Está lleno de gente

How to do it: one or both hands are placed in front of the body then rapidly opened and closed.

Estoy a dos velas

Literally: "down to two candles" in other words, "I'm totally broke"
How to do it: the index and middle fingers are passed downwards in front of the face, starting just below eye level.

Qué huevón/huevonas

"He/she's so sluggish and lazy"
How to do it: the hands are lowered below the waist, slightly clenched and moved up and down as if to indicate a great burden.

"Yo me lavo las manos"
“I wash my hands (of this)/I've got nothing to do with this"

How to do it: the hands are briskly rubbed together and then held in front of the body as if to show they are clean.

"Corta"

"Get off the phone/stop wittering"

How to do it: the index and middle fingers imitate the movement of a pair of scissors

"Te vigilo"

"I'm watching you"

How to do it: the index and middle fingers are first pointed at the eyes, then the index finger pointed at the person being addressed.

"Te lo juro"

"I swear, you have my word"

How to do it: thumb inside a clenched fist, the hand is raised to the mouth and the thumb kissed before throwing the hand forward and flicking the thumb up.

"Cara dura"

"He/she has got a nerve" (or more literally: "How cheeky!")

How to do it: the fingers of one hand are tapped against the cheek; palm can be facing in or out.

"Me parto de risa"

Literally: "I'm laughing so hard I'm splitting in half". Only used sarcastically.

How to do it: hand is tapped, palm up, against the lower abdomen a few times.

"Estás loco"

"You are crazy" (either to the person being addressed or describing someone else)

How to do it: raise two fingers to the temple and rotate the hand around this point

[image]"Hasta aquí (de harto)"

"I've had it up to here"

How to do it: the hand is raised to the temple and then quickly jerked away upwards.

"A comer"

"Let's go and eat"

How to do it: the hand is raised in front of the mouth and, with the fingers all together, jerked towards it several times, symbolising eating.

"Se ha quedado así (de delgado/delgada)"

"He/she has ended up this thin"

How to do it: the little finger is held up alone.

"Mucho"

"A hell of a lot"

How to do it: the whole hand is shaken loosely from the wrist.

"Te voy a dar"

"I'm going to get/smack you"

How to do it: the hand is held in front of the body, palm up and pointing forward, and makes a few sharp movements from right to left.

"Nos vamos/me piro"

"Let's go/I'm off"

How to do it: the right hand taps the palm of the open left hand from underneath a few times.

"Es para chuparse los dedos"

"It's absolutely delicious"

How to do it: fingers together the hand is placed near the mouth, then jerked forward and the fingers all opened.

"Estos dos están liados"

"There's something going on between those two"

How to do it: the two index fingers are tapped together a few times.

"¿Lo coges?"

"Do you get it/grasp it?"

How to do it: index and middle fingertips are placed close together as if holding something small, and then the hand is rotated rapidly from the wrist.