tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87729740283318744292024-02-19T03:23:50.147+01:00Spanish ExpressionsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-65482052135230920052015-02-13T16:48:00.000+01:002015-02-13T16:48:07.164+01:00La gente espera toda la semana para el viernes...<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">La gente espera toda la semana para el viernes, toda el año el verano, y toda la
vida la felicidad... Y se olvidan de vivir el hoy...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">translates as... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">People wait all week for Friday, all year for Summer, all their life for happiness... And they forget to live for today </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">in other words...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Seize the day! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Or in Latin... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Carpe Diem </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">more blogs by Robert Bovington...
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://grumpybobbov.blogspot.com/">http://grumpybobbov.blogspot.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-91938065665088459152012-06-18T16:41:00.003+02:002012-06-18T16:45:30.289+02:00Spanish phrases with my coffee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />When I visit Spanish cafes, many of the packets of sugar that accompany my coffee contain a phrase or saying. Here's two that I saw recently...<br /><br />"Cuando creíamos que teníamos todas las respuestas, de pronto, cambiaron todas las preguntas".<br /><br />This translates as...<br /><br />"When we thought we had all the answers, suddenly, they changed all the questions". <br /><br />I prefer the observation made by my friend Jaime Gandiel<br /><br />"When they finally had all the answers, they died".</span><div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />The 2nd phrase is attributed to Confucious...<br /><br />Exigete mucho a ti mismo y espera poco de los demás. Así te ahorrarás disgustos.<br /><br />Push yourself a lot of yourself and expect little of others. This will save you trouble.</span><br /><br /><br />more blogs by Robert Bovington...
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;">"Books About <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Spain</st1:country-region></st1:place>"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-77169563462172835552012-03-11T19:04:00.001+01:002012-03-11T19:15:32.425+01:00Other blogs by Robert Bovington<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">"a grumpy old man in<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Spain</st1:place></st1:country-region>"</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Robert Bovington</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">March 2012</span></div>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com0Roquetas de Mar, Spain36.775742490469682 -2.608308792114257836.769383490469679 -2.6181792921142577 36.782101490469685 -2.5984382921142579tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-73839472685264648512012-02-29T17:11:00.000+01:002012-02-29T17:11:25.404+01:00El mal entra a brazadas y sale a pulgaradas<span style="font-size: large;">The </span>
<span style="font-size: large;">literal translation of this proverb is:</span><div>
<span style="font-size: large;"> "The evil enters with strokes and leaves in pinches."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />An equivalent English saying is:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> "Mischief comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce."<br /></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-32924252997367450562012-02-14T18:32:00.003+01:002012-02-14T18:32:33.955+01:00Another Spanish expression<br />
<div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">
<strong>Al desdichado hace consuelo tener compania en su suerte y duelo.</strong></div>
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Literal translation: The unlucky one finds consolation in being accompanied by his luck and in his pain.</div>
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<div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">
Meaning of the phrase: Two in distress makes sorrow less.</div>
<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-54631830364833353842011-09-18T16:39:00.000+02:002011-09-18T16:39:58.046+02:00A otro perro con ese hueso.Give that bone to some other dog. <div><br /></div><div>This is something that Spaniards might say when they do not believe an explanation that someone has given them. We might say 'Come off it', 'Don't give me that' or 'tell that to the marines'.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-33707040562578489452011-09-17T19:37:00.004+02:002011-09-17T19:37:31.756+02:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Monto
un circo y me crecen los enanos. </span><br />
<br />
The literal
translation of this Spanish proverb sounds stupid. It is ‘Mount a circus and
I grow dwarf’.<br />
<br />
It simply
means, ‘to get a lot of bad luck’. An English proverb with similar
connotations is ‘it never rains but it pours’ or even ‘misfortunes usually
come in large numbers’.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-5669411454928501402011-09-17T19:27:00.000+02:002011-09-17T19:28:02.568+02:00Another Spanish proverb<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A muertos y a idos no hay más amigos. </span><br />
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To the dead and gone no more friends. </div>
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It suggests that death or absence of a person can cool the friendship, to the point of forgetting their bond. 'Long absent, soon forgotten' would appear to be an equivalent English proverb.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-10753827433690984712011-09-16T18:57:00.001+02:002011-09-16T18:58:45.653+02:00Another phrase - mear fuera del tiesto.<b>Mear fuera del tiesto.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></b><div><br /></div><div>Piss off the pot.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div>In most Spanish regions, a 'tiesto' is a vessel of clay used to raise plants. In Castille the word is also a urinal. So 'fuera del tiesto' literally means pissing but missing (the toilet). However the Spanish use the phrase to mean 'miss the point completely' - in other words 'get hold of the wrong end of the stick' or 'bark up the wrong tree'.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-33762166757234344792011-09-16T18:50:00.000+02:002011-09-16T18:52:03.832+02:00Another Spanish phrase - Vamos al grano<div>
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Vamos al grano.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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Come to the point.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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Let's get down to the nitty gritty and cut to the chase - 'vamos al grano' means 'come to the point' - so let's get down to brass tacks and stop beating about the bush!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-17819556209428607422011-09-11T16:59:00.000+02:002011-09-11T16:59:18.589+02:00<br />
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<span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A falta
de pan, buenas son tortas.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
If theres no bread, cakes will do.<span> </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
Whenever we are hungry or suffer misfortune, we should be
content with whatever is offered and settle for the next best thing - 'beggars
can't be choosers'.</div>
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Alternative versions of the proverb:</div>
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<o:p> </o:p><span lang="ES-TRAD">A falta
de pan, galletas.<span> </span></span>If there's no
bread, have biscuits.</div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">A falta de pan,las tortas
son buenas.<span> </span></span>For lack of bread,
the cakes are good.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-326956011449111142011-09-11T16:48:00.004+02:002011-09-11T16:48:31.076+02:00Another Spanish proverb<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="ES-TRAD"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mucho
ruido y pocas nueces.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Spanish/English
dictionaries translate this as ‘much ado about nothing’. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">The word-by-word
translation is ‘m</span>uch noise and few nuts’. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Anyway, the proverb means
making a great deal of fuss over nothing of importance.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-31940887817449729222011-09-11T16:29:00.004+02:002011-09-11T16:29:48.752+02:00<b>Hacer
la visita del médico. </b><br />
Make the
doctor's visit.<br />
<br />
This expression
has nothing to do with visiting a doctor. It is usually used by mothers and
grandmothers when paying a visit to someone for the minimum time possible to
do what is needed – like turning up at a friend’s house to deliver something,
a quick “hello” and then leaving immediately. The nearest English expression
would be ‘Make a flying visit’!.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-25720087682311226882011-09-06T18:43:00.002+02:002011-09-06T18:43:35.985+02:00No hables de la soga en casa del ahorcado.<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD;">No hables de
la soga en casa del ahorcado.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
Don't speak of the noose in the
hanged man's house.<span> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
This proverb advises us not to talk
about people’s problems in their own home. More generally, it suggests that we beware
of speaking about touchy subjects at inappropriate times or in inappropriate
places.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-11413856759078152642011-09-06T18:30:00.000+02:002011-09-06T18:32:25.642+02:00Another Spanish phrase...<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size: 14pt;">Desnudar a un santo para vestir a otro. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Undressing one saint to dress another. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
English equivalent phrase ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-26870122231508519512011-09-06T18:11:00.000+02:002011-09-06T18:11:23.507+02:00Another proverb from the Spanish speaking world<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-ansi-language: ES-TRAD">Camarón que se duerme, se lo lleva la corriente.<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The shrimp that falls asleep gets carried away by the current.</p> This proverb reminds us that if we are not alert we will lose an opportunity. An English equivalent could be 'you snooze, you lose'. So, if you want to get ahead, don't rest on your laurels because time and tide wait for no man.<div><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-50044613071282648142011-09-02T16:53:00.000+02:002011-09-02T16:53:32.544+02:00El mundo es como un pepino...<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">El mundo es como un pepino: hoy lo tienes en la mano, mañana en el culo.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The world is like a pepper; today you have it in your hand, tomorrow up your backside.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This is a Mexican saying. A number of Mexican sayings are not exactly PC - probably why I like them!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">English equivalent: Life has its ups and downs.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-86806081148183691612011-09-02T16:34:00.003+02:002011-09-02T16:35:01.443+02:00A todos les llega su momento de gloria.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A todos les llega su momento de gloria.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">To everyone will come their moment of glory.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">English equivalent: ‘every dog has its day’.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-20391870805676852302011-09-01T16:22:00.000+02:002011-09-01T16:22:54.999+02:00A cada puerco le llega su San Martín.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>A cada puerco le llega su San Martín.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Every pig gets his Saint Martin.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In Spain, the time for killing pigs is on or about the festival of St. Martin - about the middle of November. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">English equivalent: 'everyone gets his comeuppance in the end'.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-37688230880264484182011-08-31T18:51:00.000+02:002011-08-31T18:53:24.972+02:00<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="ES-TRAD">Spanish Proverb: A Dios rogando y con el mazo dando.<span> </span><span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Translation: </b>To God begging and with the mallet giving.<span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The interpretation of this Spanish proverb according to the Real Academia de la Lengua is: 'pray to God but also do your part'. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Some Spanish proverb web sites suggest that an equivalent English proverb would be ‘God helps those who help themselves’.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Try telling that to the shopkeepers whose premises were looted in the <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">London</st1:city></st1:place> riots of 2011!</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772974028331874429.post-47375682109741721962011-08-31T18:45:00.000+02:002011-08-31T18:51:01.313+02:00Spanish ExpressionsThis blog will consist of a series of postings of popular Spanish sayings including proverbs (refranes) and idiomatic phrases (modismos). <div>Please feel free to add your comments.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13367109545432137417noreply@blogger.com0