Season 1 · Episode 5
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Aang's abilities as an airbender are challenged by a strange king.
A fixed idiomatic phrase used to say someone is behaving irrationally or seems unhinged. Common in casual everyday speech across Spanish-speaking communities in the United States.
From the verb apresurar/apurar. This imperative form is used to tell a group to move faster. 'Apurarse' in this context means to hurry, which is not the obvious meaning of 'apurar' (to drain or pressure in other uses), making it non-compositional for many learners.
Formed from 'calvo' (bald) plus the diminutive suffix '-ito'. In Spanish the diminutive softens or adds playful/teasing warmth to a descriptor. Used here as a nickname rather than an insult. The diminutive's tone-shifting function is culturally important.
Literally refers to someone with a runny nose, but used figuratively for young kids or young people in a dismissive, gruff, or teasing way. Can be affectionate depending on tone and relationship.
A warm fixed greeting formula used when reuniting with someone after a long absence. Not compositionally wrong, but learners often default to 'mucho gusto' (which is for first meetings) and miss this reunion phrase entirely.