Hola! ¿Qué tal? ¿Cómo están? I learned a new idiom in English that I feel translates perfectly as an idiom you’ll hear a lot from the younger generations of Argentinians: ESTAR MANIJA.
We use it whenever something creates an irresistible craving to do something. Generally we use prepositions like CON and DE.
For example:
- Estoy re manija con el nuevo disco de Brittany Howard
- Estoy manija de viajar, necesito rajar a algún lado.
Sometimes we’d say MANIJEADO CON
- Estoy manijeada con hacerme un tatuaje de mis gatos.
Well, niche vocabulary, but you never know…
There’s a previous article on MANIJA that expands on the uses of the word.
Thanks for reading,
Until next time,
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