“La Palabra es Plata, el Silencio Oro.”
Dicho Translation: “Words are silver, silence is gold.”
Remember that antes que metas la pata, remember that before you give your opinion otra vez. Remember that before you plug-in to …

¡Ay! Virgencita, Ayudame!
By Jessie Nuez
¡Ay! Gran Poder de Dios!
¡Ay! Virgencita de la Altagracia ilumíname el camino a la tranquilidad.
María Santísima que estaré yo pagando!
Dios de la Vida, Padre Celestial, cuida de mi que no quiero …

Otoño entrante, barriga tirante
The Spanish refran, or dicho, goes that that big, stretched out belly you got going on this Fall is.a left-over from summer excesses.
Word! I can relate.
It’s why I am attempting to move …

No Escupas al Cielo, Que Encima Te Cae
In other words, don’t get uppity. Don’t spit towards the sky, because it’s going to come down on you.
You do something not-so-nice, guess who it is coming back …

So, dichos are going American mainstream.
At least this one:
El Que No Oye Consejo No Llega a Viejo.
It’s in the opening of Hey Baby (Drop it to the Floor) by Pitbull and T-Pain. (See video below).
The translation is …

Ay, mama. When you’ve walked through your own version of hell and survived the singe, it is hard to remember to keep your big boca closed about the benefits of implosions when friends are in …

Has someone told you lately to cojelo con el take it easy?
Do you tell yourself that all the time? Relax, chill, don’t worry? Don’t freak out?
If so, mira: a selection from Ralph Marston’s Daily Motivator site …

I don’t know about you, but sometimes unexpected Spanish stuff  – sometimes things I had not thought of in years — fly into my coco. Words, sayings, dichos. Things that I would hear my grandma or …

 
When next you raise your copa of sangria say this: “A comer, beber y bailar que el mundo se va  acabar.”
Basically, it’s the Spanish version of “eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.”
Cheery, …

By Tracy López
Like most children I had a keen eye for injustice – especially when it was perpetrated against me.
“It’s not fair!” I’d declare. My mother, calmly, and sometimes without even looking up from whatever …