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Hola a todos!!!
Quería celebrar mi entrada en el foro por todo lo alto...
Tengo un par de cuestiones, que no consigo poner a punto.
¿Cómo se diria "no me tomes el pelo"? Yo lo interpretaría como "don´t pull my leg" pero no estoy seguro.
Tampoco he encontrado una expresión que sirviera para traducir "llueve a cántaros" en ingles
Somebody can help me?
Thanks a lot for your help!
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Hola, Patras:
Bienvenido. Espero que siempre encuentres útil este foro.
Creo que la frase en inglés que pusiste es la que mejor se ajusta a la frase en español. En cuanto a la segunda, me parece que en inglés existe la frase "It's raining cats and dogs" que, si bien no tiene sentido si la traduces literalmente al español, equivale a nuestro "llueve a cántaros". De cualquier manera, estoy seguro de que alguno de nuestros compañeros nos hará las precisiones pertinentes en algún momento.
Saludos desde México.
Hola amigos!
Estoy de acuerdo, CarlosRoberto. Llovar a cántaros is best translated as to rain cats and dogs:)
I agree CarlosRoberto! Well done!:)
Otra expresion idiomatica es: It's pouring.
Nira:)
Right!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nira
It's raining, it's pouring
the old man is snoring
He went to bed and bumped his head
and couldn't get up in the morning!
I have also heard "it's hailing taxis"...
anyone has heard this one?
"it's hailing taxis" is new to me Sandra!:)
We "hail a taxi" when we need one but, of course, that's another context entirely and not the same as "granizos". How do you say it's hailing, btw? Está granizando?
We also mix the phrases, like "it's pouring cats and dogs".
Have you heard "it's a gulley washer":D
Hi Vicente! I heard the expression from some Canadian friends.
We usually say "está lloviendo granizos" o "están cayendo granizos". This is Cuban of course, maybe in other Spanish speaking countries, they have a different way to say it.
I looked it up and here's what I found.
La Real Academia dice:
granizar.
1. intr. impers. Caer granizo.
2. intr. Caer con ímpetu y menudeando como el granizo. U. t. c. tr.
As you can see it's a verb and I have never heard :eek: that verb conjugated in my entire (short ;) ) life. I am sure now that it depends on the country.
"Está granizando."
Nope, haven't heard this one. Please, tell us!!!Quote:
Have you heard "it's a gulley washer"
Sandra! Thanks for the verb granizar!:)
As for gulley washer it means a super-heavy rain storm, as in, so strong that it washes out gullies.
gulley= "Rambla, excavación causada por las aguas fluviales; barranca"
Por estos días en la zona de la Capital y cercanas de Argentina (como en mi ciudad, La Plata) está cayendo granizo con demasiada frecuencia - destrozando vidrios, persianas, techos de autos, etc.
Ya que estamos, prefiero hablar de el helado granizado! what's the English for it?
Hey LauraQuote:
Originally Posted by lauracipolla
Since grano means a grain or particle I guess garnizado would mean "broken into grains or particles", so helado granizado would be frozen particles...which is a lengthy way of saying we call it "hail".:D :D :D
jejej, Vicnte, you are funny. I think Laura is talking about this wonderful drink, we also enjoy in Spain:Quote:
Originally Posted by vicente
http://www.recetasdecomidas.es/wp-co...adodelimon.jpg:)
jejeje
Well, OK...so how are we to know what drink it is if Laura doesn't give us the ingredients. It could be a glass of frozen lemonade.:D
hi, vicente... I don't know if you know what "granizado" ice cream is here... it's basically cream ("crema americana", we call it, BTW) mixed with tiny pieces of chocolate... you can also have "dulce de leche granizado", "chocolate granizado" and "menta granizada" (varying of course the base cream). hmmmmmm... I'm going to the ice-cream shop and brb! hahaha
BTW, I remembered I didn't mention we also say "cayó piedra" ( = granizó), an expression we also use as a greeting, to make fun at someone who had been absent for a long time, or who doesn't visit often...
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Originally Posted by lauracipolla
Laura, if you like ice cream (I do, too) you would not BELIEVE how many different flavors and mixtures they have here. Everything you mentioned and maybe a hundred and thirty-eight thousand more!
So, of course, I like plain old vanilla!:D
vicente, we DO have many different flavors and combinations... I was just mentioning the "granizado" varieties... I love chocolate (plain, bitter, white, with almonds, with cherries...)
it's a deal: send me a sample from there and I'll send you some from here to check which one is best, ok? :D
Exactly!!!! Vicente...estás muy verde en lo que se refiere a "granizados" eso está más que demostrado.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by lauracipolla
Mi favorito, el de siemrpe: granizado de limón!!:)
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Originally Posted by lauracipolla
Deal!!
I didn't mean to imply that our ice cream business is better than your ice cream business.:) I know that the people of La Plata are a fairly advanced civilization.:D :D
definitely a different thing, exx! though it looks tasteful, too... ;)but it's not icecream! (I wanted to show you a picture, but couldn't find a good one. sorry!)Quote:
Originally Posted by exxcéntrica
When we add "particles" to our ice cream we call them chips and then call the mixture chocolate chip, mint chip, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by lauracipolla
They also take popular candy bars and cookies and break them up and add them to ice cream...like Oreo cookies, Butterfinger candy, stuff like that. Do you guys do that too?
yes! we have "ferrero rocher", "bon-o-bon" and some other bars and cookies added to a chocolate- or cream- or dulce de leche-base... apart from raisins, almonds, nuts, caramel, cherries, figs, whiskey, port... and there are also "lemon pie", "tiramisu" and some other like-flavors... in the province of Mendoza, great wine-producer, they have "cabernet", "malbec" and the like... (but I'd rather drink the wine and then have some ice cream, that all together!) and I know of a shop that makes "Bazooka" cream ( = chewing gum) --never tried it, though.
I think we have that type of ice cream here in Cuba too. I don't find a picture either. Aquí se le conoce como "frozen". Sí, un préstamo aparentemente. ;)
It's like an ice cream but without the milk, so it tastes like "crunchy" ice cream but not because you put chips or other things inside but because of the ice. It's not one of my fav but it's ok if it's very hot, just like now. And it does not have many calories either.
On the other hand, "granizado" is what comes out of these machines which is similar to what exx posted.
http://www.imega.cl/catalogo/imagene...entus_v12b.jpg
I insist, girls... "granizado" here is not like yours. it's a CREAM... here I found a recipe with photo! :D
http://www.solopostres.com/ver-recet...anizado&id=249
the greatest thing of it all is that, while talking about the ice-cream, I was able to forget the forecast of hail, and my fear that it AGAIN would spoil the blinds on my windows!!! apparently, it's not going to rain after all, much less to hail...
;)
Hello, guys and gals!
Wow, it seems the subject has way to go.
As you can see it's a verb and I have never heard :eek: that verb conjugated in my entire (short ;) ) life. I am sure now that it depends on the country.
"Está granizando."
Sandra, I don't know about other countries, but in México wo do say "está granizando", and even after the event we say "cayó una enorme granizada", or "ayer granizó". I'm not sure about other conjugations of the verb.
And as for the "granizado" ice cream, we have something called "raspado", which is made with ice scraped (raspado) out from an entire block, pressed into a cube form, and served with some flavored syrup poured onto it. It's great, perfect for a hot, sunny day.
Let's see what other members have to say about hail storms, rain and ice cream.
Saludos
Laura and Vicente, here in México we have an ice cream fair every year in some ot the little towns that surround Mexico City, and you wouldn't believe the flavors they have: tequila, for instance, and rum, of course, but also flavors (and ingredients) like shrimp, oysters, chicharrón, avocado, mole (have you ever tried mexican mole?), bubble gum, mamey (una verdadera delicia), guanábana (otra exquisitez de helado), and many more.
even if I don't dare try some of the flavors :o, what do you think, vicente: let's all go to an ice-cream fair in Mexico, right? CarlosRoberto, let us know when, ok? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by CarlosRoberto
No it is not, it is a drink actually, you have to drink it with a straw because it is so "granizado". Oh, I thought we meant the same thing!:(Quote:
Originally Posted by lauracipolla
WE also do over here, strange.....Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlosRoberto
oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,:) I remember that!!!!! Really refreshing!!! I only had that once..in Mexico of course!;)Quote:
And as for the "granizado" ice cream, we have something called "raspado", which is made with ice scraped (raspado) out from an entire block, pressed into a cube form, and served with some flavored syrup poured onto it. It's great, perfect for a hot, sunny day.
You bet. With the heat we're having these days, I'm sure the next ice cream fair is not far ahead.Quote:
Originally Posted by lauracipolla
Saludos
oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,:) I remember that!!!!! Really refreshing!!! I only had that once..in Mexico of course!;)
It's great you tried "raspados", even if it was only once!! Every time I had the oportunity, I ask for one (de grosella, my favorite); it's kind of magic, the very taste of it brings me back to my childhood.
¡Ay chihuahua! CarlosRoberto, oyster ice cream!!!? ¿En serio!?Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlosRoberto
Of course, the first time I heard of jalapeño candy many years ago I thought that sounded weird too but it was delicious. So maybe when we go to the ice cream fair with Laura I'll try the shrimp and chicharrón.:D
I've had chicken mole but I don't really know what's in it. One of my ex-wives used to make it with a mole mixture that came in a small jar. It had chocolate in it. I've heard that there are different recipes for mole.
Aquí también tenemos el raspado, exactamente igual que en México.
Lo del verbo granizar debe ser porque como aquí nunca graniza, (que raro me suena) pues no ha habido oportunidad de escucharlo mucho...;)
Por lo del helado de saboresla verdad no me anima mucho aunque no pasaría por alto la oportunidad de probarlos. De cualquier manera, prefiero comerlo en su forma natural (camarones al ajillo) y después un helado de almendras o nueces con chocolate...hummm.Quote:
like shrimp, oysters, chicharrón, avocado, mole
You're right, variations depend on the region mole is prepared, end even the person who prepares it, but here are the main ingredients mole has to have:Quote:
Originally Posted by vicente
Chile ancho
Chile pasilla
Chile mulato
Chile mora o chipotle
Almendras
Avellanas
Nueces
Piñones
Cacahuates
Ajonjolí
Uva pasa sin semilla
Semilla de calabaza
Semilla de cilantro
Plátano frito
Canela
Ajo
Cebolla
Comino
Clavo
Anís
Pimienta
Pan tostado
Tortilla tostada
Chocolate
Sal
Aceite vegetal
Hoja de aguacate
Next time you come to Mexico, you have to try mole poblano, perhaps the best of them all!!!
And actually I also prefer camarones al ajillo than in ice cream, Sandra, but it was an interesting experience to try all those strange flavors. Yes, I suppose you've never had hailstorms in Cuba, with that marvelous Caribbean climate you have, but even though in Mexico City we have never seen snow because it's hot most of the time, it hails (graniza) very frequently.
Saludos
Wow, I really had no idea about hailstorms in Mexico. You also have a beautiful climate for sure although in some regions it can get very cold, something that does not happen here at all. And sometimes I really feel like having some cold weather, believe me!!Quote:
in Mexico City we have never seen snow because it's hot most of the time, it hails (graniza) very frequently.
Hola CarlosRoberto:
Fuí al super ayer para comprar unas cositas y me dí cuenta que se vénden paquetitos de una mexcla para hacer mole rojo. ¿Sabes eso? Me pregunto si vale la pena comprarlo. :)
Hola Sandra:
Te creo! Hace mucho tiempo desde que vivía en Miami pero recuerdo que el clima cambió muy poco. ¿Es parecido de lo de Cuba, no? Aquí en Texas hace frio en el invierno, no mucho pero si, a veces nieva. Pero el verano aquí es horrible. Es como un horno por todos partes del estado y en ésos dias añoro el frio. :)
Por favor, corríjan mis erróres. Grácias!
La verdad Vicente, creo que Miami es muy parecido a Cuba pero me parece que Miami es un poquito más frio que Cuba. Este horno permanente ni te lo imaginas. Decimos que se puede freir un huevo en la acera. ;)Quote:
Fui al super ayer para comprar unas cositas y me di cuenta que se venden paquetitos de una mezcla para hacer mole rojo. ¿Lo conoces? Me pregunto si vale la pena comprarlo.
¡Te creo! Ha pasado mucho tiempo desde que vivía en Miami pero recuerdo que el clima cambió muy poco. ¿Es parecido al de Cuba, no? Aquí en Texas hace frio en el invierno, no mucho, pero a veces nieva. Pero el verano aquí es horrible. Es como un horno en todos partes del estado y en esos dias añoro el frio. :)
Por favor, corrijan mis errores. ¡Gracias!