A couple of notes: 1) I’ve only every heard this expression in Lima, but, because of the way it’s formed grammatically, I would imagine that other Spanish-speakers would be able to understand the meaning and the humor, even if they don’t say it customarily. 2) I mistyped in my last post: not “se dejar” , but “se deja” for singular and “se dejan” for plural; this is reflexive: it let’s itself, or they let themselves.

¡Provecho!
Joseph

” se dejar comer” - Could you give me an example of how to use this? And is this a peruvian expression as well?

Good questions. With this line, “Tia Lucha: no fastidies, oye, come no más! !No seas chiflado!”, I would say that tere are two main factors that distinguish this as “Peruvian”. 1) the placement of the command “oye” in the middle of the sentence, and 2) “no más”. Now, this is not to say that this would only be understood in Peru, but, on the other hand, if I were to hear someone say it like this, it would definitely make me think that they (or their Spanish) is from Peru.

If I were to rephrase it, I might say something like… “no me hagas rogarte” (don’t make me beg you)…come un poquito más (eat a little more)… “no seas loco” (don’t be crazy).

As for “quisieras repetir” and “quisieras más”, yes, you can definitely use “más” here and be understood, but “repetir” is very common, in Peru, as in most Spanish speaking countries. For example, I could say “me gustó la comida tánto que repetí tres veces” (I liked the mean so much that I had three helpings).

Another expression that comes to mind (I’m thinking of a Peruvian friend who says this) has to do with food that you really like. Let’s say you’re eating “cebiche” and take the first bite. It’s delicious. You can say “este cebiche es repetible”. The word “repetible” literally means “repeatable”, but in this context it means that it’s something that you’ll be happy to have more than one helping of.

And finally, now that you’ve got me talking about food (one of my favorite topics), another expression you can use is “se dejar comer”. This is a really funny one! Literally it means “it let’s itself be eaten”. The humor of it comes from the fact that you’re saying that it’s the food which is the reason why you’re eating so much: it let’s itself be eaten, but not that it’s me who wants to eat so much of it. Heheh…

Let me know if you have any other questions. Hope these explanations help.

Saludos y suerte!
Joseph

Tia Lucha: no fastidies, oye, come no más! !No seas chiflado!

They seem to be rather nuetral to me, but if not, is there something else you could say that would be equally colloquial and commonly understood?

Also, in addition to ‘Quisieras repetir’, could you also say ‘Quisieras más’?

Are the expressions in this lesson strictly Peruvian, or is it just colloquial Spanish common to all Spanish speakers?