Podcast Idea - Spain Slang/Idioms

[Kate B]

Can you guys to a Notes in Spanish podcast about popular and important slang and idioms that one would need to know while in Spain?

[richardksa]

Kate, Google with "Spanish Slang". There are hundreds of entries.

Just one quick copy-paste:

Ladilla – ser pesada ( a nit—be a pain in the neck)
Lechera – coche de policia ( milk truck- police car )
Talego -- carcel ( large sack – the jail )
Cobarde -- cagueta ( coward -- be a weenie)
Estar borracho – ir ciego ( to be drunk – to be blind)
Cambiar de canal en la television (http://www.notesfromspain.com/forums/) - hacer ZAPPING – ( do zapping)
Pensar de otro modo – cambiar el CHIP – ( get new info. like from a computer (http://www.notesfromspain.com/forums/) chip)
Comprobar -- CHEQUEar – ( to check something out )
Cerveza -- BIRRA - ( italian word for beer )
Correo electronico -- EMILIO – ( an email) The was a Podcast dealing with this. Memory fails me as to whether it was NFS or NIS.