Echarme una siesta -- Be careful not to use "tomar" una siesta as it is better to use the verb echar in its reflexive form, meaning to lie down. In other words, you are saying, "They are good people. Granadino -- Someone or something that comes from Granada. This can be used as an adjective or noun. Hincha m -- Fan of a specific soccer team.
Una hinchada is a group of soccer fans. Leche manchada f -- This is only used in southern Spain and is very popular. So, this is milk that has just a little bit of coffee. In this sense, you will be getting more milk than coffee. Mala pata f -- Bad luck. Fue mala pata que perdiera 1.
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La marcha f -- Nightlife. However, it also means so much more than this since it also refers to the energy that Spaniards have when night time rolls around. It refers to dancing, eating, drinking and socializing. Spanish cities come to life after dark and la marcha refers to the entire scene Practically everyone in Spain has one so make sure you know what it is called!
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Ni fu ni fa -- An expression that communicates indifference. Pelas f -- Another word for pesetas or money. Most often a pijo or pija is within his or her late teens to early thirties.
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He or she has expensive and most often poor taste and "Daddy" pays for everything. Sevillano -- Someone or something that comes from Seville. Tapa f -- Tapas are small rations of meat, potatoes, fish and vegetables that are eaten at bars typically while having a cocktail. He is very short-tempered and usually gets angry with Mort and Phil because they fail in their missions, leaving a spectacular mess - occasionally at the expense of his own possessions.
Just as often, however, he ends up as the one being chased by his underlings, as his frequently short-sighted assignments cause them no end of grief. He owns a variety of wild animals that he uses to coerce the pair, including tigers, crocodiles and he apparently has a soft spot for hippos.
Mort blames him for his baldness he had tried a new hair-strengthening concoction on Mort's then-lush mane, which made the hair fall out instead and therefore the doctor is the unwilling prime recipient of Mort's practical jokes. His inventions, which are intended to assist Mort and Phil in their assignments, often fail quite spectacularly, mostly because they either achieve the opposite of what they are supposed to do, or work perfectly but fail at the most inconvenient moment.
His name comes from bacteria. The fat and vain secretary of Superintendente Vicente. She is still single and would like to become involved with someone usually with Mort , but so far her attempts have been in vain. She is quite touchy her lack of luck with a relationship and being called fat; she reacts with corresponding violence when either of topics are brought up; and with her considerable weight, this is nothing to be ignored.
She was the first female character created for the series. Mort and Phil are in love with her much to Ofelia's chagrin , but she is not interested. This character disappeared from the series after only 24 volumes. The creator of the series himself has a number of cameo appearances , either by name or in cartoon form.
Mostly he is humorously portrayed as the bald and bespectacled "Artist of the Nation", in perhaps the same league as Pablo Picasso. A small man with a rather oversized head, receding black hair and a small moustache in a black suit. He is always put in as a comic relief character; although he wears glasses, they must either have the wrong prescription or are totally ineffective, because his eyesight is totally down. This causes him to react in ways which causes some inconvenience to Mort and Phil if they happen to cross his way.
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Vicente's boss and the only person who he ever toadies to. His appearance changes constantly throughout the series. In recent appearances has been replaced by a caricature of the President of the Government of Spain. The wife of Vicente also with an ever-changing face. While he may hold the rudder in the T. The giant agent of the T.
He usually has to hunt down Mort and Phil because they don't want to do their missions. A rather minor character, his face has changed many times in the past. In he made a proper feature film, El armario del tiempo.
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