June 28, 2008

¡zócalo!

slang

Meaning: OMG!

Example: [your friend pops a wheelie and falls on his face] [you]¡zócalo!

June 27, 2008

Si de novio tan mezquino, ¿cómo será cuando marido?

proverb

Meaning: If he’s this cheap as a boyfriend, what will he be like as a husband?

June 26, 2008

chamba

slang

Meaning: work

Example: Necesito chamba. ¿Tú sabes de algo? (I need a job. Do you know of anything?)

June 25, 2008

chambear

slang

Meaning: to work

Example: ¡Quiero salir de mi jaula de oro! ¡Quiero chambear! (I want out of my golden cage! I want to work!)

June 24, 2008

Chilangolandia

slang

Meaning: Mexico City

Practical Meaning: A silly way of referring to Mexico City

Example: ¿Dónde naciste? En Chilangolandia. (Where were you born? In Mexico City.)

June 23, 2008

Ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente.

proverb

Meaning: A favorite with unfaithful spouses, this proverb translates as “Eyes that don’t see, heart that doesn’t feel.”

Practical Meaning: What you don’t know can’t hurt you.

June 22, 2008

Ya no quiero queso, lo que quiero es salir de la ratonera.

proverb

Meaning: I don’t want any more cheese, what I want is to escape from this mousetrap!


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