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Spanish |
Significance in English |
How to show it |
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Cortado |
You've been dumped by your
girlfriend |
Scissors away from body |
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Pinche / codo |
Tight fisted / cautious
with money |
Tap left elbow with right
hand |
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Mala persona |
Bad person |
Spider, fingers balled,
facing downwards |
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Culiera / miedo |
To be fearful of something
/ someone |
Fingers to thumb, upwards,
circling into air |
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Otro dia / mañana |
Another day, come back
tomorrow |
Left and right forefingers
circling round each other into air |
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Urgente |
Urgent, something to be
done soon |
Hit back of fingers with
other hand |
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Persona rico |
Rich person; "this much
cash" |
Thumb and forefinger held
apart |
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Venga |
Come here |
Palm downwards, fingers wag
towards body |
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Vayase |
Go away |
Palm downwards, fingers wag
away from body |
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Comida |
Food |
Fingers and thumb together,
to mouth |
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Pagar / la cuenta |
To pay |
Stroke left forefinger with
right forefinger |
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La mitad |
Half / half of something |
Cut left forefinger with
right forefinger |
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Necia |
Snobby |
Raise nose with right
forefinger |
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Para |
Stop / stay back |
Open hand thrust away from
body |
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Espera |
Wait a moment |
Open hand held downward
away from body |
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Ladron |
Thief |
Raised hand, squeezing
large invisible ball |
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Niño |
Child |
Palm held away from body,
fingers curled, at height of child |
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Perro |
Dog |
Thumb & forefinger extended
like upside down pistol, held low |
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No |
No / not interested / don't
do it |
Wagging forefinger |
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Dame |
Give me |
Hand held out, palm upward |
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Cuidado |
Watch out / keep an eye out |
Forefinger pointing to eye |
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Castigar |
Punish |
Slap back of hand |
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Preso |
Arrested |
Grab left wrist with right
hand |
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Cornuto |
Wife is sleeping with other
men |
Horns of bull |
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Ocupado |
Busy / "Up to my neck in
work" |
Flat hand held to neck |
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Loco |
Crazy |
Hands flapping at temples |
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Tomar |
To drink (implicitly
alcohol) |
Thumb and little finger
extended, lifting "bottle" to mouth |
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"Que pasa?" |
"What's going on?" |
Twitch nose and muscles
around nose |
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Alli |
Over there |
Point with pouted lips |
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Casarse |
Get married |
Right hand fingers
(downward) grab left hand fingers (upward) |
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Matar |
Kill someone / to die |
Thumb extended from fist,
drawn across throat |
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Cepillo / sapo |
Arse kisser |
Scratch back of arm with
straightened fingers |
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Dejar mal olor |
To leave someone hanging |
Forefinger extended, drawn
under nose |
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Guatusero |
Two-faced person |
Thumb poked between middle
and forefinger |
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Un momento |
Give me a moment |
Thumb and forefinger held a little apart |
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Terco |
Hard person / stubborn |
Fist |
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Flaco |
Skinny |
Little-finger held up,
straight |
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Flaco |
Skinny (as a beanpole) |
Thumb & forefinger in ring,
movement top to bottom |
