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Old May 23, 2008, 01:57 PM
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-Me he enrollado con una tía que está como un queso.
-Menos lobos, caperucita.
-Que sí, tío, que me la he...

(Typical madrilenian macho).
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Old May 23, 2008, 02:03 PM
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Typical Spanish macho?
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Old May 23, 2008, 02:05 PM
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Universal?
And you forgot to offer the English speakers an exercise. Who can finish Alfonso's sentence? (Last example, last sentence)
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-Que sí, tío, que me la he ...
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Old May 23, 2008, 02:23 PM
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Jajajaja, sí hombre, la rosquilla. You are so naif, Rusty!
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-Esos dos tienen un lío, ¿no ves cómo se miran?
-¿Qué, que están liados?
-Lo que yo te diga, ésos tienen un rollo.

(Typical Madrilenian).
This is where I get confused...
Si tienen un lío, that´s like saying, they have a problem.
Si tienen un rollo, I suppose means that they are having an affair.

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-Me he enrollado con una tía que está como un queso.
-Menos lobos, caperucita.
-Que sí, tío, que me la he...

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enrollar - to be involved
the bit about... la tía que está como un queso and the rest of it, I don´t understand.
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Vamos por partes:
1. Queso:



2. Estar como un queso:



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Yo si la veo , y estáis más perdidos, troncos...
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