Spain
All expressions
Spain
All expressions
To spot, notice, or lock eyes on someone with special interest. When you fichar someone, you're marking them mentally — in soccer it means scouts have noticed talent; in social settings it means someone caught your eye.
To bring up past grievances or mistakes as a way to criticize or blame someone. This phrase is often used when someone is holding onto past resentments or using them as a way to get revenge.
An annoyance, bore, or persistent nuisance. Dar lata is to be relentlessly bothersome — the kind of person or errand that drains your energy and patience with repetitive, pointless pestering.
A brute, someone clumsy and rough who handles everything without finesse or care. A caballo doesn't mean to cause damage — they just lack any delicacy in what they do, from driving to conversation to physical tasks.
The deep background story, accumulated history, or narrative universe of a character, community, or ongoing situation. Originally from gaming and fantasy, lore now applies to anything with layers of context you need to understand.