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!
a person with refined taste, a pleasure-seeker, one who likes the good things in life.
Sólo sibaritas pagarían los precios astronómicos de esos restaurantes. Only those who like the finer things in life would pay the astronomic prices of those restaurants.
Yesterday I watched Kiki’s Delivery Service for the millionth time, tho it was the first time I’ve ever watched in Spanish. It inspired me to make this list. Maybe I’ll go through all of my favorite Ghibli movies in the future, who knows.
Spanish->Polish-> English
Kiki: Entregas a domicilio (Lat. Am.)/El delivery de Kiki (Argentina)/Nicky, la aprendiz de bruja (Spain) - Podniebna poczta Kiki - Kiki’s delivery service
la entrega -dostawa - delivery
el domicilio -mieszkanie- home
la aprendiz -uczennica - apprentice
la bruja -czarownica - witch
la magia -magia - magic
la luna llena - księżyc w pełni - full moon
el gato negro -czarny kot - black cat
la costumbre antigua -stary zwyczaj - old custom
el entrenamiento -trening- training
la escoba -miotła- broom
la radio -radio- radio
el lazo rojo-czerwona kokarda - red bow
el vestido negro -czarna sukienka - black dress
volar-latać- to fly
independizarse-uniezależnić się - to become independent
la adivina/vidente -jasnowidzka - fortune-teller
la lluvia -deszcz- rain
la ciudad marítima - nadmorskie miasto - coastal city
la torre del reloj -wierza z zegarem - clock tower
Note: this is about how your body feels not medical conditions (which i do plan on making a post about!) also there is references to alcohol use and sickness in this post
It seems my post about Spanish dicks was interesting to a lot of people, so I thought I’d make more posts about Spanish slang and swear words. The word I’ll talk about today is “cagar”, to take a shit, and “mear”, to take a piss.
Me cago en Dios
lit. I shit on God
Meaning: you’d say this when you’re angry/disappointed/you get it
Alternatives: me cago en tus muertos, me cago en la leche, me cago en todo, me cago en la hostia, me cago en diez, me cago en la mar, me cago en (whatever you’re angry about)
Te vas a cagar
lit. You’re going to shit yourself
Meaning: you’re gonna regret this
La cagaste
lit. you shat it
Meaning: you fucked up
There’s a noun for this, too: “una cagada”, a fuck-up
Está que te cagas
lit. it’s that you shit yourself (?)
Meaning: it’s great, it’s really good
Cagarse
lit. to shit yourself
Although it could be used with its literal meaning, we sometimes use it to say that you got scared.
Example: Iba a decírselo, pero al final me cagué. I was going to tell them, but I ended up getting scared.
There’s also the adjective cagón/cagona and cagado/cagada for people who get scared easily.
Me meo (de la risa)
lit. I piss myself (from laughter)
Meaning: I’m laughing so much, lmao
Alternatives: me parto la polla, me parto (de risa)
Meapilas
lit. battery-pisser
This is not a common one, but I find it really funny. It’s an insult meaning “asshole” or “dumbass” or something along those lines
