The elegant Spanish way of telling someone to go to hell without using profanity. When you're fed up and send someone a freír espárragos, you're telling them to get lost — but with class and Iberian vocabulary.

The color of nature, plants, and hope. In the slang world, verde can also mean dirty-minded or refer to someone who makes inappropriate sexual jokes.

To leave a place in Spain, usually without warning, in a rush, or when you've had enough. When a Spaniard se pira, they just vanish without explanations and nobody sees them again that night.

A very common Spanish exclamation for intense surprise, total amazement, or strong anger. It can be positive when something impresses you or negative when something pisses you off — the tone decides everything.