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91 - Five Idioms Part 3 - Modismos in Spanish · Slow Spanish Language

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  Speaker 2: Hola, hola, hola, hola. Bienvenidos al podcast Slow Spanish Language Podcast.
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  Speaker 2: Y en este podcast hablamos de diferentes temas. O mejor dicho,
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  Speaker 2: traducimos y leemos cosas en español y las traducimos en inglés. Sí,
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  Speaker 2: es muy bueno, muy útil para todos ustedes que están
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  Speaker 2: aquí escuchando este podcast. Y hoy vamos a hacer modismos, idiomas.
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  Speaker 2: En este podcast ya lo hemos hecho tal vez dos
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  Speaker 2: o tres veces. Puedes checar los episodios de este podcast
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  Speaker 2: y entenderás cuántos episodios con modismos tenemos. Tenemos el número 23.
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  Speaker 2: Es un episodio con modismos en español. 5 idiomas. Lo
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  Speaker 2: llamamos idiomas en inglés. En español, modismos o idiomas, si
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  Speaker 2: quieres llamarlo así. También el episodio número 17. 10 idiomas, modismos,
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  Speaker 2: como pan comido, tomar el pelo, estar hasta en la sopa.
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  Speaker 2: Check those episodes, guys. Very cool. Because today is the
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  Speaker 2: third part with idioms, modismos. And we are going to
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  Speaker 2: do maybe five. I think will be enough for all
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  Speaker 2: of you today. Yes. And the number one today is
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  Speaker 2: importar un pimiento. Importar un pimiento is a very interesting
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  Speaker 2: idiom that we can translate like to be as important
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  Speaker 2: as a pepper. Sí. Sí, significa, significa,¿ qué significa este idioma?
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  Speaker 2: Que significa que no te importa, significa que no te
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  Speaker 2: importa eso, como te importa un pimiento cuando dices me
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  Speaker 2: importa un pimiento, significa que no te importa, que no
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  Speaker 2: es importante para ti lo que la persona está diciendo
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  Speaker 2: o el equipo que está haciendo. Así que puedes decir
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  Speaker 2: me importa un pimiento lo que digas y significa que
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  Speaker 2: no me importa lo que dices. Me importa un pimiento
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  Speaker 2: lo que digas. I don't care what you say. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's very interesting idioms. Be careful because it can sound
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  Speaker 2: a little bit rude, guys. Okay. The number two of
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  Speaker 2: today is hecho polvo. Polvo is dust. Dust. It means
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  Speaker 2: that if you say estoy hecho polvo, it means that
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  Speaker 2: you are really, really tired. Yes. When the person is really,
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  Speaker 2: really tired, he said estoy hecho polvo. It's the same
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  Speaker 2: like I am tired, but more deep. Yes, it's more
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  Speaker 2: deep to say estoy hecho polvo than only estoy cansado.
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  Speaker 2: You can use it. You can say, oh, no puedo más,
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  Speaker 2: he trabajado mucho. Oh, no puedo más, he trabajado mucho,
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  Speaker 2: estoy hecho polvo. Yes, you can use it, guys. It's
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  Speaker 2: very cool, very cool idiom. Y el tercero del día
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  Speaker 2: es aquí hay gato encerrado. Entonces, cuando usamos este, aquí
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  Speaker 2: hay gato encerrado, significa que hay un gato escondido o
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  Speaker 2: encerrado aquí, o como se puede traducir, como encerrado aquí, ¿sí?
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  Speaker 2: Pero este idioma lo usamos cuando pensamos que hay algo pescado.
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  Speaker 2: Hay una razón de esconderse aquí. So, gato encerrado is
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  Speaker 2: when something is fishy. Imagine that you don't like something.
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  Speaker 2: Someone is offering you something and you say, no me
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  Speaker 2: gusta esta oferta. Aquí hay gato encerrado. Like, I don't
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  Speaker 2: like this offer. There is something fishy about it. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you can use it, guys. It's very cool to speak
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  Speaker 2: like a native speaker. And the fourth one of today
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  Speaker 2: is echar agua al mar. Echar agua al mar. Echar
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  Speaker 2: agua al mar. It means to engage in useless activity.
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  Speaker 2: It means to do something useless. Like maybe for what
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  Speaker 2: you are doing that. For what reason. If this isn't useful.
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  Speaker 2: And don't need to put the water into the sea. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: very interesting. Imagine that someone offered to you to do something.
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  Speaker 2: And you say to that person. I'm sorry. This is
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  Speaker 2: not useful. Esto no es útil. No echaré agua al mar.
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  Speaker 2: No eches agua al mar porque no voy a hacer esto. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: this is the idiom that we use very, very, very often, guys.
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  Speaker 2: Echar agua al mar, all of them. Yes, all of
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  Speaker 2: them today we use it very often. And the next
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  Speaker 2: one is, and the last of today, ser la leche.
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  Speaker 2: Ser la leche is to be cool, to be really cool.
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  Speaker 2: If I say to you, tú eres la leche, me
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  Speaker 2: caes bien, it means that I like you, you are
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  Speaker 2: really cool. Eres la leche is a very colloquial idiom
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  Speaker 2: or phrase that is very often used in Spain. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: in Spain they use often ser la leche. Ser la leche. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: tú eres la leche. Tú eres genial. Guys, this is
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  Speaker 2: the idioms of today. I hope that you like it.
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  Speaker 2: It was very interesting. What do you think about that?
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  Speaker 2: Do you want more episodes with idioms? Yeah, they are
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  Speaker 2: very useful. And we use them every day. Yes. So,
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  Speaker 2: what we did today? Número uno, importar un pepino. Número dos,
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  Speaker 2: echo polvo. Número tres, aquí hay gato encerrado. Número cuatro,
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  Speaker 2: echar agua al mar. Número cinco, ser la leche. Número cinco,
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  Speaker 2: ser la leche. Yeah, you are cool. Guys, I will
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  Speaker 2: let the idioms in the description of this episode. You
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  Speaker 2: can check, you can read about them and remember when
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  Speaker 2: to use it. Thank you all for the donation and
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  Speaker 2: support on PayPal and BuyMeACoffee. The links are in the
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  Speaker 2: description of this episode. Thank you all for listening until
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  Speaker 2: the end. Thank you all for watching this podcast. See
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  Speaker 2: you in the next one. And let's see what will
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  Speaker 2: be next. Maybe a song, maybe a story, maybe idioms.
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  Speaker 2: Let's see, let's see, guys. Hasta la vista. Hasta luego. Cuídense.