Episode 5

Uses pillar (to catch, to get hit by something) in its colloquial sense of encountering something undesirable. Very common in everyday spoken registers.

Literally 'to throw one's junk/gear'. Used when someone makes romantic advances, often with a slightly surprised or amused tone. Common in informal speech.

From football/sports, where it means the ball comes to your wrong foot. Widely used figuratively to mean being caught unprepared by a situation.

Contracted spoken form of sacar para adelante. Means to help someone overcome a difficult situation. The contraction pa for para is very characteristic of informal spoken registers.

Jodido is a past participle of joder used adjectivally. In this sense it means being in a difficult personal situation, not physically broken. Very frequent in informal speech despite its vulgar origin.

A fixed idiom meaning someone does no work or effort whatsoever. Carries a clearly critical tone toward the person described.

Literally 'to give free track/way', from railway terminology. Used figuratively to mean removing an obstacle so someone can proceed, often in romantic or professional contexts.

An anglicism borrowed directly into colloquial Spanish. Used to describe a younger man in a relationship with an older woman, typically with a light or ironic tone.

Used intransitively in colloquial speech to mean being the person who opens the workplace in the morning, without needing to state what is being opened. Context makes it clear.