What does haber tema mean?

ExpressionColoquial

there was something there — a spark

A key expression, and very hard to translate. It means there was romantic or sexual tension, without saying what actually happened: looks, closeness, the feeling that something was about to happen. Because it is so vague, it lets you tell something without telling it. You also hear tener tema con alguien.

Con el de la boda hubo tema, pero ninguno de los dos dijo nada.
Something happened, and nothing did.

¡Vale! for iOS

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In the app, expressions are taught inside real conversations from Spain: read cold, explained line by line, then read again. It’s the Spanish textbooks leave out.

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Unit 10

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«pero hubo tema»

The ¡Vale! app: a conversation from Spain, read with its recording
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