Sometimes, you want to say more than just, “Que bueno”, or “Que terrible”. These are different ways that you can respond to someone, and sound more fluent!
Claro | Sure, Of course, Naturally
Para Nada | No way, No
En Absoluto | Absolutely Not
It looks positive, because there isn’t a “no”, but it’s negative.
Imagínese(Imagínete) | Imagine that!
For times when saying “Holy crap!” would be inappropriate. Imagínese is formal, Imagínate is informal.
1. something soft, thick and sticky (e.g. dough) 2. something crushed, a flattened mass 3.(colloquial) a mess or botch, something made haphazardly without rhyme or reason 4.(colloquial)excrement 5.(colloquial) someone who’s excessively annoying.
Katie Hopkins es una plasta total, pero no deberíamos matarla. Katie Hopkins is terribly annoying, but we shouldn’t kill her.
La flota zarpó del puerto, dejando a las esposas de los marineros al llorar en el muelle. The fleet set sail, leaving the wives of the sailors in tears on the dock.
1. light sleep that one who is dozing finds themselves in 2. half-sleep, fitful sleep that is frequently interrupted.
Pasé la noche en duermevela, soñando con gente sin cara en una ciudad brumosa. I spent the night in fitful sleep, dreaming of faceless people in a hazy city.
1. multicoloured, colourful 2. varied, diverse or miscellaneous.
Vivieron en un mundo variopinto en lo cual los colores blanco y negro no existían, o al menos parecían haber evaporado y escapado con el viento. They lived in a multicoloured world in which the colours black and white did not exist, or at least appeared to have evaporated and escaped with the wind.
1. to look down on, treat like dirt, or not give the time of day to 2. to brush aside, give the cold shoulder, or ignore.
El director despreciaba a todas las mujeres con sobrepeso. Cada vez que ninguneaba a alguna, tenía que esconder una pequeña sonrisa. The director despised all overweight women. Each time he treated one like dirt, he had to hide a little smile.
Definitivamente soy la empollona de mi clase, entre mi blog de la palabra del día y las manzanas que le traigo a mi profesora cada día. I’m definitely the teacher’s pet of my class, what with my word of the day blog and the apples I bring my teacher every day.
literally translating as “the candle holder” and conjuring an image of someone silently holding a candle to light a couple’s romantic dinner, “un aguantavelas” is a third wheel or spare part (romantically speaking).
Qué pobre este tío, siempre es el aguantavelas. That poor guy, he’s always the third wheel.
1. to madden, drive crazy or drive to distraction 2. to go mad, lose your senses, or freak out 3. to be crazy about
Enloquezco por los videojuegos, pero a mi novia le enloquecen. Hace dos semanas, ella se enloqueció y tiró todos mis juegos a la basura! I go mad for video games, but they drive my girlfriend crazy. Two weeks ago she went nuts and threw all my games in the bin!
