Pame
18 January 2022
Spanish puns in images by Ingesman
Ingesman is one of our favourite Chilean illustrators - his work is so simple yet so funny. You might have seen some of his pieces on our Instagram account. Here are some of our favourite Ingesman creations, with explanations and translations attached. Enjoy the delightful world of Ingesman!
Fuga de gas can be translated as “gas leak”.
The word fuga, however, applies not only to gases and liquids, but also to people who are escaping from jail – "gas jail break".
Did you know montaña rusa means "roller coaster" in Spanish?
It literally translates as "Russian mountain", which is why this cute mountain is wearing a traditional Russian hat.
Me siento mal can be understood in two ways: “I feel bad” and "I am sitting badly".
It depends on whether we understand me siento as a conjugation of sentirse ("to feel") or sentarse ("to sit down"), since their forms are identical.
"Cosas que pasan" is an expression than means something like "these things happen!"
But also, a "pasa" is a sultana and "¿qué pasa?" means 'what's up?".
Beautiful wordplay!
How do we say the letter "Y" called in Spanish? We call it i griega, which can be translated as “Greek i”.
You will never forget it now!
Check out the next one!
If "Y" is called i griega, then "I" is called i latina.
Sexy letters!
A hot dog is usually called a "perro caliente" in Spanish, but in Chile it's called a "completo".
A completo has diced tomato, smashed avo and mayo.
Don't let anyone fool you – it's the best kind of hot dog in the word!
Aww, I am so sorry bunnies!
Recién casados means "just married", but "cazados" with a Z means "hunted". The two words have exactly the same pronunciation in American Spanish.
There are many ways to say popcorn in Spanish, but one of them is palomitas de maíz.
A palomita is a little pigeon, while maíz is corn.
Doesn't the corn look happy with its palomitas?
What do you call your first teeth when you are a child? Baby teeth?
In Spanish we call them dientes de leche. It's not really milk with teeth.
Which one was your favourite?
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