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ni gaitas
Language:
es
1.
Spain
informal
colloquial
Literal reference to bagpipes (gaitas) used in the phrase without a literal musical meaning.
2.
Spain
informal
colloquial
emphatic
An emphatic negation meaning 'no way', 'none of that', or 'don't give me that'; used to reject, dismiss, or forbid something.
3.
Spain
informal
colloquial
Used after a coordinated negation to mean 'and nothing else' or 'nor anything whatsoever', e.g., to intensify the exclusion of alternatives.
Examples:
ES:
Ni cielito ni gaitas.
EN:
Don't "baby" me.
ES:
-Ni Joaquín ni gaitas.
EN:
Ni Joaquin, nothing.
ES:
Sin papeleos ni gaitas, no como en Alemania.
EN:
No paperwor and crap like in Germany.
ES:
Ni fantasmas, ni gaitas, - ¿entendido?
EN:
No ghosts, no stories. OK?
ES:
No, ni traje, ni despacho, ni gaitas.
EN:
No. No suit, no office, no way.
ES:
Ni noche ni gaitas.
EN:
-Don't come with stories.
ES:
Ni bautizo ni gaitas.
EN:
No baptism nonsense back then.
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