vaya tela

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˌbaʝa ˈtela/ [ˌba.ʝa ˈt̪e.la] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /ˌbaʃa ˈtela/ [ˌba.ʃa ˈt̪e.la] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ˌbaʒa ˈtela/ [ˌba.ʒa ˈt̪e.la] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Syllabification: va‧ya te‧la

Phrase

vaya tela

  1. (Spain, informal) wow!, oh my!
    Synonym: madre mía
    • 2017 February 6, Guillermo Arenas, “Antonna se flagela en su nuevo disco sin Los Punsetes”, in El País‎[1], Madrid, →ISSN:
      Leonard Cohen, por ejemplo, hay un momento en el que se mira a sí mismo y dice: 'Hostia puta, macho, vaya tela".
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  • tener tela marinera (“to be very difficult”)
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