Speaking Chileno: A Guide to Spanish from Chile (Jared Romey's Speaking Latino) by Jared Romey

Author:Jared Romey [Romey, Jared]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Language Babel, Inc.
Published: 2014-01-08T00:00:00+00:00

más pesado que maletín de gasfiter: literally “heavier than a plumber’s toolbox”, annoying, bothersome.

más pesado que tanque a pedales: literally “heavier than a tank with pedals”, refers to a person that is extremely annoying, or as said in Chile, pesado.

más pesado que volantín de cholguán: literally “heavier than a kite made from hardwood”, refers to an extremely annoying person, or pesado.

más problemas que maletín de abogado: literally “more problems than a lawyer’s suitcase”, someone in a lot of trouble.

más puntual que novia fea: literally “more punctual than an ugly girlfriend”, since the girlfriend is so ugly, she will always show up on time, to avoid anyone stealing her boyfriend, means extremely punctual.

^ más que la chucha: a shitload of, too much of.

más que la cresta: a whole lot of, too much of.

más quebrado que galleta de soda: literally “more of a show off than a soda cracker”, penniless, broke, poor.

más quieto que caballo de fotógrafo: literally “more motionless than a horse for photographs”, this is generally a cardboard horse, that street photographers use for posing with small children, means extremely still.

más raro que culebra con orejas: literally “stranger than a snake with ears”, a weird person.

más raro que serpiente sin cola: literally “stranger than a serpent with no tail”, a weird person.

más rayado que escritorio de liceo: literally “more scratched than a school desk”, means extremely crazy, using a play on words with rayado which means both scratched and nuts.

más rayado que puerta de perrera: literally “more scratched than a kennel door”, means extremely crazy, using a play on words with rayado which means both scratched and nuts.

más rollos que frenada de cuncuna: literally “more rolls than a suddenly stopped caterpillar”, a fat person with lots of rolls on their body.

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