How to Spanish

So I was trying to figure out the context of an expression involving la peineta which is a word related to el peine "comb"... now I thought la peineta was also "comb" or a specific kind of comb like the ornamental ones... and to be fair, it does mean "comb"

But the expression that I actually was looking at was hacer la peineta for Spain... which is "to give someone the finger" or "to flip someone off"

I know the general expressions are pretty literal in default Spanish - and I know some of the Latin American versions; like I know sacar el dedo, mostrar el dedo, I also know that some countries call it una pistola which would normally mean "gun" which is a whole other bit of confusion

Surprisingly, this is the first time I've come across this one

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It's exactly the same level of edgelord but I got used to Doom in English

So now "Victor von Death" is throwing me off so badly

This is going to depend on context

The two have different meanings in regular Spanish, but as filler words they can translate to the same thing

Doing so for the Switch almost always changes the language of the games

Though there are some games like Pokemon that will give you language options right up front; same with some Playstation games you will often have the option to change the language settings somewhere (usually in options)

This can be done for Spanish, but also for multiple other languages. And in the case of Spanish (and I think sometimes Portuguese) you'll have the option to change it between European and Latin American [For Portuguese it would be European vs Brazilian]

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Again, this is really more for people who need a sustained challenge and already know the important basics of a language, but that's my preferred way of practicing my reading

Although some games do actually have dubs as well - though in the case of Spanish often times it's European Spanish which isn't a bad thing [and sometimes the settings are old-fashioned so it makes it feel more historical] but it is something to be aware of

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This can also be really fun just if you like translation and you're good at the language you can see how some people do certain choices like jokes or idiomatic expressions, or the names of enemies etc

Do you have any suggestions?

Thankyou.

Going to depend on what level of Spanish you're looking for but my go-to resource for everyone who needs the bare bones grammar of any level is www.studyspanish.com/grammar

Spanish Grammar Online: Contents (Enrique Yepes, Bowdoin) is very similar but sometimes has more particular topics

If it's more advanced things and you need specific information:

Hispanoteca

Fundeu

I also recommend Forvo for Spanish pronunciation to hear the differences between Spanish-speaking countries like hearing what LL sounds like in Argentina vs Spain vs Mexico is great

www.wordreference.com is the GOAT especially the forums

And for assorted translation needs I check out ContextoReverso for more everyday Spanish, and Linguee for more formal Spanish

Biblioteca Digital Ciudad Seva – Ciudad Seva - Luis López Nieves is what I sometimes use for reading practice; specifically cuentos which is "short stories" - some are older or public domain, but they are shorter than the actual novels and plays which you could read but it depends on how much time you have

Tiene el español un equivalente para "time flying/time flies" ?

Yes, it's very literal to English - el tiempo vuela which is "time flies"

That expression itself usually is attributed to Latin - tempus fugit which is literally "time flees/escapes"

For reasons I do not know, Spanish uses volar "to fly"... but the word most associated with fugit here would be huir "to flee" which is directly related to that Latin word

[although in Spanish la huida "escape" can also be "flight" as in escape - like "fight or flight" is lucha o huida... not el vuelo "flight" as in actually taking flight]

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There's also a handful of ways to make it sound more idiomatic like - cómo vuela el tiempo "wow see how time flies" which is literally "how flies the time"

There's also a slightly more nostalgic or melancholy way to phrase it: se nos pasa el tiempo

That is "time is passing us by" - se pasa el tiempo is "time is passing by", and the nos indicates "to us"

You could say se me pasa el tiempo "time is passing me by" too

It's how comfortable you feel with using se + indirect objects which is somewhat advanced and can require a lot of explanation to get the grammar/meaning of it if you're not familiar with it

The idea of se nos pasa el tiempo feels as if "time is passing us by" in the sense that it is happening and we can't control it, so it indicates an extreme sense of passivity on the "us" part

While a simple el tiempo vuela / vuela el tiempo can be a more "wow" or happy surprise kind of "it's been so long, time flies" sort of feeling

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In short: el tiempo vuela is the standard, totally fine

I feel like I'm missing some context for this meme https://www.tumblr.com/latinotiktok/818359284226211840 why is it funny that Uruguay didnt change? Are you able to explain? ily

I think it's just the joke of "oh and there's Uruguay, it's also there"

The general way that you say "is it me" or "is it just me" is:

¿Soy yo o...? = Is it me or...? ¿Es cosa mía o...? = Is it (only happening to) me or...?

es cosa mía is literally "is it my thing" but it's asking like "hey does anyone else notice that?"

Another way you can say it is the use of imaginarse

It's going to depend on how comfortable you feel using a reflexive verb; imaginarse is "to imagine"

[side note: imaginar is "to imagine" usually in the literal sense of to imagine something or to picture something in your mind; imaginarse is "to imagine" with a bit more of an emotional oomph it's also "to imagine" but can be used as "to figure" or "to suspect" or "to be of the opinion" - as a command imagínate when used with informal situations is acting someone to "picture something" like "put yourself in this position"........... essentially imaginarse comes out more often when you're putting yourself in the position of hypothetical situations and imagining scenarios and feelings; while imaginar is a less involved version of playing pretend]

You would be saying - ¿me lo estoy imaginando o...? or ¿me lo imagino o...? which both mean "is it just me?" or "am I imagining it or...?"