How to Say “Straw” in Colombian Spanish
A drinking straw is pitillo in Colombia. In Spain it is pajita, and paja is the dried stalk of grain. You ask for one in a café with ¿me regala un pitillo?
A drinking straw is pitillo in Colombia. In Spain it is pajita, and paja is the dried stalk of grain. You ask for one in a café with ¿me regala un pitillo?
In Spanish, ‘looks good’ is translated as se ve bien. se ve bien is used to say that something has a pleasing appearance.
The English name Susan is translated into Spanish as Susana. Susana is a female given name.
The fruit called “dates” is dátiles in Spanish, and a single date is un dátil. The word is masculine.
In Mexico the polite way to say “what?” when you did not hear something is ¿Mande? Elsewhere ¿Cómo? is standard and ¿Eh? is the casual version.
To say “leave, please” in Spanish, you use váyase, por favor. This phrase is a polite request for someone to go away from a place.
The English word “lighthouse” is faro in Spanish. The primary meaning of faro is a building containing a light used to warn or guide ships.
To a friend you can say Te extraño in most of Latin America or Te echo de menos in Spain. Qué ganas de verte says how much you want to meet.
The Spanish word for ‘alive’ is vivo. The primary meaning is having life.
The English phrase jolts is translated into Spanish as sacudidas.