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Coffee Break Spanish
Everyday Spanish exaggerations native speakers love
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Sound more natural in your conversations
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welcome to Coffee Break Spanish yo soy Annabel. Yo y te traigo un episodio muy e special sobrecomo expressarce en espanol de una forma mas dramatica. In today's episode, I'll be covering five everyday exaggerations that will make you sound more natural and expressive and much more like a native speaker. Yo soy Anabel de Coffee Break Spanish Y vamosar con la primera expression Frio que pela. We use hacer un frio que pela when it's absolutely freezing. And because we use hacer, you'll hear hace un fri? O que pela in the present tense. Hi so un frio que pela in the preterite tense, or even arra un frio que pela in the future tense. This expression is super useful in winter, especially if you live somewhere cold. Vale pues continuamos. For the next expression, I want you to imagine you are walking down the street and suddenly you bump into a friend you haven't seen in forever. Normally you could say, but if you want to sound more dramatic, you can say hace siclos que nonos vemos que talvatodo or hace anos hace mi anos que nonos vemos. And the fun fact is that these are fixed expressions. We can say hace siglos it's been centuries, hace anos it's been years. Or hace mil anos, It's Been a thousand years. But we are not going to be saying hace cien anos que nonos vemos or hace dos mil anos que nos vemos. So just be careful with the quantity. Muy bien. Aure y machina. Quetienas muchisim ambre. You are starving. In Spanish we can exaggerate that by tengo tan ta hambre que me comeria un caballo. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. Of course, this is not literal, and actually you could probably use any huge animal in this expression, so feel free to be creative. Some common examples un elefante, an elephant, un rinoceronte, a rhino, or even un buy an ox. And we could actually say tengo tan ta ambre. Cheme comeria una vaca. Una vaca as in una vaca en tera. I am so hungry I could eat a whole cow. One more thing before moving on is that of course we can use this expression to talk about other people being hungry. Porrejemplo, Alberto, tiene tan tambre que se comeria un elefante. Alberto is so hungry he could eat an elephant. Genial. Pues cambiamos de situation. And now I need you to imagine you are having one of those days that just never ends. Or maybe you are stuck in a meeting that feels eternal. In Spanish, we use a lovely expression, ser mas largo or larga que un dia si in pan to be longer than a day without bread por ejemplo. Oh, que horror. Este dia estaciendo mas largo que un dias in pan que ganas de volvera casa. Oh my. This day is dragging on forever. I can't wait to go home. Can you think of another situation where you could use this expression? Leave your answer in a comment below. Tele ay, pero antes de esto vamos con la ultima expression. And this one can sound a little sad or negative, so use it carefully. The expression is estar ma solo or sola que la una to be lonelier than the one. But it is used to say to be completely alone. Porjemplo su sijos se an mudado Haci chia hora el pobre hombre esta marsolo que la una. His children have moved out, so now the poor man is all on his own. Notice that sad connotation in the sentence? Also see how solo changes depending on the ma solo que la una or ma sola que launa. But la una never changes. And here's the fun part. This expression originally came from estar masolo que la luna to be lonelier than the moon. But over time la luna became la una and that's the expression people use today. Estu peno pues eso estodo porroy. If you would like to receive free mini lessons every week straight to your inbox, go to free coffeebreaklanguages.com Spanish and sign up for our newsletter Mucho de mas. Gracias como siempre y nos vemos pronto. Adios.
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Insurance isn't one size fits all. That's why drivers have enjoyed Progressive's Name your Price Tool for years now. With the Name your Price tool, you tell them what you want to pay and they'll show you options that fit your budget. So whether you're picking out your first policy or just looking for something that works better for you and your family, they make it easy to see your options. Visit progressive.com find a rate that works for you with the Name youe Price Tool Progressive Casualty Insurance Company and Affiliates Price and Coverage Match limited By state law.