vis4valentinetoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml·1 year agoWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?message-squarearrow-up12arrow-down10message-square135file-textfedilink
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?vis4valentinetoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml·1 year agomessage-square135file-textfedilink
minus-squarecavalletoarrow-up1arrow-down0·1 year agolinkfedilink“Te falta una patata para el kilo” (in Spanish) English: “You’re missing one potato for the kilo.” When you want to call someone a fool or an idiot, you question if they’re in their right mind, if they use their head before speaking or doing something.
minus-squarerichieadlerEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·1 year agolinkfedilinkSpanish from Spain, right? In Argentina we say “Le faltan jugadores” (He/she is short of a few [football/soccer] players) “Le faltan caramelos en el frasco” (He/she is missing candies in the jar)
minus-squarespezEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·1 year agolinkfedilink “Le faltan jugadores” (He/she is short of a few [football/soccer] players) no fucking way lol
“Te falta una patata para el kilo” (in Spanish)
English: “You’re missing one potato for the kilo.”
When you want to call someone a fool or an idiot, you question if they’re in their right mind, if they use their head before speaking or doing something.
Spanish from Spain, right?
In Argentina we say
no fucking way lol