Santo Dio, ¿realmente vamos a volar este gran horno?

Question

Santo Dio (??) Are we really gonna "blow up" this great oven? (it's a machine that uses coal to operate). Is it common to use volar like this, to mean blow up? Gracias.

Answer 1

Santo Dio... is "santo Dios"... but with the "s" being dropped... as many Spanish speaking countries do...

and yes... it's very common to use volar like that...

This one and "hacer saltar por los aires", which is another very common way of saying "blow up". - bill1111, Nov 4, 2010

Answer 2

In Italian I often say "Dio santo"... not "santo Dio"... I think is more common for the words to be backwards... althouhg both would be understandable...

and the stress is way too different to confuse one for another...

"santo Dio"... with a more descendant tone on the "o"... is Spanish... the way people would pronounce it... in Cuba for example.

"santo Dio"... with a rising tone from the "i"... is Italian...

I never confuse one for another... and if I hear either... I'd probably address that person in that language...

something I forgot to say... if I said it in Italian... my grandmother gave me "the look"... so it might not be used that often... - Tonyriva, Nov 4, 2010

Answer 3

It is italian but you´ll often hear it. I use it myself.

Answer 4

Santo dio é italiano, non é espagnolo. (Santo Dio it´s Italian, not Spanish). It´s a typical expression in Rome. Also, Dio Santo