Notes in Spanish - 35 Los Topicos

Question 1

Stereotype

Answer 1

Un tópico

Question 2

To have a siesta

Answer 2

Echarse la siesta - voy a echarme una siesta

Question 3

I like to lie down for a while

Answer 3

Me gusta echarme un ratito - Voy a echarme media hora

Question 4

It definitely exists

Answer 4

No: existir, existe

Question 5

Translate: el rato que más a gusto se está

Answer 5

‘Se está’ is used to describe how something feels. For example talking to someone in a swimming pool.:

Qué tal se está en el agua
Se está de miedo (it’s great!)

Question 6

Hombre?

Answer 6

Similar to starting a sentence with ‘well’ in English

Question 7

Estate agency

Answer 7

Inmobiliarias

Question 8

It’s not worth then going home.

Answer 8

No le compensa volver a casa

Question 9

To sit around the table and chat after a meal.

Answer 9

Hacer sobremesa

Question 10

Errand

Answer 10

Recado

Question 11

Get together, communal chat

Answer 11

Tertulia

Question 12

Everyone has their own special technique

Answer 12

Cada uno tiene un truquito

Question 13

To go hunting

Answer 13

Ir de caza

Question 14

Young bulls

Answer 14

Las Vaquillas

Question 15

To bullfight

Answer 15

Torear

Question 16

We’ve run out of time

Answer 16

Nos ha pillado el toro

Question 17

Fond of/ enthusiastic about

Answer 17

Aficionada

Question 18

Lend me a hand

Answer 18

Échame un capote

Question 19

To get out of a tight spot

Answer 19

Salir del apuro

Question 20

Spliff

Answer 20

El canuto, el porro

Question 21

Enough (sleep) to get through the day.

Answer 21

Lo suficiente como para tirar

Question 22

I wouldn’t mind/wish I could

Answer 22

Ya quisiera yo

Question 23

Globalise

Answer 23

Globalizar