Leave it to the Spanish to come up with such a ludicrous mental image! Corto de luces (Short of lights) The English equivalent of this common Spanish expression would be “a few sandwiches short of a picnic” or “the lights are on but there’s nobody home”. It is basically a poetic way of describing someone who is not very intelligent.
Both English and Spanish are the official languages in Puerto Rico because it's a U.S. territory. Puerto Ricans living on the island have a complicated relationship with the United States. They'reTranslate Sorry, my Spanish is bad.. See 2 authoritative translations of Sorry, my Spanish is bad. in Spanish with example sentences and audio pronunciations.Eres chistoso / Eres gracioso – you´re funny. If you wanna let someone know they’re funny, just use ‘eres’ ( ‘you are’ in English) and add ‘gracioso’ / ‘graciosa’ or ‘chistoso’ / ‘chistosa’. Not to be confused with ‘estás chistoso/a’, which translates to ‘you’re funny looking’ – which is obviously not a bahd. ) intransitive verb phrase. 1. (general) a. oler mal. Your socks smell bad. Put them in the washer.Tus medias huelen mal. Ponlas en la lavadora. b. apestar. BAD translations: malo, malo, grave, malo, malo, malo, mal, malo/la [masculine-feminine], malo/la…. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Spanish Dictionary. 1IVa.