![]() ![]() Márchate – Marchar in Spanish means to march, however marcharse like irse means to leave. ![]() Vete ya – You can also add ya to add a time element of right now! Me voy, es tiempo a dormir = I’m going, it’s time to go to sleep.īut, when you add the imperative, it becomes more aggressive. Irse is often used just to tell someone you’re leaving as in: Origin: Vete comes from the imperative of irse. In this case, you demand that they leave by yelling vete. Situation: Someone comes into your space (your house, your place of work, your table at a restaurant) and says something inappropriate. but it’s worse to say cierra el pico or hocico, because these refer to animal mouths/snouts. In Spanish, there are different names for body parts of animals vs humans. The diminutive ‘i to‘ form changes the feel to be a little less harsh.Ĭierra el pico / hocico (coloquial) = Shut your snout (animal mouth). When used in the imperative (as in callate) it’s like telling someone to shut up.Īdditional alternatives: These are a little lighter than cállate, a little more polite or humoristic:Ĭalladito estás más guapo(a) = Hush, you’re more handsome/beautiful. Origin: The verb callarse means to keep oneself quiet. So you might say ‘ cállate‘ or ‘ bueno, tú cállate‘ (well, you shut up) Maybe suddenly they say something completely inappropriate or something you find offensive. Situation: You are in a political argument with someone who is annoying you. Dejame uses the verb in the imperative form, making it a command ‘leave me’. Origin: The verb dejar means to quit or to leave. ![]() ![]() Forcefully tell them ‘ déjame’ and they should be leaving you alone. Situation: You find yourself walking the street in a Spanish city and you get unwanted attention by someone coming up next to you and bothering you. We don’t like to use this kind of language but do so here for educational purposes only. We hope you don’t ever have to use these, but when you get pissed off, it can really be helpful to yell at someone in their own language and not let on that you’re a foreigner. ![]()
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