Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Useful Ranch Phrases and Their Meanings, as Interpreted by Yours Truly

Phrase followed by definition

Cheque. Ok.
Vaya pues. Alrighty then.
Nada que ver. Nothing to do with it/Whatever.
¿Qué pedo? What’s going on? (Note: pedo also means fart. One can imagine my confusion at the beginning.)
¿Qué onda, mara?/¿Qué hongos, banda? What’s up, peeps?
¡Qué barbaridad! What barbarity! (Just going to leave that one as it is.)
Macizo. Awesome.
¡Qué big fresa! It’s so cool!
Es tan easy. It’s so easy. (You probably figured that out on your own.)
Me da colera. It makes me so angry…that it gives me cholera.
¡Nambre! No, man!
¡Puchica vos! Darn you!
Sí, ¿va? I know, right?
Ya. Done/Enough/Knock it off.
Hacer relajo. Cause a ruckus.
Hacer caso. To pay attention or listen to or generally give you the time of day (usually in reference to a child who is not doing it).

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