Spanish proverbs

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Transcript of Spanish proverbs

FAMOUS SPANISH PROVERBS

It means that it is better to do things well and slowly than to do them badly and fast.

You’re so gorgeous and sexy.

When you haven’t any money or boyfriend/girlfriend.

When you’re spoilsport, a person who ruins the happiness of the other ones.

The ugly ones sometimes are luckier than pretty ones, because if you’re attractive it doesn’t mean that you have luck in love.

You aren’t the attention centre.

You say this to a person who makes promises and doesn’t fulfill them

Cry a lot.

It means that there are a lot of thieves (politicians) in Spain.

“I’m really crazy!”

You say this when you’re in bad mood.

It rhymes. It means : let’s call it a day.

“Milk” in Spanish also means a good thing.

They caught you doing something wrong they were expecting from you.

“You always say the same things.”

We say this because in Spanish to repeat something also means that your breath smells like this thing.

And garlic is one of these food that you always “repeat”, or burp.

You say this when you want to clarify something. We say this because everyone loves thick chocolate instead of thin. So, we prefer clarifying things than not doing it.

I’m exhausted, very tired.

You say this when you’ve just said something in a indirect way.

Two people say this whe they are forgiving each other, forgetting the things they’ve done.

= Just in case.

The person who says this wants to forget what just happened.

It’s an ironic sentence that means that you’ve enjoyed what you’ve done and nobody is going to

change that.

You want the things that other people have.

“I only remember you when I want something from you.”

“I’m very happy.”

I love you so much.

You say this when you can’t solve a problem or when you’re in an awkward situation.

You say this to someone very annoying.

It’s an ironic sentence that you say when you have a lot of problems and, suddendly, another one comes.

You say this when something that you thought is going to be fine doesn’t happen the way you wanted it.