Hold your horses | Bajá un cambio

From horses in English to automobiles in Argentina, this idiom is just what we need when the other person is too angry or overreacting. As an imperative, we often use it like this:

• -Eh, pará, tranquilo/a, bajá un cambio.

Another imperative variation of this one is “Pará la moto” [stop the motorbike]

• -Eh, amigo, pará la moto. ¿Qué te pasa?

If we sense we should calm down or another person should take things more slowly, we also use it in phrases like:

• Estoy laburando mucho. Tengo que bajar un cambio.
• Relajate. Me parece que tenés que bajar un cambio. Estás muy acelerado/a.

Hope you like this one. There are a few others HERE.

Happy Spanish learning,

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