Of Spaniards. We learned quite a few Spanish quick witted replies/idioms this week...so now I feel a little better equipped to be sassier in this culture...haha. :) Here's a few:
Contigo el pan y la ceboya (May bread and onions be with you). This is what the Galician Spanish say to a newly married couple. It's true...even if you have no food, you usually have a bread product of some kind, and an onion or two. This is the Gallego way of saying, "we know you're so ridiculously happy that you don't even realize how little you have."
Porque sera? (Why will that happen?). Gallegos say this when the obvious is stated. It's like saying sarcastically, "oh reeeeeally? Why is that?"
Con pan y vino, andamos el camino (with bread and wine, we go our way). This is their way of saying, "we can make it through life with the basics."
El fuego del leon no es como lo pintan (the fire of the lion isn't what they paint him as). It's the Spanish equivelent of "his bark is worse than his bite."
And THIS is the best one....
Me voy a ver Chicago (I'm going to go see Chicago). Hilariously, this means, "I'm going to the bathroom." I thought that was just great. Haha. :)
Also, we're headed out on a 5 day hike to Santiago de Compostela tomorrow. We'll get back Friday afternoon...where hopefully I'll be alive enough to tell you guys all about it! If you want information on it, just google "Camino Ingles." Yes, we're walking that 110 kilometers!!! Yeah, let's DO it!!
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