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- ¡anda ya!oh, come off it
- ¡hostia!bloody hell
- ¡jefe!mate — the way you hail a waiter
- ¡la leche!bloody hell — surprise, and vulgar
- ¡no me digas!you're joking!
- ¡pero si…!but hang on — you haven't even…
- ¡qué fuerte!wow — or: that's mad
- ¡que…!I said… — the que of insisting
- ¡venga ya!come off it
- ¿cómo está la cosa?what's the situation?
- ¿cómo lo llevas? / ¿cómo lo lleva?how are you coping?
- ¿cómo que…?what do you mean…? — the incredulous echo
- ¿eh?eh? — keeping the other person with you
- ¿no?right? — asking for a nod
- ¿qué es de tu vida?what have you been up to?
- ¿qué quieres?what do you expect?
- ¿qué te pongo?what can I get you?
- ¿quién da la vez?who's last? — said in some regions
- ¿quién es el último?who's last? — joining a queue
- ¿verdad?isn't it? — asking for agreement
- ¿y eso?how come?
- ¿y?and? — so?
- a primera horafirst thing — in the morning
- a secasjust that — plain, with nothing added
- a tiro de piedraa stone's throw
- a topeflat out, full blast — or: packed
- a ustedthank you — in reply to thanks
- a verlet's see, look — to set up an explanation
- a ver qué salewe'll see what comes of it
- achucharto give someone a big squeeze
- agachar la cabezato bow your head — to back down
- ahora que lo dicenow you mention it
- anda, tirago on then — get a move on
- apañadodecent — it does the job
- así me gustathat's more like it
- ay, hijo / ay, hijaoh, love — said to someone younger
- buenowell — to start, stall or soften
- cabrónbastard
- cada uno tira por su ladoto go your separate ways
- cambiar de airesa change of scene
- cara de no haber roto un platothe face of someone who would never do such a thing
- cariñolove, darling — between friends too
- chungorough, dodgy, tricky
- colar a alguiento let somebody in ahead of their turn
- colarseto jump the queue
- comer por ahíto eat out somewhere
- como + subjuntivoif she turns out to be… — the conditional threat
- cómo noof course — it was bound to be
- como si hubiera descubierto Américaas if she'd invented the wheel
- cruzar los dedosto cross your fingers
- cuando le da la ganawhenever someone feels like it
- cuánto tiempoit's been so long
- cuatro cosasa few bits
- cuidarseto be watching what you eat
- cumplirto have done your duty — turned up, stayed long enough
- currárseloto put real work into something
- dar cosato feel awkward about something
- dar una vueltato go out for a wander
- dar vueltas a lo mismoto be going round in circles
- darle algo a alguiento have a fit — from stress or shock
- de momentofor now
- de puta madrebloody brilliant
- decir algo (a alguien)to let somebody know
- dejarlo a mediasto leave something half done
- echar un cableto give somebody a hand
- el + nombre + esethat … of yours — the demonstrative after the noun
- el curro / currarwork — to work
- el tiempo vuelatime flies
- en la otra puntamiles away — right across town
- en planlike — the filler, not the comparison
- en un ratoin a bit — in no time
- endosar algo a alguiento palm something off on somebody
- entrar dentro de lo que uno tenía pensadoto be within budget, to fit the plan
- es lo que haythat's the way it is
- es quethe thing is — filler that opens an excuse
- escaquearseto skive — to dodge work
- eso dices túthat's what you say
- eso es cosa tuyathat's your lookout
- eso no me corresponde a míthat's not my department
- estar a la greñato be at each other
- estar de bajónto be feeling low
- estar en Babiato be miles away
- estar encima de alguiento be on somebody's back
- estar escribiendoto be typing — a reply on its way
- estar hartoto have had enough
- estar hasta el moñoto be fed up to the back teeth
- estar hecho polvoto be shattered
- estar liadoto be up to your eyes in it
- estar un poco… bastantea bit… well, quite
- estirarseto splash out — to stand a round
- estupendogreat, lovely
- fallar a alguiento let somebody down
- faltaría másof course — don't mention it
- flipar en coloresto be utterly gobsmacked
- friolerosomebody who feels the cold
- gilipollasprick, idiot
- guardar el sitioto keep somebody's place in a queue
- gustarle a alguiento be liked by someone — le gustas: they like you
- haber temathere was something there — a spark
- hace la tiraages ago
- hace un sigloit's been ages — literally a century
- hacer la pelotato suck up to somebody
- hacer lo que te dé la ganato do whatever you like
- hacer milagrosto work miracles
- hacerse a algoto get used to something
- hacerse el tonto / la tontato play dumb
- hacerse la víctimato play the victim
- hasta arribaup to my eyes
- hechodone — deal
- hincar los codosto hit the books
- hombrewell, of course — a reaction, not a man
- igualmaybe
- ir a su bolato do your own thing
- ir apartenot included — on top
- írsele a alguien la ollato lose it
- jaleoracket, commotion
- la fianzathe deposit
- la mar deever so
- la tía / el tío (hablando de alguien)that woman, that bloke — said at arm's length
- la ventanillathe counter — where you're seen
- las fotos engañanphotos can be misleading
- leer un mensajeto have read it — the blue ticks
- liarla pardato cause an almighty scene
- liarseto get caught up in something
- llevar + gerundioto have been doing something — for a time
- lo barato sale carobuy cheap, buy twice
- lo de siemprethe usual
- lo que oyeyou heard right
- lo típicothe usual story
- machomate — to a man or a woman
- madre míagood grief — wow
- majo / majanice — lovely
- manda huevosfor crying out loud — the indignant version
- más o menosmore or less — or: sort of
- más vale prevenir que curarbetter safe than sorry
- me alegro un montónI'm really pleased for you
- mea culpamy bad — I admit it
- menos malthank goodness
- menuda papeletawhat a tough spot
- menudo panoramawhat a prospect — what a mess
- meter bazato get a word in
- meter la patato put your foot in it
- mira quién hablalook who's talking
- montar un polloto kick up a fuss
- montarse películasto make a whole drama out of it in your head
- ni de coñanot a chance
- ni ideano idea
- ni me hablesdon't even start me
- ni nada de esoor anything like that
- no complicarle la vida a alguiennot to make things harder for someone
- no contarnot to count
- no dar un palo al aguanot to do a stroke of work
- no decir ni munot to say a word
- no es enormeit isn't huge — the polite way of saying small
- no me hablesdon't get me started
- no me jodasyou're kidding — no way
- no me lo puedo creerI can't believe it
- no te emocionesdon't get your hopes up
- no te enciendasdon't get worked up
- no te vengas arribadon't get carried away
- no te voy a engañarI'll be straight with you
- no tener ni puta ideato have no bloody idea
- o seaI mean — filler, not “that is to say”
- para eso estamosthat's what I'm here for
- para eso están las amigasthat's what friends are for
- pasársele a alguiento get over it — of a bad mood
- pedir citato book an appointment — with an office
- pensárselo con calmato take your time over it
- pensárselo dos vecesto think twice
- pero nadano buts
- pirarseto clear off
- poder asumirloto be able to manage it — financially
- ponerle algo a alguiento write something to someone — in a message
- ponerse al díato catch each other up
- ponerse de parte de alguiento take somebody's side
- ponerse las pilasto get your act together
- por ahíaround somewhere
- por ciertoby the way
- por si acasojust in case
- pueswell, so — while you think what to say
- pues esothere you go — exactly
- pues nadaso, anyway — right then
- pues ya sabewell, now you know — sort it out yourself
- putof-ing — an intensifier, not a noun
- qué le vamos a hacerwhat can you do
- qué máquinawhat a machine — admiration, with nothing rude in it
- qué remediowhat choice do I have
- que si… que si…it's this, it's that — summarising a tired argument
- qué vanot at all — nothing of the sort
- quedarto arrange to meet
- quemar / estar quemadoto wear down — to be burnt out
- rajarseto bail, to back out
- ratatightwad
- repetirto do it again — to meet up again
- se le ve en la carait's written all over your face
- sellarto stamp a document — officially
- señalar a alguiento single somebody out — as trouble
- ser imposible (una persona)to be impossible — about a person
- ser lanzado / lanzadato be forward — to go for it
- ser un aprovechadoto be a freeloader
- ser un artistato be a real operator — said with irony
- ser un cachondo / una cachondato be a right laugh
- ser un capulloto be a git
- ser un desastreto be hopeless at something
- ser un hombre de costumbresto be a creature of habit
- ser un huevónto be a lazy sod
- ser un jetaa chancer, a freeloader
- ser un pavoto be a daft sod
- ser un pesadoto be a pain
- ser un solto be a darling
- ser una mierdato be rubbish
- serás…you absolute… — the insult you don't need to finish
- sin másjust like that — with no more fuss
- sin pelos en la lenguawithout mincing your words
- sudarla / se la sudashe couldn't care less
- sumar puntosthat's a point in its favour
- tampoco es para tantoit's not that big a deal
- te lo has ganadoyou asked for it — or: you've earned it
- te lo juroI swear
- tener carato have a nerve, to be brazen
- tener líoto be confusing, fiddly
- tener morroto have a nerve
- tío / tíamate — not your uncle or aunt
- tiquismiquisfussy, picky
- tirandogetting by
- tirar la casa por la ventanato push the boat out
- tocarto be somebody's turn — to be time for something
- total, queanyway, long story short
- touchétouché — fair point
- tranquidon't worry — relax
- tú dirásgo ahead — I'm listening
- tú tranquila / tú tranquilodon't you worry — often ironic
- un día de estosone of these days — meaning never
- un líoa mess, a tangle
- un marrón / menudo marróna lousy job — a mess you're stuck with
- una barbaridada fortune — an absurd amount
- una cañaa small draught beer
- una cosa de nadaa tiny thing — nothing at all
- una cosa no quita la otrathe one doesn't rule out the other
- una cosita rápidaa quick thing — it never is
- una pasadaamazing — something else
- unas bravaspatatas bravas
- va y + verboand then she goes and… — the construction that flags outrage
- valeOK — right — fine
- vamos, que…I mean — in other words
- vaya telablimey — that's rough
- vengacome on — go on
- venir de lujoto suit down to the ground
- vete a la mierdaget lost — literally “go to shit”
- y encimaand on top of that
- y taland that sort of thing
- y ya estáand that's that
- yaright, I see
- ya estamoshere we go again
- ya sabesyou know how it is — asking for complicity
- ya sabía yoI knew it
- ya somos dosthat makes two of us
- ya te digotell me about it
- ya vesyou said it
- yo cocinar cocinocook I do — the construction that concedes before it objects
- yo qué séhow should I know?
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