Jenny1328

Anyone got any good pick up lines in Spanish? My English ones don´t translate well!

bfg69bug

lol, ur a woman - you´ve got everything you need right there, titss an ass in a short skirt u can have any man u want

jdr

levanto traseros al tomar, should give you a few smiles

peterbainham

tengo una escopeta sucia en mis pantalones.

big wheels

Hay una fiesta en mi pantalones, y estas invitandado!

That will do the trick.

BW

kingfisher241049

Or get you arrested LOL.

Jenny1328

gosh I´m shocked!! My Spanish is crap and I totally rely on internet translation tools. I just translated the Spanish into - I have a dirty gun in my troosers!! Eh up? That would maybe work for a man if the girl was an excitable type!! As for short skirt etc maybe that will have to do until i sharpen my language skills. not as much fun though!!

jdr

did you translate the others ?

Jenny1328

Yeh, urs came up as ¨"I raise buttocks when taking" !!! Doh, I really thought I could get by with in Spain using internet translations as well! So what does it mean? I cant even hazard a guess! I don´t think Ill be trying that one out any time soon though!!

jdr

Translated is very difficult, but if you translate both ways and split the difference you may get closer
To talk Spanish you must forget translating from English. If you understand what I mean, thats why kids pick it up quicker than us as we always think English then transfer it to a Spanish word

peterbainham

Escopeta=shotgun. It's also slang for the male organ.
Internet translation tools are possibly the worst way to learn Spanish. Do yourself a favour and get some Spanish friends. They'll teach you more in 10 minutes than a lifetime in front of a PC will.

Jenny1328

Oh I see!
I have just found an intercambio partner so i will teach her some english and she can help me out with my spanish yey!! I´ve found it quite hard because people get frustrated with my bad spanish and just end up saying what they mean in English. I find that I need to hear something three times before I understand it!! It is also quite hard to practice in an office environment because people dont seem to talk to each other let alone me a newcomer and an intern!! Well Imaybe I´ll try the shotgun in my pocket line on my poor new intercambio partner, breaking the ice and all that. Ta v much for your help!!

peterbainham

I've just realised that you're a girl so I wouldn't use that line if I were you. It'll only confuse people.
Keep going with the Spanish. It gets easier, I promise. I remember my first three months. OMG :scared:
Repeat this mantra every time you get discouraged:

"Estoy mejorando poco a poco"

Jenny1328

Hey I worked that out all by myself!! How true!! Thanks for the moral support. Today I will be mostly studying possesive and demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
So are you still in Spain? Are you fluent in Spanish yet?

peterbainham

I left Spain for the US last year after spending three years in Madrid. I was by no means fluent but it was good enough to land me a sales job in a Spanish IT company. Before that I was a teacher and I wasn't learning it very quickly. As soon as I moved to a Spanish-speaking workplace it quickly became a lot better. The moral here is don't stay in the English-language comfort zone. In fact, I would advise trying NOT to make any British/American/Australian friends as they'll put you in la trampa inglesa. Lots of people fall into this and it's hard to get out.