27 Apr, 2018 @ 11:48
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WATCH: Antonio Banderas’ guide to Spanish slang

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WANT to impress your Spanish neighbours with the latest colloquial phrases?

Well Antonio Banderas is here to help.

The Malagueño has released a video with Vanity Fair explaining some of the language’s oddest and most used phrases.

https://www.facebook.com/malagaconacento/videos/1638464539583106/

From ‘eres un encogio’ to describe someone who is tight with money, to ‘Que chulo’, which despite meaning ‘pimp’, actually means something is ‘cool’ or ‘beautiful’, watch the Hollywood actor take you through the need-to-know phrases.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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