What does this sign say?

Question

Buen día,

Yo estaba en un restaurante y había unas señales de neón. Una de las señales tenía las palabras (Bud Light) ¡YA SE ARMO! No sé como se traduce esta frase al inglés. ¿tenéis ideas?

Answer 1

My guess

Ya se armó- It's already started/broken out/going down (armed itself)

As in the party has started.

http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/armar

1. (colloquial) (to happen)

a. no direct translation This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

Se armó una discusión sobre quién iba a tomar la última galleta.An argument broke out over who was going to get the last cookie.

Ni te imaginas el lío que se armó cuando despidieron a nuestro jefe.You can't even imagine the chaos that went down when our boss was fired.

Here is an answer from elsewhere:

https://www.quora.com/What-does-the-Spanish-phrase-ya-se-armo-mean

Grace Sutachan, native Spanish speaker, English to Spanish translator. Written 20 Jun

“It’s on!” (as in, “the hour has come” but a lot more informal, and sometimes confrontational).

Usually applied to fights, parties, sports events and overall rumpus.

And another:

http://www.translatespanishtoenglish.net/spanish-billboard-bud-light-and-the-denver-broncos/

It reads as follows:

? Cerveza Favorita De Los Fans De Los Broncos ? Ya Se Armo

And with an English translation:

? Favorite Beer of Broncos Fans ? Here We Go!

Answer 2

Hello Georgia_boy,

Welcome to our Spanishdict community

You said/asked:

Buen día, Yo estaba en un restaurante y había unas señales de neón. Una de las señales tenía las palabras (Bud Light) ¡YA SE ARMO! No sé como se traduce esta frase al inglés. ¿tenéis ideas?

Bosque may well be correct until any native Spanish speakers enlighten us, but nevertheless I thought I would still offer my best guess, although it is probably wide of the mark!

The Spanish verb armarse means to arm onself so I wondered if it could (also) mean you have already armed yourself with this information ie

Ya se armo = You already know! (So now you know)

Context: overall idea, considering that they are a bar advertising drinks : (It's Budlight)

So now you know, (about it...Budlight) go ahead and order one!

This is at best a wild, but educated, guess so please wait for confirmation from a native Spanish speaker before using it! I am probably attempting too literal a translation of what must surely be a Spanish idiom!

At least, I should learn something new if I am wrong! lol

Corrijan mi español si es necesario, por favor

Answer 3

Gracias a todo por las respuestas

Answer 4

Aquí hay un enlace al los verbos "armar" y "armarse" Verás varias definiciones en inglés.

Sin embargo me encantó una definición que acabo de leer en el post de bosquederoble.

"It's on!" Lo que significa que la "party" ha comenzado.

Enlace a armar/armarse