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Lio y Rollo.
Entre lio y rollo, siempre me lio.
Please,what are the uses of each one?
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- Esto es un lío. No entiendo nada. ¿Me lo puedes explicar mejor?
- Vaya rollo. Me aburro mucho. Vamos a hacer otra cosa. I hope these examples will help a bit.
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Are they used in the same way in all the Spanish speaking countries?
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lío = trouble, problem, mess, confusion, mixup rollo = thing, affair, activity, business; [lengthy, boring, uninteresting, or tedious speech, talk, lecture, story, or sermon etc]
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¡Qué rollo!, How boring/uniteresting!
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There are lots of possible translations, but yes,
¡Qué lío! = What a mess!For rollo, there are lots of possible translations. ¡Qué rollo!etc.
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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).
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Your examples are to die for. Well, maybe that's an overstatement, but you know what I mean...
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Imagina que significa que los dos están vinculados. ¿Vinculado en algún delito o amor? Or am I completely off track. Poli Last edited by poli; May 23, 2008 at 01:46 PM. |
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What Alfonso means is that they are having a fling.
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