Travesuras con palabras 17.
I enjoy discovering words and phrases that make speech more colorful and fun.
This post is Just for the fun of finding ways to use a word or a phrase, and expand vocabulary.
I hope you will try it.
Here is a word that we can have some fun with. It is a common word but has some additional uses.
Learners use any resource you wish to make your phrase. Post in English and Spanish Native speakers will know this immediately so please wait a bit for us learners to post.
The word is "Mano" it has many uses. not limited only to the literal. It can be "to give a hand", or to "put a coat of something".
Here is my example:
La escalera tiene cinco manos de barniz.
The stairway has five coats of varnish.
Otro:
Este gabinete es pesado, échame una mano para moverlo.
The cabinet is heavy, give me a hand to move it.
You can find this word in RAE or WR or many other resources.This should be good
Use it in any way you wish and lets see if we can have some fun with it. Add a photo if your so inclined.
A vote for all answers and most votes gets best answer.
Enjoy !
As always please advise me if you see typos or other errors.
9 Answers
En esta obra se nota la mano de un escultor genial.
This work shows the hand of a great sculptor.
La puerta número nueve está al fondo, a mano derecha.
Gate number nine is at the far end, on the right side.
¿Puedo tener una votación de mano en esta propuesta?
Can I have a show of hands on this proposal?
¡manos arriba! - hands up!
La policía me multó por ir en contra-mano
The police fined me because I drove against traffic
Él puede conseguirte el trabajo, tiene mano en la empresa
He can get you the job because he has contacts in the company
Di dos manos de pintura a la casa con mis propias manos
I applied two coats of paint to the house with my own hands
(My last English sentence doesn´t sound really good for myself)
Este mes tengo que ir de compras y llevar cosas a la casa bajo mano, para que mi esposa no sepa lo que le he comprado para Navidad.
This month I have to go shopping and bring things into the house secretly, so that my wife doesn’t know what I have bought her for Christmas.
lavarse las manos
wash hands of
¿Sabes tu que Pepe está detenido? Por eso me lavo las manos. Do you know that Pepe is detained ? So I am washing my hands.
Perhaps, it would be useful to pay attention to the origin of the phrase" to wash one's hands of " . My husband gave me a hint that it might have originated from Pontius Pilate,
Mi marido me dio un indicio de que la frase "lavarse las manos " se origina de Pilatos en la Biblia.
? Matthew 27 ?
24 When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!
? Mateo 27 ?
24 Y viendo Pilato que no conseguía nada, sino que más bien se estaba formando un tumulto, tomó agua y se lavó las manos delante de la multitud, diciendo: Soy inocente de la sangre de este justo; ¡allá vosotros!
Juan va a pedir la mano de su novia.
John is going to ask for his girlfriend's hand.
John is going to propose marriage to his girlfriend.
En México es muy común entre cuates oír algo como: ¿Qué húbole mano? ("mano" significa "hermano" así como "compañero")
In Mexico it´s very common among friends to hear something like: What´s been going on bro? ("bro" meaning "brother" as in "companion")
