Tag Archives: definicion

10 Words We Say In Spanish That Aren’t Really Spanish

By definition, they would be better classified under the category of anglicisms.  Anglicismos.  In the world of Spanish journalism, probably the worst mistake any young pocho reporter could make.  I should know.  It was me…

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Enchilar!

Kind of ridiculous, that as much as I love hot sauce and really anything spicy, I’m just now getting around to writing about this Mexi-Vocabulario word: ¡Enchilar!  As in me enchile, te enchilaste, nos enchilamos. Basically,…

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Chiflado!

Uuy… I’ve been called that one more than once.   As a matter of fact, there’s a rather funny story about how big of a Chiflado I was as a kid.  It involves my two eldest…

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Embustero!

¡No seas embustero!  Don’t be a liar!  We could probably leave it at that and you all would understand what this word means.  Pero, well what’s the fun in that? Mejor, let’s let two of…

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Adío!

¿Adió, a poco nada más te hizo mala cara? ¿Adió, y esta qué se cree? ¡Adío!  ¿Y a mi qué? Fíjate que fulanita se peleó con el marido ayer. ¿Adió? If you haven’t guessed by…

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Despapaye!

Porque aunque nos toque trabajar mañana, hoy nos la pasarémos en el despapaye.  Okay, I’ll translate.  Because even though we have to work tomorrow, today, we’re going to party like there’s no tomorrow anyway, jajaja! …