hablar paja – talk about trivial matters or B.S. A pajoso is a bullshitter
hablar (hasta) por los codos_ (v.) to talk too much. Hablar hasta por el hueco del culo (To speak even through your ass) is a vulgar version of this expression. Hablar como lora hambrienta (To talk like a hungry parrot)
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Fachento (adjective) – A person who is badly dressed or looks ridiculous.
Feria – what vendors give for “free” to their clients. De feria means “on top of that.” De feria, él me insultó. On top of that, he insulted me.
fiado: to purchase on credit. Démelo fiado y mañana se lo pago. Give it to me on credit and
Columbus Day Vocabulary
Columbus Day has a number of different names in the Spanish-speaking world. In Spain and Ecuador it is currently known as El Día de la Hispanidad (Day of Spanishness), in Mexico as the Día de la Raza (Day of the Race), in Chile as El Día del Descubrimiento de Dos Mundos (The Day of the Discovery of Two Worlds), and in Uruguay as El Día de las
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¡déle!- Hurry up! Apúrese or Dese prisa are also used.
dar en el clavo – to hit the nail on the head
dar lata – to bother someone. Molestar and joder (vulgar) are also used. Lata usually means a tin can or a nuisance.
despichar/despicharse – To ruin, to screw up something
despiche – disaster,
Pasados por agua
With all of the rain and the havoc it has caused I think now is a good time for the vocabulary below.
Alud – a landslide
Aislado or incomunicado – isolated or cut off
Avalancha – an avalanche
Baldazo – a rain storm or a lot of rain
Barrial – a lot of mud or mud
