>
\nEl tuyo es un trabajo de puta madre. [You have a great job!]<\/em><\/p>\n

03. La madre del cordero<\/strong> = la clave o dificultad de una cosa [the hardest\/key part of something]<\/em><\/p>\n

La madre del cordero est\u00e1 en encontrar la manera de conseguir dinero para amueblar la casa. [The hardest thing is to find money to furnish the house.]<\/em>
\n\u00a1La madre del cordero! \u00a1Qu\u00e9 estatura tiene ese chaval! [Holy cow! Look how tall that boy is!]<\/em><\/p>\n

04. \u00a1Madre m\u00eda!<\/strong> = se usa para expresar asombro o sorpresa [used to show that you’re surprised or astonished]<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a1Madre m\u00eda! \u00a1Todav\u00eda son las doce y no se ha levantado! [Holy Mother of God! It’s already noon and he hasn’t gotten up yet!]<\/em><\/p>\n

05. Nombrar \/ mentar a la madre<\/strong> = nombrar a la madre de otra persona para insultarla [to call somebody’s mother names to insult her]<\/em><\/p>\n

Me ment\u00f3 a la madre y le di un pu\u00f1etazo. [He insulted my mother and I punched him in the face.]<\/em><\/p>\n

06. Salirse de madre<\/strong> = 1. romper las normas [to break rules]<\/em>; 2. ir m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de lo permitido [to go beyond what’s permitted]<\/em><\/p>\n

Cuando Pepe bebe se sale de madre y empieza a insultar a todos. [When Pepe drinks he gets carried away and starts insulting everybody.]<\/em>
\nLa manifestaci\u00f3n se sali\u00f3 de madre y tuvo the intervenir la polic\u00eda. [The demonstration got out of control and the police had to intervene.]<\/em><\/p>\n

07. Valer madre<\/strong> = (vulgar) ser in\u00fatil [to be worthless]<\/em><\/p>\n

Eso vale madre, no te lo compres. [This is worthless, don’t buy it.]<\/em>
\n“\u00a1Yo te amo!” “Me vale madre…” [“I love you!” “I don’t give a s…”!]<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hello, everybody! Today we are going to learn some expressions with the word madre (mother) in Spanish. Some of the are not very polite, but I think it’s very important for everyone to be able to recognize them – whether you use them or not it’s up to you. Are you ready? Let’s do this!…<\/p>\n

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