Spanish colloquial expressions in Spanish with ser and estar

Colloquial expressions with ser and estar

Categories SPANISH EXPRESSIONS
Date 24 August, 2017

EXPRESSIONS WITH SER

1. Ser una mosquita muerta

To be up to no good

2. Ser un rata

expresiones-espanol-ser-rata — To be stingy

3. Ser un pedazo de pan

To be kind-hearted

4. Ser un pez gordo

Ser un pez gordo — To have a lot of money / influence

5. Ser un tortuga

To be calm — To be slow

6. Ser de carne y hueso

To be tender-hearted — Feeling affected by something simply by being human

7. Ser un cabezón / cabezota

Ser un cabezón / cabezota — To be stubborn

8. Ser un cerdo

Ser un cerdo — To be dirty

9. Ser un burro

To be stupid

10. Ser un zorro

Ser un zorro — To be astute

11. Ser una hormiguita

Ser una hormiguita — To be hard-working / a saver

12. Ser un flechazo

Ser un flechazo — To fall in love at first sight

13. Ser un cielo

Ser un cielo — To be kind-hearted

14. Ser un CARCA

To be ugly and old — To be old

15. Ser un gallina

To be a coward

EXPRESSIONS WITH ESTAR

1. Estar de fiesta

To be cheerful — Be partying

2. Estar de morros

Be angry

3. Estar como un tomate

To blush

4. Estar hecho polvo

To be very tired

5. Estar de un humor de perros

To have a black sense of humour — To be in a bad mood

6. Estar a la altura

To be a match for — To be in keeping with

7. Estar al caer

To arrive

8. Estar cortado

To be lost for words

9. Estar como un tren

To be very pretty

10. Estar como una cabra

To be crazy

11. Estar como un toro

To be very strong

12. Estar hasta las narices/ la coronilla

To have had enough

13. Estar de enhorabuena

To be happy — To be congratulated / to have something to celebrate

14. Estar entre la espada y la pared

To stand with one's back against the wall — To stand with one’s back against the wall

15. Estar en las nubes

To be a dreamer — To be distracted

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