Used to describe someone who seems to be in deep reflection but is actually just daydreaming or spacing out about something completely trivial. (The phrase uses the absurdity of a crab's immortality to highlight the pointlessness of the person's thoughts).
I don't know what to do with that boy, Alfonsa. He sits in that chair and instead of starting his homework, he just stares at the wall, pensando en la inmortalidad del cangrejo.
A phrase used when someone is spaced out, daydreaming, or wasting time instead of paying attention. It implies the person is lost in thought about something nonsensical or impossible (since birds lay eggs and cannot be pregnant).
Hey, Jaimito, stop Pensando en pajaritos preñados and sweep the whole living room for me, you have it looking like a pigsty.
To measure up, meet the standards, or be good enough for a specific job, task, or personal relationship.
Well, let's see if you Dar la talla during these trial days. / I need you to Dar la talla for the dance. / That girl doesn't Dar la talla for the job. / Sorry but you don't Dar la talla to be the person I want by my side.
An attitude or way of perceiving things that involves the desire to try new ways of doing something and the recognition that there is more than one way to solve a problem.
Educational games stimulate children's creatividad.
To fantasize or daydream about something or someone pleasurable you have seen, like a person or food. It is essentially having a mental fantasy, often used in a sexual context.
The guy was invited to Doll House and he spent the whole night haciendo cerebro with the blonde girl (Doll House is a well-known strip club in Santo Domingo).
An art center and grill bar in the Espaillat province. It was the first pay-what-you-want venue in the Dominican Republic, where customers paid what they felt the service was worth. It is named for its construction style, which mimics indigenous stilt houses (Moca is the capital city of the Espaillat province).
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