Cuban Slang

por Azali Lun Ago 23, 2010 10:08 am

Cuban Slang The Original Cuban Saying	CUBANICS	The Intended Englishhh Meaning
No me importa un pito	I don’t care a whistle	I don’t care at all
Me importa tres pepinos	I care three cucumbers	I don’t care at all
Me sacaron el hígado	They took my liver out	I worked like a slave
Me sacaron el kilo	They took the penny out of me	I worked like a slave
Le pusistes la tapa al pomo	You put the lid on the jar	You really messed up this time!
Tú no pintas nada	You don’t paint anything	This doesn’t concern you
Estás comiendo de lo que pica el pollo	You are eating what the chicken nibble	You’re wasting your time in foolish things
Estás acabando	You are finishing	You’re a big success
¡Te la comiste!	You ate it!	You did it great! You kicked it!
Te estás metiendo en camisa de once varas	You are getting into an eleven yard shirt	You’re getting into big trouble
Eramos pocos y parió Catana	We were few and Catana gave birth	There were a lot of people here, and then more showed up
Es un arroz con mango	It is a rice with mango	It’s a very complicated thing
No tiene dos dedos de frente	He/She doesn’t have two fingers of forehead	He/she has no intelligence at all
Para luego es tarde	For later, it’s late	Don’t wait, let’s do it now
Nos dejastes plantados	You left us planted	You stood us up
Me embarcaste	You shipped me off	You stood us up
Se formó	It formed	Here comes trouble!
Es la pata del diablo	He/she is the leg of the devil	Likes to play pranks
Este huevo quiere sal	This egg wants salt	What does he/she wants?
¡Qué pesao me cae!	He falls so heavy on me!	I cannot stand him!
Camarón que se duerme, se lo lleva la corriente	Shrimps that falls asleep, current that takes it away	Wake up or you are going to loose your opportunities
Me voy a hacer el de la vista gorda	I’m going to do the one with the fat sight	I’m going to ignore that
El no dispara un chicharo	He doesn’t shoot a pea	He doesn’t do any work
Hay gato encerrado	There’s a cat locked up	There is something hidden here
Tiró la casa por la ventana	He/she threw the house out the window	He/she pulled all the stops
El horno no está para galleticas	The oven is not for cookies	It’s not the right moment for that
Te pusistes para tu número	You put yourself to your number	You got on the ball
Por si las moscas	For if the flies	Just in case
Juntos pero no revueltos	Together but not scrambled	Although we are together on this, there is a big difference between us
Perro que ladra no muerde	Dog that barks, doesn’t bite	Too many words but no action
Tira la piedra y esconde la mano	Throws the stone, and hides the hand	He/she knows how to do things without being discovered
Una tempestad en un vaso de agua	A tempest in a glass of water	A storm in a teacup
Le cayó comején	Termites are falling on him/her	He/She became nuts
Le faltan unos cuantos tornillos	He/she is missing few screws	He/she is nuts
Le zumba el merequetén	It heaves the merequeten	It blows our minds
Comiéndose un cable	Eating a cable	Going through difficult times
Se tiraron p’al medio de la calle	They threw themselves into the middle of the street	They went all out
Caminan con los codos	They walk with their elbows	They’re cheapskates
Pedro cantó el manicero	Pedro sang the peanut vendor	Peter died
El se da lija	He sand papers himself	He is a narcissist

copiado del blog de Zoe Valdes