Season 1 · Episode 13
Violetta
A musically-talented teenager returns to her native Buenos Aires after living in Europe.
The standard theatrical phrase used in place of 'buena suerte' before a performance or audition. Saying 'suerte' directly is considered bad luck in performance contexts.
Very common in Rioplatense speech. 'Pavada' refers to something trivial, stupid, or not worth attention. 'Distraerse con cualquier pavada' means getting sidetracked by the slightest nonsense.
Used to express total physical or emotional depletion. 'No doy más' is the first-person form. Very common in Rioplatense everyday speech.
A Rioplatense expression. Literally 'to be in the oven', used when a situation has gone badly wrong and there is no easy way out. Tone is often resigned or darkly humorous.
Fixed idiom. Describes a persistent, personal grudge or obsession directed at a specific person. The full form is 'tener a alguien entre ceja y ceja'.
Literally 'to make mash'. Used hyperbolically to mean hitting someone very hard or defeating them completely. Common in Rioplatense informal speech.
A strongly derogatory Rioplatense term used to look down on a woman as common or vulgar. It carries heavy class connotations and is considered offensive.
When used as an adjective to describe a person, 'metido' means intrusive or interfering. Different from the past participle meaning 'inserted into'.
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