Pepino

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Lou Ann: Los pepinos no engordan.


Adding to Hernán's reminder:

Importarle a alguien un pepino = importarle a alguien un comino = importarle a alguien un bledo = not to care about something.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

@Lou Ann: Los pepinos no engordan.


Adding to Hernán's reminder:

Importarle a alguien un pepino = importarle a alguien un comino = importarle a alguien un bledo = not to care about something.

¿Cómo me pude olvidar del "bledo"?

Es que seguramente me importó un comino.

[EmpanadaRica]

Hehe..

In Dutch pepino = komkommer.

'Komkommertijd' (literally 'cucumbertime') means a time in which there is very little to do in terms of work eg when everyone is on holidays etc. ('slow' times).

Is there a more specific expression like this in English, or indeed in Spanish?

[poli]

Originally Posted by EmpanadaRica

Hehe..

In Dutch pepino = komkommer.

'Komkommertijd' (literally 'cucumbertime') means a time in which there is very little to do in terms of work eg when everyone is on holidays etc. ('slow' times).

Is there a more specific expression like this in English, or indeed in Spanish?

No, the term really doesn't translate to English. You may know the word
cumbersome which means awkward. I don't believe its roots are tied
to cucumbers.

[CrOtALiTo]

In this phrase I can use the met is raw.

[EmpanadaRica]

Originally Posted by poli

No, the term really doesn't translate to English. You may know the word
cumbersome which means awkward. I don't believe its roots are tied
to cucumbers.

Indeed David, I have heard cumbersome before, thanx for telling me.
It's very funny you should mention it because this again bears great resemblance to another Dutch word :kommer

Kommer = problems, agravation (oldfashioned word).

Zich bekommeren om = to worry about, to care about.

In fact this is a wordjoke which is made with these two words I have seen several times;
Kommer en kwel = a whole lot of misery

Becomes >>> 'Komkommer en kwel' = a play on words.

http://www.komkommerenkwel.nl/

¡Muchas gracias!

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

In this phrase I can use the meat is raw.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by EmpanadaRica

It's very funny you should mention it because this again bears great resemblance to another Dutch word :kommer

Kommer = problems, agravation (oldfashioned word).

The German Kummer and the English word Cumbersome derive (probably) from old French encombrar, so the resemblance is understandable.

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

@Lou Ann: Los pepinos no engordan.

Adding to Hernán's reminder:

Importarle a alguien un pepino = importarle a alguien un comino = importarle a alguien un bledo = not to care about something.

Afortunadamente, los pepinos no engordan. Que son las únicas cosas!

So, when using one of your phrases in a sentence, it could be like this: Me importa un pepino el juego de fútbol. Or would I use "sobre" or some other connector word?

While I was typing this, a friend in Uruguay IM'ed me and at one point during the conversation, she said "no entiendo un pepino".

By the way - I don't believe that anyone has mentioned the English idiom: cool as a cucumber. Is there something similar in Spanish?

[EmpanadaRica]

Originally Posted by Perikles

The German Kummer and the English word Cumbersome derive (probably) from old French encombrar, so the resemblance is understandable.

¡Interesante para saberlo! ¡Gracias Perikles!

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Afortunadamente, los pepinos no engordan. Que son las únicas cosas!

Bueno, que son agua con piel. Pero ¿qué del apio? Gastas más energía en digerirlo de lo que sacas de ello, así que adelgaza.