Do you know how to say Start Up in Spanish?

Start up

Start up - to begin running Encender (un motor)

Example:

The engine started up - El motor encendió.

Start something up - Arrancar algo como el auto o un procedimiento

También se puede usar sin el "up" . We can say either start up or start.

Example:

I can't start the project up until I have more shareholders. - No puedo arrancar el proyecto hasta que tenga mas accionistas.

My car doesn't start up , I need a new one. - Mi carro no arranca, necesito uno nuevo.

In informal Spanish we say "Echar a andar" . No puedo echar a andar el proyecto hasta que tenga mas accionistas.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys

Si pagas poco, ¿qué puedes esperar?.

That means that if a worker receives little money he will do a job wrong. 

Example:

My company is full of incompetents! . Well, if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. - Mi empresa está llena de incompetentes. Bueno, si pagas poco, ¿qué puedes esperar?.

Sabes decir boca arriba boca abajo en Inglés

Do you know the name of the positions when you are sleeping or when you are going to receive a massage. 

In Spanish we often say acuéstate boca arriba "lay down (on the floor) in a supine position", acuéstate boca abajo "lay down (on the floor) in a prone position". So this is something we don't usually learn at school.

Supine position is "Boca arriba". The position that you normaly be when you're going to receive a massage in your face, chest, arms , legs and feet.

Prone position is the position "Boca abajo", this position is used when you're going to receive a massage in your back.

Similar sentences to refer to the same thing.

Lie on your back with the face up - Acuéstate boca arriba

Lay down on your back - Acuéstate boca arriba

Lay down with your face down - Acuéstate boca abajo.

Lie on one's left/right side - Acuéstate de cada lado (izquierdo / derecho).

Lie on your left side. - Acuéstate de tu lado izquierdo.

Lie on your right side. - Acuéstate de tu lado derecho.

To make ends meet

To make ends meet - to have enough money to pay for your basic expenses, ganar lo suficiente para cubrir tus necesidades básicas, ganar lo suficiente para subsistir, sobrevivir, para llegar a fin de mes.

Example:

Nowadays you have to have 2 or more jobs to make ends meet. - Hoy día necesitas tener 2 o más trabajos para sobrevivir, subsistir, llegar a fin de mes.

Want to and Want someone to

We can use the verb want in two ways:

The first one "Want to" means that you desire something. For example: I want to play basketball.

And the second one "Want someone to" means that you or someone else desire someone to do something. For example: I want him to clean the room.

Podemos usar el verbo Want (Querer) en 2 maneras. La primera, "Want to" (querer que) significa que tu deseas algo. Por ejemplo: Yo quiero jugar basquetbol.

La segunda forma de usarlo "Want someone to" (Querer que alguien) significa que tu o alguien mas quiere que alguien haga algo. Por ejemplo: Yo quiero que el limpie el cuarto.

Let's see more examples: / Veamos mas ejemplos:

She wants to travel to Asia - Ella quiere viajar a Asia.

My parents want me to go to school - Mis padres quieren que yo vaya a la escuela.

I want her to stay home - Quiero que ella se quede en casa.

The boss wants them to work efficiently - El jefe quiere que ellos trabajen efectivamente.

Go on a rampage

Go on a rampage - to get very disturbed or angry (thefreedictionary.com) - Enojarse, Encabronarse (Colloquial).

Example:

My boss went on a rampage because the salesman didn't finish the report. - Mi jefe (se enojó/se encabronó) porque el vendedor no terminó el reporte.

No pain no gain.

No pain no gain. - Sin esfuerzo no hay ganancia.

This is an idiom that means if you don't make an effort in doing something, you can't achieve your goals.

Tighten someone's belt

Tighten someone's belt - Apretarse el cinturón.

Not having enough money to spend.

I've lost my job because of the crisis, now I have to tighten my belt. - He perdido mi trabajo por la crisis, ahora tengo que apretarme el cinturón.

Chinese business culture

Today I watched a video from a spanish tv channel about the chinese people living in Spain. The reporter interviewed them to ask how did they open their business. It was very interesting and I came up with the next conclusion.

Chinese are hardworkers.

They arrived in Spain with little money. They have a saying "work hard and save money".

They don't even spend money on basic things such as clothes, they always tighten their belts. In a small flat more than 10 people can live to split their expenses. Sometimes they live in subhuman conditions, but it's only when they are starting from the scratch.

It's like a tradition that chinese people start working for chinese companies, that pay them little money, and once they save a lot of money to make their living they open their own business. No pain no gain.

To open a business they don't get loans from the bank but from their family and friends because they don't like to pay interest rates.

They don't wait to open a business, if they need 10,000 dollars to open a business and they have 10,100 dollars they open it.

They choose cheap and well located places to lease.

If the business is not profitable in the first two months they change the type of business, they don't like to be attached to a business that doesn't make a profit.

They have more than 2 businesses of the same type or a different type of business.

For them having competitors is a good thing because that means that their stores are successful and among all of them attract clients.

They don't let clients to go out without satisfying their needs. I mean if a client doesn't find a product they need, they are offered another similar product. They don't like to lose clients.

The chinese community helps each other. When they have a business they bring their relatives and friends to work with them.

And finally they are making hay when the sun shines. They are buying bars and are running them, they say the prices haven't risen because they want to keep the clients. And they also are buying houses and apartments because the spanish economy is in the toilet now , and then when the crisis ends their properties will be worth a lot of money.

Vocabulary

profitable - rentable.

starting from the scratch - starting from zero. - Empezar desde cero. Empezar de la nada.

make someone's living - to earn money for living. - Ganarse la vida.

make a profit - to earn money in a business after paying the costs and taxes. - Tener una ganancia.

job interview vocabulary

When applying for a job there's always at least one interview, so that's why I need to learn the most common questions.

1. Tell me about yourself.
I'm __, I like to___, I'm good at __, etc.

2. What were your main responsibilities in your last job?
I was in charge of __
I trained people __
Created work schedules.
Managed __

3. What's your biggest accomplishment?
I was in charge of ___ where I had to __ . Firstly ___, Second__, then,

4.What are your greatest strenghts and weaknesses?
Strenghts : Organized, Tidy, Smart, I'm able to work not only in team but also alone

Weaknesses: I have a tendency to __, I'm a kind of perfectionist, I tend to check __ etc.

5. Why do you want to work in this company?

6. Why did you leave your last job?

7.When can you start?
Inmediatly, I need x weeks notice,

8. Do you have any questions?

Are there job careers in the company?
Is there any training opportunities?
Could you tell me what hours I'd have to work?
When will I know If I've been successful? When will you make a decision?

Can you tell me what made you reply to our advertisement?

I'm working on this entry, It's not finished yet.

the bakery

Hi everybody, i was reading an interesting magazine and i want to share some information that i might think is useful.

RSPCA - Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
I'm gonna ring the RSPCA and we'll have them round like a shot
mean-tight-fisted = opposite of generous.
split hairs- focus on insignificant differences.
to take pride in = be proud of
yeast = fungus that causes bread to expand.
spongy = esponjoso.
bagel
pittance - pathetic salary.
to cramp s.o.'s style = make s.o. feel uncomfortable.
let off = give me a break, don't pressure me.

Well the conversation was taken place in a bakery between 2 people, the owner's son called Terry, and a supervisor. There was a problem because Terry did his duties very bad that day so the supervisor talked to him and told him that he didn't put syrup to the dough so that they couldn't sell the bagels to the customers, and well Terry answered that he doesn't like to be a baker and he doesn't care to be here. He wants to be a jet fighter.
Terry says to the supervisor that he's a loser, earns a pittance and don't go any further. The supervisors says that working there is not a matter of money but a matter of enjoying the job.
Well at the end they come up with an agreement in which Terry is not gonna do anything in the job, and he is going to be out of the business during working hours and 5 minutes before ends his working time he will come back work from the streets to sign a book.