What are some rich points in the Spanish language?
I am trying to come up with examples of "rich points" as Michael Agar calls them in his book "Language Shock: The Culture of Conversation". You don't have to know about the book to answer the question though. Basically rich points are words or phrases with a lot of meaning below the surface that might cause debate or disagreement, or just have a lot of history or cultural meaning connected to them. They probably can't be translated succinctly into another language because all of those meanings and history need to be understood in order to really understand how to use the word/phrase and what it means.
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"Dar a luz" literally translated means "to give light", however, it means "to give birth' in Spanish.
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I personally like the verb 'nacer' which means to be born but, interestingly, it's always used in the active voice.
I believe the verb llamarse is unique to Spanish. Take a look at this thread. It was posted by our expert Lazarus. You can go through his posts here, hopefully you'll find more interesting rich points of the beautiful Spanish. 
I guess I'll start off with an English example so that you guys know what I'm talking about: Husslin'. It's a term used in black culture meaning to work really hard and do everything in your power to make it or make money. It also means to trick someone or strategically work someone to get something out of them. But also it is usually having to do with some kind of work that is illegal or untraditional. It has a lot of cultural relevance because African Americans have a history of living in poverty in the U.S. and have to fight progress and work really hard to make money in a society with a lot of ethnic and social barriers against them. Being in poverty casues a different set of skills that one has to obtain if they want to survive, like selling stolen goods, or having to work really hard because you are dealing with an underground business or illegal items, or using your intellect to get the better of people around you. These are situations that are culturally relevent to black culture, so the term is imbedded in embedded in everday life and husslin' is a culturally important term. To accurately define "husslin'" to someone, you would have to describe all this history and the social and economic context of black people in the U.S.
