latin america Archives - Life Bites https://www.biteslife.com/tag/latin-america/ Recipes and culture Fri, 24 Jan 2014 23:11:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://www.biteslife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-logo_479162_print2_1_615x512-32x32.png latin america Archives - Life Bites https://www.biteslife.com/tag/latin-america/ 32 32 47065050 El horno no está para galleticas https://www.biteslife.com/el-horno-no-est-para-galleticas/ https://www.biteslife.com/el-horno-no-est-para-galleticas/#respond Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:59:44 +0000 http://biteslife.com/el-horno-no-est-para-galleticas/ Translation: the oven is not ready for cookies. Meaning: the situation doesn’t allow for this type of behavior. We can’t afford to do something because of circumstances. Significado: la situación no permite cierto tipo de comportamiento. Las circunstancias limitan los planes. Use: general, colloquial Example: – No se puede salir en la noche ya. Anoche […]

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]]> https://www.biteslife.com/el-horno-no-est-para-galleticas/feed/ 0 3610 ¡Lo que pasa es que éste es un país de gente bruta! https://www.biteslife.com/lo-que-pasa-es-que-ste-es-un-pa-s-de-gente-bruta/ https://www.biteslife.com/lo-que-pasa-es-que-ste-es-un-pa-s-de-gente-bruta/#respond Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:47:52 +0000 http://biteslife.com/lo-que-pasa-es-que-ste-es-un-pa-s-de-gente-bruta/ Literal translation: the thing is, this is a country of stupid people This phrase became part of the Dominican argot, after Máximo Beras Goico, Dominican psychiatrist and brother of late television personality Freddy Beras Goico, used it in his TV segment “El Psiquiatra en su Hogar” (The Psychiatrist in your Home). During the show, viewers […]

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