vocabularioooo

-que guay: cool, neat, bee's knees, etc.
-vale: okay. said all ze time.
-morcilla: blood sausage. surprisingly delicious.
-directo al grano: to the point, direct, blunt
-paja: straw
-tajo: shortcut
-genial: cool. According to real live Valencian high schoolers, que guay is meh, but genial is...well, genial.
-gorrón: mooch, leech
-vaya, vaya: this must be done with the accompanying hand gesture, which kind of looks like the thing you do for cut it out or stop it in English. It means kind of surprise, surprise, but in an ironic way. Like "oh, the godfather left a horse head in your bed? vaya vayaaaa" or "Nicholas Cage's hairline in National Treasure looks severe enough to chastise a small child? vaya vayaaa." Or something like that. 
-ir de culo: be in a big hurry. Mayte demonstrated where the culo is by slapping her butt, but HAH I already knew that one.
-mecha: streak, as in streak of hair
-pitada: catcall. HOLA GUAPA
-hacer la cobra: to draw back, as from an unwanted attempt at a kiss. 
-ser el ombiglio del universo: to be the center of the universe. Ombiglio is bellybutton. I wonder if this has to do with navel-grazing. Navels. Oranges. Valencia. It all fits.
-taco: a palabrota, a baaaad word. Think about that the next time you go to Taco Bell
-ser un huevo sin sal: to be a guy that lacks some essential element that would otherwise render him sexy. 
-ser un pitardo: to be realllll fea. A pitardo is a small firework. Makes me think of gernades.
-que dichosos los ojos: well fancy seeing you here
-vete: get out


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