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- ¿Qué pasa pai? A contraction for "¿Qué pasa compai?", itself a contraction for ¿Qué pasa compadre? ("What's up dude?)
- Que tronco de... - tronco means "tree trunk", and the idiom means "a huge piece of something". "Que tronco 'e cancha": since cancha is a basketball court, here it means "what a darn nice basketball court!"
- Que pajó (que pasó) used to say what happened as in "Que pajo, quien carajo eres tú? (What happened, who the fuck are you?)
- Quedar retratao - Retrato means a picture, be it photograph or painting. The Standard Spanish idiom means to clearly be guilty after being caught in the act. Means to be exposed.
- Quien a buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra lo cobija - An Old Spanish proverb. Literally translated means "he who takes shelter under a good tree gets the best shade". Means that you will benefit by being close to someone who could give you what you want or need. If you want to succeed, you have to be close to successful people. If you hang around losers, you'll end up being a loser.
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