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Spanish dialogue with translation · A2 · 12 lines

¡Qué cotilla eres! You're such a gossip!

Comic · 10 panels

Panel 1 of 10 for “You're such a gossip!”: “Lucía, I had a great time yesterday! Hey, can I gossip a little?” “You're such a gossip! Come on, what do you want to know?”
  1. Ana

    ¡Lucía, lo pasé genial ayer! Oye, ¿puedo cotillear un poco?

    Lucía, I had a great time yesterday! Hey, can I gossip a little?

  2. Lucía

    ¡Qué cotilla eres! Venga, ¿qué quieres saber?

    You're such a gossip! Come on, what do you want to know?

Panel 2 of 10 for “You're such a gossip!”: “The tall guy who talked to Paula all night: is he her boyfriend?”
  1. Ana

    El chico alto que habló toda la noche con Paula, ¿es su novio?

    The tall guy who talked to Paula all night: is he her boyfriend?

Panel 3 of 10 for “You're such a gossip!”: “No, that's Álvaro, her ex. They had a three-year relationship.”
  1. Lucía

    No, es Álvaro, su ex. Tuvieron una relación de tres años.

    No, that's Álvaro, her ex. They had a three-year relationship.

Panel 4 of 10 for “You're such a gossip!”: “And do they get along well now?”
  1. Ana

    ¿Y ahora se llevan bien?

    And do they get along well now?

Panel 5 of 10 for “You're such a gossip!”: “Yes, they have a really nice friendship. But yesterday he was all like, "I still love you."”
  1. Lucía

    Sí, tienen una amistad muy bonita. Pero ayer él estaba en plan «todavía te quiero».

    Yes, they have a really nice friendship. But yesterday he was all like, "I still love you."

Panel 6 of 10 for “You're such a gossip!”: “No way! And the guy with the beard who wanted to hit on every girl?”
  1. Ana

    ¡Qué fuerte! ¿Y el chico de la barba que quería ligar con todas?

    No way! And the guy with the beard who wanted to hit on every girl?

Panel 7 of 10 for “You're such a gossip!”: “He's a neighbor of mine. He's really annoying: the whole neighborhood knows him.”
  1. Lucía

    Es un vecino mío. Es muy pesado: todo el vecindario lo conoce.

    He's a neighbor of mine. He's really annoying: the whole neighborhood knows him.

Panel 8 of 10 for “You're such a gossip!”: “And the man with the mustache who was dancing so well?” “That's my godfather! He's seventy and he dances better than I do.”
  1. Ana

    ¿Y el señor del bigote que bailaba tan bien?

    And the man with the mustache who was dancing so well?

  2. Lucía

    ¡Es mi padrino! Tiene setenta años y baila mejor que yo.

    That's my godfather! He's seventy and he dances better than I do.

Panel 9 of 10 for “You're such a gossip!”: “I love your gossip. Do you have any more?”
  1. Ana

    Me encantan tus cotilleos. ¿Tienes más?

    I love your gossip. Do you have any more?

Panel 10 of 10 for “You're such a gossip!”: “Lots, but writing so much is a drag. Should we meet up this afternoon and chat?”
  1. Lucía

    Muchos, pero escribir tanto es un rollo. ¿Quedamos esta tarde y charlamos?

    Lots, but writing so much is a drag. Should we meet up this afternoon and chat?

Grammar for this text

The two friends are texting the morning after the party.

Words just for friends. Almost all the vocabulary here is colloquial Spanish from Spain: cotillear (to gossip), cotilla (a gossip), cotilleos (gossip), ligar (to hit on someone, to flirt), pesado (annoying, a pain), un rollo (a drag). With friends it sounds natural; at work, in writing and with strangers people don't talk like this.

En plan «…» — young people's "he was like…": estaba en plan «todavía te quiero» — he was all like, "I still love you". It's slang, also just for friends.

Que — who. El chico alto que habló toda la noche con Paula, el chico de la barba que quería ligar, el señor del bigote que bailaba tan bien — this is how Spanish explains who you mean. A feature goes with de + article: de la barba — with the beard, del bigote — with the mustache.

Un vecino mío — a neighbor of mine.

Tuvieron — they had, the preterite of tener. Te quiero — I love you: querer means both "to want" and "to love".

Oye — hey, listen: the tú command of oír (to hear). Venga — come on: in form it's the usted command of venir (to come), but between friends it's just a word to push someone along, not "come".

Words and grammar of the unit: Introduce your friends at a party.

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