Friday, July 8, 2011

amigos falsos.....



You've all read those tedious lists of "false friends" in the grammar books...

They are words which don't mean what you think they mean.... molestar, intentar, en absoluto and suchlike.

Here is a list of much more interesting false friends... in my opinion anyway...

parca... no, it's not a sort of anorak/hoody thing... it's FATE or DEATH.

trillar... not sweet trilly singing at all.... its the verb " TO THRASH."

avispa ... it's not talking very quietly , actually it's a WASP.

golfo .... no, not "to play golf" at all, it means a BAY, GULF or ABYSS.

germania ... doesn't mean a love of all things German... it's THIEVES' SLANG... so there.

castor ... far from being a rolly thing under chair-legs, it's really a BEAVER.


acre .... this is not a certain amount of land as you might think, it means BITTER/SOUR.

sumo .. not a big fat wrestler in Japan, but really it the HIGHEST,GREATEST,SPECIAL.

liar ... well, it isn't someone who tells fibs, but the verb TO TIE/TO BUNDLE.

baldio ... to go bald... but no! baldio in fact is a piece of WASTE LAND ( also, "IDLE")

limpio ... of course it isn't " to limp"... it's CLEAN, SMART.

zapar ... is this when you change channels with the remote... nope, it's to UNDERMINE."

caber.... that big tree-trunk thrown by kilted folk... no... it's "TO BE CONTAINED IN."

balsa... no, it's not that spindly wood to make model planes, but a POOL, LAKE or RAFT.


Well, there's plenty more you are bursting to know, but that will do for now. Loads of really really essential words there which could land you in deep trouble if you get them muddled.




Just imagine the embarrassment if you gave your friend some chair-leg rolling-along devices, when they had hoped to unwrap a fine pet beaver. You'd never live it down.

Last time we had Zahara and Beth... I forgot to mention that the song was a bit cut off at the end by the way..... and today it's Mariajose with a false-friend-entitled song, Me Equivoque........



Ray says.. " He's not worth it luv, you'd be better off with some nice steady bloke.... "

and here's the words...

Llueve y es de noche en la ciudad
Ya no puedo mas, quiero escapar
No dejo de pensarte siempre y la verdad
Sé que llego el momento de cambiar
De salir a buscarte y decirte que me equivoque
Que pedirte mas tiempo fue un error y fue una estupidez

Que no quise perderte y dejarte, solo escúchame
Se pedirte mas tiempo fue un error y fue una estupidez
Y no se estar un día sin ti
Solo tengo ganas de salir
De salir a buscarte y decirte que me equivoque
Perdóname

Duele y es difícil confesar
Se que llegó el momento lento de aceptar
De llamar y decirte “fui una tonta, amor, perdóname”
De correr a pedirte que me abraces una y otra ves

Que no quise perderte y dejarte, solo escúchame
Se pedirte mas tiempo fue un error y fue una estupidez
Y no se estar un día sin ti
Solo tengo ganas de salir
De salir a buscarte y decirte que me equivoque
Perdóname

Si solo no pudiera recordar
Las noches que sentimos sin hablar
Tal vez seria más fácil olvidar
De salir a buscarte y decirte que me equivoque
Que pedirte mas tiempo fue un error y fue una estupidez

Que no quise perderte y dejarte, solo escúchame
Se pedirte mas tiempo fue un error y fue una estupidez
Y no se estar un día sin ti
Solo tengo ganas de salir
De salir a buscarte y decirte que me equivoque
Perdóname
Perdóname

Fuente: musica.com
Letra añadida por Kandyman


Hey... I got a superb MAFALDA book today for a mere £1... 10 Años con Mafalda .... it's a sort of compilation with lots of cartoons I've not seen before.

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