Fuga de gas can be translated as “gas leak”.
The word fuga, however, applies not only to gases and liquids, but also to people who are escaping from jail – "gas jail break".
Did you know montaña rusa means "roller coaster" in Spanish?
It literally translates as "Russian mountain", which is why this cute mountain is wearing a traditional Russian hat.
Me siento mal can be understood in two ways: “I feel bad” and "I am sitting badly".
It depends on whether we understand me siento as a conjugation of sentirse ("to feel") or sentarse ("to sit down"), since their forms are identical.
"Cosas que pasan" is an expression than means something like "these things happen!"
But also, a "pasa" is a sultana and "¿qué pasa?" means 'what's up?".
Beautiful wordplay!
How do we say the letter "Y" called in Spanish? We call it i griega, which can be translated as “Greek i”.
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If "Y" is called i griega, then "I" is called i latina.
Sexy letters!
A hot dog is usually called a "perro caliente" in Spanish, but in Chile it's called a "completo".
A completo has diced tomato, smashed avo and mayo.
Don't let anyone fool you – it's the best kind of hot dog in the word!
Aww, I am so sorry bunnies!
Recién casados means "just married", but "cazados" with a Z means "hunted". The two words have exactly the same pronunciation in American Spanish.
There are many ways to say popcorn in Spanish, but one of them is palomitas de maíz.
A palomita is a little pigeon, while maíz is corn.
Doesn't the corn look happy with its palomitas?
What do you call your first teeth when you are a child? Baby teeth?
In Spanish we call them dientes de leche. It's not really milk with teeth.
Which one was your favourite?
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