Gesture or expression?
El gesto can be the look on someone's face or a movement of the hand or head. With hacer and con la mano, it is usually a gesture:
| He made a gesture with his hand. | Hizo un gesto con la mano. |
As in English, a gesto can also be a kind act:
| It was a really lovely gesture on your part. | Fue un gesto muy bonito por tu parte. |
State of mind
El estado de ánimo is your state of mind. El humor is a mood too, mostly in de buen humor and de mal humor.
| The weather affects my state of mind. | El tiempo afecta a mi estado de ánimo. |
Colloquial Spanish
| expression | meaning |
|---|---|
| meter la pata | to put your foot in it (literally, to put your paw in) |
| dejar plantado | to stand someone up |
| ser borde | to be nasty, curt |
Plantado agrees with the person left waiting, so a woman says me dejó plantada.
| I put my foot in it in front of everyone. | Metí la pata delante de todos. |
| He stood me up in front of the cinema. (a woman speaking) | Me dejó plantada delante del cine. |
Borde has one form for men and women (plural bordes). It is more colloquial than maleducado, and it is usually about being curt and unpleasant rather than lacking manners.
| He arrived late and on top of that he was really nasty to us. | Llegó tarde y encima fue muy borde con nosotros. |
Tender a
Tender a + infinitive is to tend to: tiendo a, tiendes a, tienden a. Without a, tender has other meanings; the one you know is to hang out the laundry (tender la ropa).
| Spaniards tend to have dinner late. | Los españoles tienden a cenar tarde. |
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