Cuban Slang The Original Cuban Saying CUBANICS The Intended Englishhh Meaning No me importa un pito I don’t care a whistle I don’t care at all Me importa tres pepinos I care three cucumbers I don’t care at all Me sacaron el hígado They took my liver out I worked like a slave Me sacaron el kilo They took the penny out of me I worked like a slave Le pusistes la tapa al pomo You put the lid on the jar You really messed up this time! Tú no pintas nada You don’t paint anything This doesn’t concern you Estás comiendo de lo que pica el pollo You are eating what the chicken nibble You’re wasting your time in foolish things Estás acabando You are finishing You’re a big success ¡Te la comiste! You ate it! You did it great! You kicked it! Te estás metiendo en camisa de once varas You are getting into an eleven yard shirt You’re getting into big trouble Eramos pocos y parió Catana We were few and Catana gave birth There were a lot of people here, and then more showed up Es un arroz con mango It is a rice with mango It’s a very complicated thing No tiene dos dedos de frente He/She doesn’t have two fingers of forehead He/she has no intelligence at all Para luego es tarde For later, it’s late Don’t wait, let’s do it now Nos dejastes plantados You left us planted You stood us up Me embarcaste You shipped me off You stood us up Se formó It formed Here comes trouble! Es la pata del diablo He/she is the leg of the devil Likes to play pranks Este huevo quiere sal This egg wants salt What does he/she wants? ¡Qué pesao me cae! He falls so heavy on me! I cannot stand him! Camarón que se duerme, se lo lleva la corriente Shrimps that falls asleep, current that takes it away Wake up or you are going to loose your opportunities Me voy a hacer el de la vista gorda I’m going to do the one with the fat sight I’m going to ignore that El no dispara un chicharo He doesn’t shoot a pea He doesn’t do any work Hay gato encerrado There’s a cat locked up There is something hidden here Tiró la casa por la ventana He/she threw the house out the window He/she pulled all the stops El horno no está para galleticas The oven is not for cookies It’s not the right moment for that Te pusistes para tu número You put yourself to your number You got on the ball Por si las moscas For if the flies Just in case Juntos pero no revueltos Together but not scrambled Although we are together on this, there is a big difference between us Perro que ladra no muerde Dog that barks, doesn’t bite Too many words but no action Tira la piedra y esconde la mano Throws the stone, and hides the hand He/she knows how to do things without being discovered Una tempestad en un vaso de agua A tempest in a glass of water A storm in a teacup Le cayó comején Termites are falling on him/her He/She became nuts Le faltan unos cuantos tornillos He/she is missing few screws He/she is nuts Le zumba el merequetén It heaves the merequeten It blows our minds Comiéndose un cable Eating a cable Going through difficult times Se tiraron p’al medio de la calle They threw themselves into the middle of the street They went all out Caminan con los codos They walk with their elbows They’re cheapskates Pedro cantó el manicero Pedro sang the peanut vendor Peter died El se da lija He sand papers himself He is a narcissist