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Spanish dialogue with translation · B1 · 18 lines

No he entendido ni la mitad I didn't understand even half

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Panel 1 of 18 for “I didn't understand even half”: “Ana, how was your weekend? I'm wiped out: I worked all day Saturday at my uncle's bar (man speaking).”
  1. Hugo

    Ana, ¿qué tal el finde? Yo estoy hecho polvo: curré todo el sábado en el bar de mi tío.

    Ana, how was your weekend? I'm wiped out: I worked all day Saturday at my uncle's bar (man speaking).

Panel 2 of 18 for “I didn't understand even half”: “Wait, Hugo. "Finde"? "Curré"? I didn't understand even half of that.”
  1. Ana

    Espera, Hugo. ¿«Finde»? ¿«Curré»? No he entendido ni la mitad.

    Wait, Hugo. "Finde"? "Curré"? I didn't understand even half of that.

Panel 3 of 18 for “I didn't understand even half”: “Geez, sorry! "Finde" is the weekend. And "currar" means to work: "el curro" is work.”
  1. Hugo

    ¡Ostras, perdona! «Finde» es el fin de semana. Y «currar» es trabajar: el curro es el trabajo.

    Geez, sorry! "Finde" is the weekend. And "currar" means to work: "el curro" is work.

Panel 4 of 18 for “I didn't understand even half”: “OK, I get it now. And can I say "tengo mucho curro" to Nuria?”
  1. Ana

    Vale, ya entiendo. ¿Y puedo decirle a Nuria «tengo mucho curro»?

    OK, I get it now. And can I say "tengo mucho curro" to Nuria?

Panel 5 of 18 for “I didn't understand even half”: “Better not: with the boss you say "trabajo". "Curro" is colloquial: it's for friends, not for a formal meeting.”
  1. Hugo

    Mejor no: con la jefa se dice «trabajo». «Curro» es coloquial: es para los amigos, no para una reunión formal.

    Better not: with the boss you say "trabajo". "Curro" is colloquial: it's for friends, not for a formal meeting.

Panel 6 of 18 for “I didn't understand even half”: “Got it. Another question: on Friday you said the bar on the corner was "cutre". Is that good or bad?”
  1. Ana

    Entendido. Otra duda: el viernes dijiste que el bar de la esquina era «cutre». ¿Eso es bueno o malo?

    Got it. Another question: on Friday you said the bar on the corner was "cutre". Is that good or bad?

Panel 7 of 18 for “I didn't understand even half”: “Bad. A "cutre" place is old, ugly and cheap. And a "pijo" place is expensive, for people with lots of "pasta".”
  1. Hugo

    Malo. Un sitio cutre es viejo, feo y barato. Y un sitio pijo es caro, para gente con mucha pasta.

    Bad. A "cutre" place is old, ugly and cheap. And a "pijo" place is expensive, for people with lots of "pasta".

Panel 8 of 18 for “I didn't understand even half”: “With "pasta"? Like pasta with tomato sauce?”
  1. Ana

    ¿Con pasta? ¿Como la pasta con tomate?

    With "pasta"? Like pasta with tomato sauce?

Panel 9 of 18 for “I didn't understand even half”: “Oh no, of course not! "Pasta" is money. Let me give you an example: "I'm not going out this weekend, I don't have any cash."”
  1. Hugo

    ¡No, mujer! Pasta es dinero. Te pongo un ejemplo: «Este finde no salgo, no tengo pasta».

    Oh no, of course not! "Pasta" is money. Let me give you an example: "I'm not going out this weekend, I don't have any cash."

Panel 10 of 18 for “I didn't understand even half”: “I love it! And is there a colloquial word for "mucho"?”
  1. Ana

    ¡Me encanta! ¿Y hay una palabra coloquial para «mucho»?

    I love it! And is there a colloquial word for "mucho"?

Panel 11 of 18 for “I didn't understand even half”: “Sure: "mogollón". "I've got a ton of work" or "I like this show a ton."”
  1. Hugo

    Claro: «mogollón». «Tengo mogollón de curro» o «esta serie me gusta mogollón».

    Sure: "mogollón". "I've got a ton of work" or "I like this show a ton."

Panel 12 of 18 for “I didn't understand even half”: “Well, I like your explanation a ton. Did I say that right?”
  1. Ana

    Pues tu explicación me gusta mogollón. ¿Lo he dicho bien?

    Well, I like your explanation a ton. Did I say that right?

Panel 13 of 18 for “I didn't understand even half”: “That's amazing! You're a star: you learn with incredible ease (to a woman).”
  1. Hugo

    ¡Qué pasada! Eres una crack: aprendes con una facilidad increíble.

    That's amazing! You're a star: you learn with incredible ease (to a woman).

Panel 14 of 18 for “I didn't understand even half”: “One more thing. Sonia always calls you "chaval". Is that a swear word?”
  1. Ana

    Una cosa más. Sonia siempre te llama «chaval». ¿Eso es una palabrota?

    One more thing. Sonia always calls you "chaval". Is that a swear word?

Panel 15 of 18 for “I didn't understand even half”: “Not at all! A "chaval" is a young guy. I'm not teaching you the swear words, because Nuria will kill me.”
  1. Hugo

    ¡Para nada! Un chaval es un chico joven. Las palabrotas no te las enseño, porque Nuria me mata.

    Not at all! A "chaval" is a young guy. I'm not teaching you the swear words, because Nuria will kill me.

Panel 16 of 18 for “I didn't understand even half”: “That's better. And "porfa"? I see it in all your messages.”
  1. Ana

    Mejor así. ¿Y «porfa»? Lo veo en todos tus mensajes.

    That's better. And "porfa"? I see it in all your messages.

Panel 17 of 18 for “I didn't understand even half”: “It's "por favor", but shorter. Listen, on Thursday we're going for a few beers after work: come, please, you're going to be blown away by the tapas.”
  1. Hugo

    Es «por favor», pero más corto. Oye, el jueves vamos a tomar unas birras después del curro: ven, porfa, vas a alucinar con las tapas.

    It's "por favor", but shorter. Listen, on Thursday we're going for a few beers after work: come, please, you're going to be blown away by the tapas.

Panel 18 of 18 for “I didn't understand even half”: “"Birras"? Let me guess… beers! Count me in, kid.”
  1. Ana

    ¿Birras? Déjame adivinar… ¡cervezas! Me apunto, chaval.

    "Birras"? Let me guess… beers! Count me in, kid.

Grammar for this text

Colloquial words in this dialogue. Finde = fin de semana, currar = trabajar, el curro = el trabajo, pasta = dinero, porfa = por favor, birras = cervezas. They're all for friends: Hugo himself says to use trabajo with the boss.

Mogollón works in two ways: mogollón de + noun (mogollón de curro — "a ton of work") and after a verb (me gusta mogollón — "I like it a lot").

Eres una crack — praise: "you're great at this, you're a pro". About a man: un crack.

Vas a alucinar con las tapas — "you're going to be blown away by the tapas": after alucinar, the thing that amazes you comes with con.

Dijiste que el bar de la esquina era "cutre" — reporting someone's words in the past (unit 14): es cutre → dijiste que era cutre.

No te las enseño — two pronouns together (unit 10): te — "to you", las — "them", that is, the swear words.

Se dice "trabajo" — "you say 'trabajo'": impersonal se (unit 7).

Words and grammar of the unit: Understand street Spanish.

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