“Viejos son los trapos” — You’re only as old as you feel / 5 minutes of Spanish - English version + Podcast
Hi! How’s it going? Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening, depending on where you are or what time you’re listening. Audio Welcome to podcast 278. Thanks for being here. So… what are we going to talk about today? Another verb? No, you know what? Today I woke up thinking about what my aunt used to say when my mom told her, “We’re old.” No, “Rags are old.” Rags- trapos But wait, why do we say “Rags are old”? What do rags have to do with age? Because a rag is an old, worn-out piece of cloth that’s often no longer good for wearing. So, when we say “rags are old,” we’re playing with the idea that something old can be an object, but not necessarily a person. Right. And “rag” has other uses. For example, when we talk about “old rags,” we’re literally talking about old clothes or old fabric. We have cleaning rags; they’re often made from old clothes. There’s a verb, “trapear”—you mop with a mop; “trapear” means to mop. Yes. And we also use “trapos” colloquially to refer to clothe...
