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Examples of Spanish Colloquial Expressions
Spanish Expressions
Llegar y besar el santo.
(To arrive at the perfect time/ Someone with luck who doesn't have to wait in the long line.)
(To arrive at the perfect time/ Someone with luck who doesn't have to wait in the long line.)
Bochorno
(Hazy, hot, and humid)
(Hazy, hot, and humid)
Me tienen negra.
(It drives me crazy/It makes me angry/It burns me up.)
(It drives me crazy/It makes me angry/It burns me up.)
English Expressions
I am spaced out.
(Estar alobao. (from alobado))
(Estar alobao. (from alobado))
To be cheap
(Ser rata)
(Ser rata)
A pain in the butt
(Hartible)
(Hartible)