🇪🇸 5 Spanish Phrases That Make You Instantly Sound Local

Hey, do you want to know five phrases that only Spanish native speakers say? Okay, venga, vamos. So, you want to sound really Spanish, don't you? Okay, okay, okay, okay. Forget the textbook. Nos olvidamos a tomar por saco. Today I'm giving you five phrases that only Spanish native speakers say. I've never heard a guinea saying these phrases. And trust me, the literal translation makes zero sense. That's why they're some of my favorite ones. Vamos a ello, venga, empezamos. La primera, ni fu, ni fa. Ni fu, ni fa, ni fu, ni fa. It doesn't have any translation, guys, this one. I can't translate it literally because it makes no sense. But it would mean something like, nah, it doesn't do anything for me. Ni fu, ni fa. ¿Te gusta la película? Ni fu, ni fa. A mí me encanta, ¿te gusta? It's like saying, nah, whatever. We can't translate it into English, otherwise it would be neither fu nor fa. Yeah, that wouldn't go down well. Or would it? People would for sure look at you very weird. ¡Número dos! Y que no se me ofenda nadie. Me cae gordo. Literal meaning, he or she falls fat on me. Me cae gordo. And no, I'm not talking about doing any crazy summer diets. I'm saying that I can't stand him or her. Me cae gordo o me cae gorda. They rub me the wrong way. Por ejemplo, ¿te cae bien Juan? Do you get along with Juan? No, me cae gordo. Me cae gordo. Has nothing to do with diets or being overweight. It's about someone's vibe. ¡Número tres! Esta me encanta. Ser un crack. Esta se la digo yo mucho a mis alumnos. I'll tell my students this all the time. When they give me phrases in the life lessons, I'm like, ¡Ah! ¡Eres un crack! ¡Eres un crack! Makes me so proud. Por ejemplo, ¿sabes que Ana habla tres idiomas? ¡Bua! ¡Bua! Es una crack. Do you know Ana speaks three languages? Yeah, she's amazing. She's a genius. She's a pro. That's what said un crack o una crack means. To be a pro at something. To be awesome, to be amazing, to be the best at something. Again, super common in Spain. It sounds very, very local. Remember, it's like saying she's a star. She's a genius. She's a legend. ¡Número cuatro! Esta me encanta. Dar palo. ¡Ay! ¡Me da palo! ¡Me da palo! No, no tiene nada que ver con palomitas. It has nothing to do with popcorn, my friends. Literal translation, it gives me stick. Gives me stick? Oh, I can't be bothered. I feel too lazy. Or I'm embarrassed to do it. I usually use it with I'm ashamed. Me da palo. Remember when your mom tells you to do something? To go and speak to someone? Especially, I don't know, in the supermarket or whatever. And I'm like, oh, me da palo. Me da palo. I'm embarrassed. I'm ashamed. I don't want to do it. That's how I would use it. But I know a lot of people also use it as in I can't be bothered. I feel lazy. But usually it's the ashamed one more, I feel. ¿Vas a llamar a Pablo? Me da palo. You're shy. You don't want to call him. Come on, you do it. Hazlo tú, venga. Hazlo tú. Número cinco, ser un rollo. Slang for this one, ser un coñazo. I use that one more. Let's be honest. It means to be boring, to be a drug, something that's dull. ¿Qué tal la reunión? Un rollo. O un coñazo, it's the same. But technically, coñazo is swearing a little bit. So don't say it in formal situations. Avoid that one. You can say rollo in front of kids, in front of everyone. It's neutral. It's okay. You're safe with that one. And if you want to emphasize what a pain in the ass that meeting was, you might want to say un rollazo. And in the actual meeting, it was super boring. Un rollazo. ¡Recapitulamos! ¿Ni fu, ni fa? Me cae gordo. Can't stand him or her. Es un crack. He's amazing. Me da palo. I'm embarrassed. Y last but not least, es un rollo. Es un rollazo. It's boring. ¿Pero sabes lo que no es un rollo? Do you know what's not boring at all? Mis clases en directo y mis cursos en mi comunidad de español. Doing my Spanish online community on school. That's not gonna be a rollo. I can guarantee you, you're gonna learn Spanish, become more fluent en un periquete, in the blink of an eye. Y encima, you're gonna have a good laugh along the way. Are you ready? ¡Venga, vamos! Link in bio. You know where the link is already. So is in the bio. Link in bio. And if you found this useful, please, please, please, suscríbete. Subscribe. Don't forget. Un besito. Gracias. Adiós.