No te sientes ahí, que hay corriente Don't sit there, there's a draft

Mi abuela vive en un pueblo pequeño, tiene ochenta y seis años y un consejo para cada momento del día.

My grandmother lives in a small village; she's eighty-six and has a piece of advice for every moment of the day.

No sigue ninguna dieta y casi no toma medicinas. Dice que sus hábitos saludables son tres: andar mucho, cenar poco y abrigarse bien.

She isn't on any diet and hardly takes any medicine. She says she has three healthy habits: walking a lot, eating a light dinner and bundling up well.

De pequeña yo oía siempre lo mismo: «No andes descalza», «No salgas con el pelo mojado», «No te sientes ahí, que hay corriente».

As a little girl, I always heard the same things: "Don't walk around barefoot," "Don't go out with wet hair," "Don't sit there, there's a draft."

También me prohibía beber agua fría. «No seas tonta, que todas las enfermedades vienen del frío», decía.

She also forbade me to drink cold water. "Don't be silly, all illnesses come from the cold," she used to say. (to a woman)

Yo pensaba: «Son supersticiones de abuela. Yo nunca hablaría así».

I used to think: "Those are just grandma superstitions. I would never talk like that."

Luego vine a vivir a Valencia, una ciudad de sol y playa. Aquí, pensaba yo, nadie tiene miedo de una corriente.

Then I came to live in Valencia, a city of sun and beaches. Here, I thought, nobody is afraid of a draft.

Pero un día Carmen, la dueña de mi piso, llamó a la puerta, y yo abrí descalza y con el pelo mojado.

But one day Carmen, my landlady, knocked on the door, and I opened it barefoot and with wet hair (woman speaking).

«¡Pero, hija! ¡No andes descalza!», gritó. «¡Y no vayas con el pelo así, que vas a coger un resfriado!».

"Oh, honey! Don't walk around barefoot!" she shouted. "And don't go around with your hair like that, you're going to catch a cold!" (to a woman)

«No se preocupe, Carmen, estoy bien», contesté. Y pensé: ¡habla igual que mi abuela, pero en español!

"Don't worry, Carmen, I'm fine," I answered. And I thought: she talks just like my grandmother, but in Spanish! (formal)

Carmen, además, tiene sus propias normas: «No te bañes después de comer», «No te quedes con la camiseta mojada de sudor», «No duermas con la ventana abierta».

Carmen also has her own rules: "Don't go swimming after eating," "Don't stay in a T-shirt that's wet with sweat," "Don't sleep with the window open."

Ese día lo entendí: no son supersticiones de mi país. Las abuelas son iguales en todos los países.

That day I understood: these aren't superstitions from my country. Grandmothers are the same in every country.

Se lo conté a mi abuela por teléfono. «Esa señora sabe lo que dice: no te rías. Yo que tú, le haría caso», me contestó.

I told my grandmother about it on the phone. "That lady knows what she's talking about: don't laugh. If I were you, I'd listen to her," she answered.

Pero lo mejor pasó ayer. Dani, mi compañero de piso, salió de la ducha descalzo e iba a sentarse junto a la ventana abierta.

But the best part happened yesterday. Dani, my roommate, came out of the shower barefoot and was about to sit down by the open window.

Y yo, sin pensar, le grité: «¡Dani, no andes descalzo! ¡Y no te sientes ahí, que hay corriente!».

And without thinking, I shouted at him: "Dani, don't walk around barefoot! And don't sit there, there's a draft!"

Dani se rio: «Tía, hablas igual que mi abuela».

Dani laughed: "Dude, you sound just like my grandma." (to a woman)

Tenía razón. Ya lo dice el refrán: «Nunca digas “de esta agua no beberé”».

He was right. As the saying goes: "Never say 'I won't drink from this water.'"