Se Las Manda

Question

There's a whole Facebook fan page centered around the phrase "Se Las Manda" and people are commenting on it enthusiastically, and although I've read several comments (and have seen several translations), I don't "get it". What exactly does this phrase mean and in what contexts would it usually be used? Link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Rafael-Argentina/la-frase-SE-LAS-MANDA-jaja/95479579208?ref=sgm

Answer 1

When someone ¨se las manda¨ you are saying that s/he has blundered. For instance, you can say that your kid´se las manda¨, that your friend se las manda to emphasize that s/he usually makes silly mistakes or takes actions that result in ´disasters´.

For example: ¨Cuando bebe mucho vodka, Laura se las manda¨. Maybe she cheats his boyfriend, or makes out with stangers, maybe she drops her cellphone every Friday, maybe she gets naked in the middle of the street, maybe she says something extremely inconvenient to a policeman, and so on. However, that kind of actions usually have a happy ending.

It´s a fixed expression, like an idiom. it´s not as ¨Laura recibió flores. Se las manda José¨.

However, as regards Facebook, maybe someone is playing with the words in some entries and ´las´ is reffering to something else in a given case. that´s why you find it difficult to catch it .

Answer 2

When someone ¨se las manda¨ you are saying that s/he has blundered. For instance, you can say that your kid´se las manda¨, that your friend se las manda to emphasize that s/he usually makes silly mistakes or take actions that result in ´disasters´.

I am with you lisa, I had no idea.