The 50 best Andalusian phrases and sayings (and their meaning)

Andalusia is the largest autonomous community in Spain and its people are completely different from the rest of the Spaniards, since they have a most interesting culture and traditional customs.

The forms that Andalusians use to express themselves are particular to this region, since their culture, way of being and character, makes the Andalusians a people with cultural properties totally unique. Spain is a country in which different peoples participated in its formation, such as: the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, arabs, Romans and Iberians.

All of them helped create the Spain we know today, and according to the different influences that reached each region, they marked that population with different cultural properties.

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Phrases and sayings typical of the Andalusian people

Would you like to know the best typical phrases and sayings of Andalusia?

Next we will show you The 50 most interesting Andalusian phrases and sayings, with them you will discover a little more about this wonderful region of Spain.

1. There are those who spend a real on matches to look for a skein.

We all make mistakes in life.

2. The bell does not go to mass, but it warns.

We must know how to understand the notices we receive.

3. It is fried hot.

Dishes cooked this way should be served hot.

4. The commandments of La Carraca: that everyone smoke from his flask.

Each one must look to his own future.

5. The three wonders of Jerez: the wine, the horse and the woman.

Jerez is a beautiful city, full of positive things. A city that, without a doubt, is worth knowing.

6. I forgot, neither thanked nor paid.

If the person who has lent us the money does not remember the loan itself, we do not have to return it.

7. Bringing water to the sea, that would be raving.

We should not do things that do not make practical sense.

8. Resolute woman, horns around her.

That woman with a very idle life, she can be unfaithful to us in the future.

9. The eyes are always young.

It is very common for women or men of a certain age to be attracted to people younger than them.

10. There is no dull story like the one that tells it is funny.

If we are a funny person, everything we explain will be funny.

11. What the father achieves, the son fails.

He who receives an inheritance usually wastes it.

12. Justice and Lent, for the poor are made.

The poor always lose out in any situation.

13. Tears and sighs a lot break the wounded heart.

Having a negative attitude will not help us overcome our problems.

14. Do not take fans to the dog that has an owner.

If he has someone to vouch for him, it's best not to get into trouble with that person.

15. Tasty and short prayer and visit.

We must not abuse the hospitality of others.

16. Ole salt shaker, that grace is better than money.

Having people skills is much more important than having money.

17. Book that leaves your house, if it gets lost it carries traces.

That utensil that we lend to a neighbor or friend, it is very likely that we will not recover it.

18. The woman and the earth, brunette.

Formerly it was thought that a brown woman and a dark earth would surely be more fertile.

19. The player's children do not have to fight over the partition.

The man who spends the money at stake will leave nothing for his children.

20. Dark north and clear Ceuta, water tomorrow.

A poetic way of saying that a storm is approaching from the north.

21. There is no bad cook with tomatoes on the side.

Tomatoes enhance any dish.

22. More of dinners than of sorrows are the full graves.

Abuses will take us to the grave. We must not abuse food and drink.

23. Longer than a day without bread.

It is usually said to a person who is very tall, or a very tedious trip.

24. Bringing wine to Jerez is nonsense.

In Jerez there are such good wines that we should not bring wine from abroad. Enjoying the specialty of the place where we go is the right thing to do.

25. The best in the world is Matarredonda, followed by Sevilla, Osuna and Ronda.

Andalusians feel a great love for their land, in this beautiful phrase we can see it clearly.

26. What is spoken is blown away by the wind, what is written remains idle.

If an agreement is in writing, it has a much better chance of being honored.

27. Hope does not satisfy, but it entertains hunger.

We must never lose hope, in the end we will achieve our goal.

28. The luck of the ugly, the beautiful it want to.

That woman who may not be very graceful, can also be very lucky in love.

29. Son you are and father you will be; with the rod that you measure, they will measure you.

We must know how to raise our children and value the lessons that our father gave us.

30. Friar who asks for God, asks for two.

That person who is a devout believer will always pray to God for the good of other people.

31. What do you want, my Miarma?

This is an affectionate greeting that is used very commonly in the south of Spain.

32. Noniná, I'm very pretty.

The word "noniná" refers to a self-affirmation, it is like saying: it is true or it is not.

33. Boss, arfavo and give me some olives.

In this peculiar way people address waiters in Andalusia.

34. Quillo, what are we doing tonight?

The word “quillo” is used a lot in Andalusia, it is an abbreviation of “chiquillo” or “child”.

35. That waiter is a Malaje.

When someone is not very nice or even a little unfriendly.

36. Go pecha to eat me dao.

This phrase refers to the fact that the person has eaten until they are full. "Pechá" comes from pechada, it is used to say that we have carried out an action over and over again.

37. But what are you doing, pitcher soul!

A very curious way to get someone's attention.

38. I am totally "ennortá" with what you have told me.

This expression is often used to say that something has left us out of place.

39. Did they give you a big scolding for being late? Yes, what a bastard.

When we receive a very strong anger or suffer a great beating, it can be called in this way.

40. It gives me courage.

When something makes us angry or bothers us.

41. Hoop, hoop.

Of course, of course. It is used to say that something is true.

42. You are an agreement.

When someone is interested.

43. be pecking

Eat a little of everything.

44. Lavín, how did you do it?

Lavín is an abbreviation of The Virgin, and is used as an exclamation. An expression similar to “valgame Dios”, for example.

45. You are a ghost.

Someone who is a liar or tells lies wherever he goes.

46. Not even Dio understands this.

Phrase used to say that something is incomprehensible. Andalusians tend to abbreviate words a lot.

47. A jarta.

A lot of something.

48. Make a mandala.

Run an errand or go buy something.

49. Make the longus.

Play the clueless, as if with us it was not the thing.

50. Send to hell

In other regions of Spain the expression "send to hell" is used, in Andalusia they usually send you to hell.