Comments on: 8 classic Mexican expressions to perk up your Spanish http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/8-classic-mexican-expressions-to-perk-up-your-spanish/ travel culture worldwide Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: conrick http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/8-classic-mexican-expressions-to-perk-up-your-spanish/#comment-35987 conrick Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:05:01 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=2337#comment-35987 Hueva is short to Huevonada. huevonada=Laziness Huevón=Lazy guy Huevona=Lazy Girl Hueva is short to Huevonada.

huevonada=Laziness
Huevón=Lazy guy
Huevona=Lazy Girl

]]> By: conrick http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/8-classic-mexican-expressions-to-perk-up-your-spanish/#comment-37976 conrick Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:01:29 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=2337#comment-37976 Did laura shower today? Que se yo? You use it when somebody ask you something that they know that YOU may not know. like,if you just arrived to Laura's house. Did laura shower today?
Que se yo?

You use it when somebody ask you something that they know that YOU may not know.

like,if you just arrived to Laura’s house.

]]> By: Lilliana Gonzalez http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/8-classic-mexican-expressions-to-perk-up-your-spanish/#comment-37964 Lilliana Gonzalez Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:18:41 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=2337#comment-37964 This was soooo funny because it is so correct. Spanish, especially Mexican Spanish, is full of double entendres and rhyme that is nonsensical but specific. Laughed out loud at Starbucks reading this. On the "se me fue el avion" i think the "literal" translation is more "i just missed my plane" instead of "my plane just took off".... hence I spaced out so i missed the plane.... at least that is how my mexican family explained it to me. I'm going to look for more of your posts. Thanks. This was soooo funny because it is so correct. Spanish, especially Mexican Spanish, is full of double entendres and rhyme that is nonsensical but specific.
Laughed out loud at Starbucks reading this.

On the “se me fue el avion” i think the “literal” translation is more “i just missed my plane” instead of “my plane just took off”…. hence I spaced out so i missed the plane…. at least that is how my mexican family explained it to me.

I’m going to look for more of your posts. Thanks.

]]> By: amellia http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/8-classic-mexican-expressions-to-perk-up-your-spanish/#comment-37911 amellia Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:06:57 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=2337#comment-37911 excellent!! i'll try it out on some of my friends in mexico and see if they'll be impressed that my spanish is better than theirs. lol. i bet it was fun writing this! excellent!! i’ll try it out on some of my friends in mexico and see if they’ll be impressed that my spanish is better than theirs. lol. i bet it was fun writing this!

]]> By: David Page http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/8-classic-mexican-expressions-to-perk-up-your-spanish/#comment-37690 David Page Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:20:25 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=2337#comment-37690 Always good to throw in a coupla good anglicisms too, like <i>dame un "rayde" en la "troca."</i> Always good to throw in a coupla good anglicisms too, like dame un “rayde” en la “troca.”

]]> By: We stay for the little things. http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/8-classic-mexican-expressions-to-perk-up-your-spanish/#comment-37084 We stay for the little things. Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:10:56 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=2337#comment-37084 [...] The game of language. [...] [...] The game of language. [...]

]]> By: Conrick http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/8-classic-mexican-expressions-to-perk-up-your-spanish/#comment-36460 Conrick Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:59:21 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=2337#comment-36460 when you ask -quieres tomar un café? you can also say un cafecito? and a clever answer is: nos lo echamos ! wich the literal translation is ;we throw it to ourselves ! but is a funny way to say, why not? when you ask -quieres tomar un café?
you can also say
un cafecito?
and a clever answer is:
nos lo echamos !
wich the literal translation is ;we throw it to ourselves !
but is a funny way to say, why not?

]]> By: Conrick http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/8-classic-mexican-expressions-to-perk-up-your-spanish/#comment-35898 Conrick Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:46:41 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=2337#comment-35898 Arré !- vamos al cine? arré ! that is a term used to say ok,or yes but in a very excited way leterally it would be like "hia !" wich is the call that the cowboy does to his horse when he wants to make him run. Arré !- vamos al cine? arré !
that is a term used to say ok,or yes but in a very
excited way
leterally it would be like “hia !” wich is the call
that the cowboy does to his horse when he
wants to make him run.

]]> By: Clásicos dichos mexicanos « Colonials Tours http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/8-classic-mexican-expressions-to-perk-up-your-spanish/#comment-35887 Clásicos dichos mexicanos « Colonials Tours Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:32:06 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=2337#comment-35887 [...] Vía: matadorabroad [...] [...] Vía: matadorabroad [...]

]]> By: Don http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/8-classic-mexican-expressions-to-perk-up-your-spanish/#comment-35986 Don Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:32:49 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=2337#comment-35986 Why "echar la hueva" and not "echar el huevo'? Why in this case is egg feminine? Why “echar la hueva” and not “echar el huevo’? Why in this case is egg feminine?

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