Comments for Guide to Costa Rican Spanish http://www.costaricaspanish.net Learn Spanish in Costa Rica! Speak Spanish like a Costa Rican, Costa Rica Spanish schools Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:39:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Amor, Amor, Amor by david_chaves http://www.costaricaspanish.net/2008/09/23/amor-amor-amor/#comment-8 david_chaves Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:34:59 +0000 http://www.costaricaspanish.net/?p=116#comment-8 Just a few notes: - a "ruco" is a horse ("caballo sin raza, viejo o en malas condiciones"), so "echarle el ruco" is the same as "echarle el caballo" - "vivir juntados" means that they are living together as lovers but not married - "no hay amor sin interés" is not the same as "no hay rosa sin espina" -- you somebody is nice to you because this person is after something from you (usually a favor), we usually say that "no hay amor sin interés", but it does not mean that this person is "in love" with you or that s/he loves you; for example, this "person" could be your dog, when it's being nice just because it's hungry a new one: - Estar de manteles largos = Sonarle las campanas de la iglesia a alguien - Es un viejo verde - Just a few notes:

- a “ruco” is a horse (”caballo sin raza, viejo o en malas condiciones”), so “echarle el ruco” is the same as “echarle el caballo”

- “vivir juntados” means that they are living together as lovers but not married

- “no hay amor sin interés” is not the same as “no hay rosa sin espina” — you somebody is nice to you because this person is after something from you (usually a favor), we usually say that “no hay amor sin interés”, but it does not mean that this person is “in love” with you or that s/he loves you; for example, this “person” could be your dog, when it’s being nice just because it’s hungry

a new one:

- Estar de manteles largos = Sonarle las campanas de la iglesia a alguien

- Es un viejo verde

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