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/Sounds like "preen" (as in "pretty") + "GAHR" (as in "garden") + "seh" (as in "set")/
To get mixed up in something shady or morally compromising, ending up tainted by association. In Spain, once you are "pringado" there is no pretending you were not involved. The word literally means getting covered in grease or fat, and socially it means you are implicated whether you meant to be or not.
“Si te pringas en ese negocio, después no digas que no te avisaron. (If you get mixed up in that deal, don't say you weren't warned.)”
“Todo el que estuvo ahí se pringó. (Everyone who was there ended up implicated.)”
/Sounds like "preen" (as in "pretty") + "GAHR" (as in "garden") + "seh" (as in "set")/
To do the dirty work that nobody else wants to do, carrying the load while everyone else sits back. In Spain, "pringarse" is what happens when one person ends up doing everything and the rest just watch.
“Me pringué limpiando solo mientras los demás descansaban.”
“I ended up doing all the cleaning by myself while everyone else rested.”
“Siempre es el mismo el que se pringa con todo el trabajo.”
“It's always the same person who gets stuck doing all the work.”
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/Sounds like "preen" (as in "pretty") + "GAHR" (as in "garden") + "seh" (as in "set")/
To get mixed up in something shady or morally compromising, ending up tainted by association. In Spain, once you are "pringado" there is no pretending you were not involved. The word literally means getting covered in grease or fat, and socially it means you are implicated whether you meant to be or not.
“Si te pringas en ese negocio, después no digas que no te avisaron. (If you get mixed up in that deal, don't say you weren't warned.)”
“Todo el que estuvo ahí se pringó. (Everyone who was there ended up implicated.)”
/Sounds like "preen" (as in "pretty") + "GAHR" (as in "garden") + "seh" (as in "set")/
To do the dirty work that nobody else wants to do, carrying the load while everyone else sits back. In Spain, "pringarse" is what happens when one person ends up doing everything and the rest just watch.
“Me pringué limpiando solo mientras los demás descansaban.”
“I ended up doing all the cleaning by myself while everyone else rested.”
“Siempre es el mismo el que se pringa con todo el trabajo.”
“It's always the same person who gets stuck doing all the work.”
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Echarse un clavado
To do a headfirst dive into a pool, river, or the sea. In Mexico it is the go-to phrase for jumping in head-first, whether off a diving board, a rock, or a bridge. Can be used literally or figuratively for throwing yourself into something without hesitation.