January 2, 2009

de volada

Meaning: quickly, flying

Example: Vete de volada a comprar unos clavos. (Fly to the store to buy some nails.)

January 3, 2009

Si Dios me da licencia

Meaning: God willing

Example: Voy a abrir la tienda nueva en abril, si Dios me da licencia. (I'm going to open the new shop in Abril, God willing.)

January 4, 2009

jubilarse con cacahuate

Literal Meaning: retire with peanut

Meaning: retire on a shoestring budget

Example: Me voy a jubilar, pero con cacahuate. (I'm going to retire, but with peanuts.)

January 5, 2009

cháchara

Meaning: trinket, knicknack, junk

Example: El mercado de artesanias y dulces tiene puras chácharas. (The handcrafts and sweets market is full
of knicknacks.)

January 6, 2009

chacharear

Meaning: to shop for junk

Example: Vamos al centro a chacharear. (Let’s go buy stuff downtown.)

January 8, 2009

corazoncito

Literal Meaning: little heart

Meaning: sweetheart

Example: Traéme otra chela, corazonito. (Bring me another beer, sweetheart.)

January 8, 2009

bajón

Meaning: bummer, drag

Example: ¡Qué bajón que todos tuvimos gripe durante las vacaciones! (It was such a drag that we all had the flu during our vacation!)

January 9, 2009

segunda mano

Meaning: secondhand

Example: Me gusta comprar en las tiendas de segunda mano. (I like to shop in secondhand stores.)

January 10, 2009

Me crees pendejo, dijo el indio.

Literal Meaning: You think I'm an
idiot, said the Indian.

Meaning: You think I just fell off the turnip truck.

January 11, 2009

haragán

Meaning: lazy

Example: No le pidas ayuda a Luis, es muy haragán. (Don’t ask Luis for help, he’s lazy.)

January 12, 2009

Traer torta bajo el brazo

Literal Meaning: Carry a torta (sandwich) under the arm

Meaning: Born lucky

Example: Ese chamaco trae una torta
bajo el brazo. (That kid was born lucky.)

January 13, 2009

tremendo

Literal Meaning: tremendous

Meaning: too much

Example: ¡Otra vez con tus excusas! ¡Eres tremenda! (Again with the
excuses! You’re too much!)

January 14, 2009

orejón

Meaning: jughead

Example: Oye, ¡qué orejona esa muchacha. Tiene orejas como elefante! (Hey, look at the size of that girl’s ears! They’re as big as an elephant’s.)

January 15, 2009

derecho

Meaning: straight up, neat

Example: Deme un tequila derecho, por favor. (Give me a tequila straight up, please.)

January 16, 2009

accionista

Meaning: investor

Example: Quiero abrir un café, pero necesito accionistas. (I want to open
a café, but I need investors.)

January 18, 2009

el mero chingón

Meaning: the big shot, head honcho

Example: No te puedo ayudar; tendrás que hablar con el mero chingón. (I can’t help you; you’ll have to speak to the head honcho.)

January 19, 2009

tiempo fuera

Meaning: time out

Example: El chamaco está fuera de control; le di un tiempo fuera. (The
kid is out of control; I gave him a
time out.)

January 20, 2009

Al pan, pan y al vino vino

Literal Meaning: [call] bread, bread and wine, wine

Meaning: Calling a spade a spade

January 21, 2009

minero

Literal Meaning: miner

Meaning: a person from Guanajuato

Example: ¡Sí podemos! ¡Somos todos mineros! (We can do it! We’re all from Guanajuato!)

January 22, 2009

tranquilón

Meaning: laid back

Example: A mi papá no le importará ... es tranquilón. (My dad won’t care, he’s laid back.)

January 23, 2009

chollero

Meaning: a person from Los Cabos

Example: Ella es chollera, la tierra
de las chollas. (She’s a “chollera,” [from Los Cabos], the land of the
cholla cactus.)

January 25, 2009

chiripa

Meaning: dumb luck

Example: Fue de chiripa que me encontré con Pedro en Paris. (It was just dumb luck that I ran into Pedro in Paris.)

January 26,2009

pasa la voz

Meaning: spread the word

Example: Pasa la voz, la reunión del jueves se ha cancelada. (Spread the word, Thursday’s meeting has been cancelled.)

January 27, 2009

Quedar como el perro de las dos tortas

Literal Meaning: To end up like the dog with two sandwiches

Meaning: To wind up empty-handed

Example: Juan tenía muchos planes, pero quedó como el perro de las dos tortas. (Juan had lots of plans, but he came out empty-handed.)

January 28, 2009

echar un pestañazo

Meaning: catch some Zs

Example: Nos vemos en una hora, voy a echar un pestañazo. (I’ll see you in
an hour; I’m gonna catch some Zs.)

January 29, 2009

cachuco

Meaning: a person from Guatemala

Example: Por aquí la poli no friegan a los cachucos en la carretera. (The police around here don’t bother the Guatemalans walking down the road.)

January 30, 2009

cuanto antes

Meaning: as soon as possible

Example: Necesito la información cuanto antes. (I need the information as soon as possible.)

February 1, 2009

Bajarle el cielo y las estrellas

Literal Meaning: To bring down the sky and the stars for someone

Meaning: To give you the moon and the stars

Example: ¿Así me tratas cuando te he bajado el cielo y las estrellas? (This is how you treat me when I’ve given you the moon and the stars?)