{"id":6766,"date":"2013-04-19T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=6766"},"modified":"2013-04-15T19:40:52","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T23:40:52","slug":"what-the-are-you-talking-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/what-the-are-you-talking-about\/","title":{"rendered":"What the %$# are you talking about?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u00a1Hola! \u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1n ustedes hoy? Espero que est\u00e9n todos pas\u00e1ndola regio.<\/p>\n

What? You don’t understand what pasarla regio<\/em> means? Well, you’re not alone and in today’s post I’m going to show you some situations where people don’t understand what was said and use colloquial expressions in Spanish. \u00bfEst\u00e1n listos?<\/em><\/p>\n

Dialogue 01 – Two people talking on the street<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: Perdone, \u00bfsabe si hay un estanco aqui cerca?
\nB: \u00bfC\u00f3mo dice?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00bfC\u00f3mo dice? = Come again? Can you repeat that?<\/p>\n

Dialogue 02 – Two friends watching a movie<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: \u00bfQui\u00e9n es ese? Me he quedado dormido y he perdido el hilo.
\nB: Ni idea.<\/em><\/strong> Yo me perdi hace un buen rato. Esta pel\u00edcula no hay quien la entienda.<\/p>\n

Ni idea = No idea
\nMe he quedado dormido = I fell asleep
\nhe perdido el hilo = I lost track
\nhace un buen rato = a long time ago<\/p>\n

Dialogue 03 – Two friends talking about computers<\/strong><\/p>\n

A: …y luego das a la tecla ALT. \u00bfMe sigues?<\/strong><\/em>
\nB: S\u00ed, s\u00ed, te sigo.
\nA: Bueno, pues luego reinicias y entonces ya tendr\u00e1s el programa listo para usar. \u00bfEst\u00e1 claro?<\/strong><\/em>
\nB: \u00bfY a qu\u00e9 te refieres con “reiniciar”?<\/p>\n

das a la tecla = you press the key
\n\u00bfMe sigues? = Are you following me?
\n\u00bfEst\u00e1 claro? = Is that clear?<\/p>\n

Dialogue 04 – Teacher speaking and students thinking<\/strong><\/p>\n

Teacher: La columelia amoraza en los p\u00e9talos de la crisolita cuando…<\/p>\n

Students:<\/p>\n

– \u00a1A m\u00ed h\u00e1bleme en cristiano<\/strong><\/em>, por favor! Seguro que todas esas cosas tienen otros nombres m\u00e1s conocidos.
\n– No entiendo ni jota.<\/strong><\/em>
\n – No entiendo ni papa.<\/strong><\/em>
\n – No entiendo ni palabra.<\/strong><\/em>
\n– No me estoy enterando de nada.<\/strong><\/em>
\n– A m\u00ed todo esto me suena a chino.<\/strong><\/em> Ser\u00e1 porque nunca he estudiado biolog\u00eda.<\/p>\n

hablar en cristiano = to speak plainly
\nNo entiendo ni jota \/ ni papa \/ ni palabra. = I don’t understand anything.
\nenterarse = to realize, to notice
\nsonar a chino = to sound Greek<\/p>\n

This is it for this week! Enjoy your weekend!<\/p>\n

Adapted from A Fondo 2<\/em>, Editorial Sgel.<\/p>\n

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\u00a1Hola! \u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1n ustedes hoy? Espero que est\u00e9n todos pas\u00e1ndola regio. What? You don’t understand what pasarla regio means? Well, you’re not alone and in today’s post I’m going to show you some situations where people don’t understand what was said and use colloquial expressions in Spanish. \u00bfEst\u00e1n listos? Dialogue 01 – Two people talking…<\/p>\n

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