Raising a glass
Brindar is to drink a toast; el brindis is the toast itself. What or whom you toast to takes por:
| Let's toast to grandma! | ¡Brindemos por la abuela! |
That brindemos is the let's form: brindar → brindemos. Brindamos is both we toast and we toasted: the present and the preterite share the form.
| We toasted the new year with cava. | Brindamos con cava por el año nuevo. |
A night out
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| emborracharse | to get drunk |
| flipar (con) | to be blown away (by), colloquial |
| nocturno | night-time, nocturnal |
| desnudo | naked |
| el aliento | the breath |
Emborracharse is the change, getting drunk, so it takes me, te, se… like other verbs of becoming:
| My cousin got drunk and danced on top of the table. | Mi primo se emborrachó y bailó encima de la mesa. |
Flipar is very colloquial Spain. You flipas con something that amazes you, or shocks you:
| You're going to be blown away by this nightclub! | ¡Vas a flipar con esta discoteca! |
Night and breath
Nocturno usually follows its noun: la vida nocturna, el autobús nocturno.
| Madrid has an incredible nightlife. | Madrid tiene una vida nocturna increíble. |
Quedarse sin aliento is to be out of breath:
| I was out of breath from dancing so much. | Me quedé sin aliento de tanto bailar. |
The morning after
Las sobras is usually plural, like leftovers; it comes from sobrar, to be left over. La mezcla comes from mezclar:
| Let's put the leftovers away in the fridge. | Guardemos las sobras en la nevera. |
| The mix of wine and beer is a bad idea. | La mezcla de vino y cerveza es mala idea. |
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