{"id":4629,"date":"2023-06-09T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T07:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escuela-hablamos.com\/?p=4629"},"modified":"2023-06-06T06:53:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T06:53:46","slug":"to-throw-the-house-out-of-the-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escuela-hablamos.com\/ja\/to-throw-the-house-out-of-the-window\/","title":{"rendered":"To throw the house out of the window!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, that\u2019s certainly a strange title this week, verdad? (right?). Actually, it\u2019s a frase idiom\u00e1tica (idiomatic phrase) in Spanish \u2013 tirar la casa por la ventana.<\/span><\/h2><\/div>
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This means that you are spending a lot of money on something, similar to splash out<\/i><\/b> in English. For example, He decidido tirar la casa por la ventana y reformar todo mi piso <\/b>(<\/i>I\u2019ve decided to splash out and refurbish my whole apartment<\/i><\/b>)<\/i>. There are lots of similar phrases to do with the house in Spanish, but first let\u2019s look at a bit of basic house vocabulary.<\/p>\n

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Spanish<\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
La casa<\/td>\nThe house<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
La puerta<\/td>\nThe door<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
La entrada<\/td>\nThe entrance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
El sal\u00f3n<\/td>\nThe living room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
La cocina<\/td>\nThe kitchen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
El aseo<\/td>\nThe toilet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
La escalera<\/td>\nThe stairs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
El pasillo<\/td>\nThe corridor\/hall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
El ba\u00f1o<\/td>\nThe bathroom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
La habitaci\u00f3n<\/td>\nThe bedroom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
El \u00e1tico<\/td>\nThe attic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
El s\u00f3tano<\/td>\nThe basement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
El jard\u00edn<\/td>\nThe garden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
La terraza<\/td>\nThe terrace\/balcony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
El balc\u00f3n<\/td>\nThe balcony (normally a smaller one)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
El techo<\/td>\nThe ceiling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
El tejado<\/td>\nThe roof<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
La pared<\/td>\nThe wall<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Frases hechas que tienen que ver con la casa<\/span><\/h2><\/div>
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Right, now you can say the different parts of the house, let\u2019s learn some more frases hechas <\/b>(<\/i>idioms\/set phrases<\/i><\/b>)<\/i><\/p>\n