#12 - Why “Excitado” Might Get You Slapped 😅

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In this spicy episode of Spanish Quickie, Marco clears up a common and awkward mistake Spanish beginners make: using “excitado” to say “excited.” 😳

Discover what it really means, and learn the right words to express your excitement—without sounding like you’re hitting on someone at the wrong moment.

A must-listen to avoid embarrassing mix-ups!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
All a quiki lover, welcome to you episode or Spanish
quiki short fan and slightly cheeky. Spanish lessons for beginners
mayamo marco ferro to pro latino thepanel and in this episode,
I'll help you avoid a mistake. Many Spanish beginners make
the use of the word excitallo. Are you excitato about

(00:23):
this episode? I was chatting with a student about her
upcoming trip and she said, stoy moi exitava ah. Yeah,
yeah if she only knew. Since I speak English, I
knew she meant excited. But a Latino who doesn't speak
English might hear something very different. Excitato in Spanish issues

(00:49):
in a more intimate, spicy context. You don't want to
say stoy excitato the birthday when meeting someone because in
Spanish excitado means sexual, aroused, horny, but it doesn't mean excited.
This is what we call a false friend on falso
amigo words that sounds similar in English and Spanish but

(01:11):
mean different things. So what could you use instead? Use
emotionado or emotionalda examples, I'm excited about my next trip,
A toy emotionado for me, I'm excited to see you
a toy emote, but exitado no save that one for

(01:35):
the bedroom. And that's all for today. Grassias charge Spanish Quikie.
If you enjoy the show, please leave a half star
review and recommend it to an amigo. And hey, if
you're nervous about making awkward mistakes like saying exitado when

(01:56):
you mean excited, I got something for you, grab my
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