Conversation in Spanish, level C1
The long goodbye in Cádiz
Sunday lunch at your neighbours' has already lasted five hours.
Watch the video, 53 secondsBueno, nos vamos yendo, que no quisiéramos abusar.
Well, we'd better get going. We don't want to outstay our welcome.
¿Abusar? ¡Si acabamos de tomar el café! Quedaos a tomar la penúltima.
Outstay your welcome? We've just had coffee! Stay for the second-to-last round.
¿Y a qué viene tanta prisa, si se puede saber?
And why the rush, if you do not mind me asking?
Your turn.
Press pause. How do you leave politely but firmly?
¡Hombre, de eso se trata!
Well, that is the idea!
Bueno, pues nada… ¿Os pido un taxi o sacamos la penúltima?
Right, then... shall I call you a taxi, or have we got time for the second-to-last round?
Venga… la penúltima.
Oh, go on... the second-to-last.
Nos vamos yendo signals a gentle "we had better get going".
Nos vamos yendo.
We had better get going.
The joke
La penúltima is "the second-to-last". Calling it that leaves room for another round.
How long do goodbyes take at home? Comment in Spanish.
