{"id":23574,"date":"2024-07-23T12:29:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T12:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23574"},"modified":"2024-07-23T17:17:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T17:17:44","slug":"water-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23574","title":{"rendered":"Water Parties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The other day I came across the Spanish word <strong>aguafiestas<\/strong>. I guessed it had something to do with water, (<strong>agua<\/strong>) and parties (<strong>fiestas<\/strong>), so could mean something like &#8216;water parties&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/waltervargas\/8541509074\/in\/photolist-e1Mt4Q-e1FP6F-4tsC5V-ehtGis-vSEGQ-njuRtK-d1UYYs-njuWxq-njmq6Q-oDMyns-oUeHTS-oDLWhj-88ofYz-bjnZVc-7g6byv-oW22Az-oDN6r8-oVZyQT-oDLuSd-oDNp7j-oWhGit-oWfTgS-oDM69M-oDNbny-oWhPbX-oDMXam-oDMBLS-oWftKo-oDMDNh-oW1E9X-oWhRvg-oDMjE6-oWfsg1-biZvr8-oDN6fC-oUfqX5-oUeJRo-oDNG4e-oWhH5D-oVZvQ4-oDNr2G-oWfNkQ-oWho5e-oW1WfK-oWgd3c-oDM2Rp-oDMYhE-oDNsyj-oDMsBD-oDLWuU\" title=\"Alegr\u00eda bajo el agua 2\/6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8097\/8541509074_711e1d21c4_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Alegr\u00eda bajo el agua 2\/6\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In fact it means party pooper, wet blanket, spoilsport, killjoy or buzzkill, or in other words, a person who takes the fun out of a situation or activity. The <strong>fiestas<\/strong> part does refer to parties, but the <strong>agua<\/strong> part comes from the verb <strong>aguar<\/strong> (to water, water down, spoil, mar), so <strong>aguafiestas<\/strong> is someone who spoils parties by figuratively pouring water on them.<\/p>\n<p>Related words and expressions include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>aguar la fiesta<\/strong> = to put a damper on things, spoil the fun, rain on sb\u2019s parade<\/li>\n<li><strong>aguado<\/strong> = watery, flaccid, weak, boring, stale<\/li>\n<li><strong>aguadito<\/strong> = a kind of soup<\/li>\n<li><strong>desaguar<\/strong> = to drain<\/li>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The opposite of <strong>una aguafiestas<\/strong> is <strong>el alma de la fiesta<\/strong> (the life and soul of the party).<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re neither <strong>una aguafiestas<\/strong> nor <strong>el alma de la fiesta<\/strong>, maybe you <strong>comes pavo<\/strong> (&#8220;eat turkey&#8221;) or <strong>eres la fea del baile<\/strong> (&#8220;are the ugly one at the dance&#8221;), or in other words, you&#8217;re a bit of a <strong>wallflower<\/strong>*.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/shelley_dave\/7183759596\/in\/photolist-9N7yvE-coHgRQ-2p55Yqv-mmh2p-bWNDs5-236VpFX-2mKi2i1-iKZkoA-2nwVYQf-83ucwr-2gsQqxU-2m8xGiY-2oDgCv2-4LuWaZ-4W59yr-Fb1mf2-2oFXQBj-rQvokL-2gddGfA-4ZBXkJ-pygEJp-9FDpw-2oaXc6Z-9z4239-2ckVRYv-eofUe1-2m9y6BU-9z42Rm-Mu38s-2oaXc5G-9z43Tq-9z1198-2nejEad-9z11NP-9z43bj-RTYPtH-9z43LC-9z43mL-9z42KJ-9z43As-FDbhfV-2jh6vXE-9z43Fq-9z42qC-9Sr4i3-9z126k-84qK2E-9z113V-2m73joH-yHFjn1\" title=\"Wallflowers\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7243\/7183759596_36568b49ae_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" alt=\"Wallflowers\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>*A person who does not dance at a party, due to shyness or unpopularity; by extension, anyone who is left on the sidelines while an activity takes place. Any person who is socially awkward, shy, or reserved. <\/p>\n<p>I can be a bit of a <strong>wallflower<\/strong> at times, and even wrote a song about it called Two Left Feet:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/699251893&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\" title=\"Simon Ager\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Simon Ager<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\/twoleftfeet\" title=\"Two Left Feet \/ Dwy Droed Chwith\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Two Left Feet \/ Dwy Droed Chwith<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Are there interesting equivalents of <strong>aguafiestas<\/strong> \/ <strong>party pooper<\/strong>, <strong>wallflower<\/strong>, etc in other languages?<\/p>\n<p>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/aguafiestas\">https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/aguafiestas<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/aguar#Spanish\">https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/aguar#Spanish<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.reverso.net\/spanish-english\/aguar\">https:\/\/dictionary.reverso.net\/spanish-english\/aguar<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.reverso.net\/spanish-english\/el+alma+de+la+fiesta\">https:\/\/dictionary.reverso.net\/spanish-english\/el+alma+de+la+fiesta<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.reverso.net\/english-spanish\/wallflower\">https:\/\/dictionary.reverso.net\/english-spanish\/wallflower<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/wallflower\">https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/wallflower<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/my.kualo.com\/uk\/go\/00572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kualo.com\/rewards\/uk-unlimited-728x90.gif\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" border=\"0\"\nalt=\"Unlimited Web Hosting - Kualo\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day I came across the Spanish word aguafiestas. I guessed it had something to do with water, (agua) and parties (fiestas), so could mean something like &#8216;water parties&#8217;. In fact it means party pooper, wet blanket, spoilsport, killjoy or buzzkill, or in other words, a person who takes the fun out of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,107,10,64,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-etymology","category-language","category-spanish","category-words-and-phrases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23574"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23583,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23574\/revisions\/23583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}