Yo como tú y tú como yo, el diablo te me dió. I am like you and you like me, the devil united us.
Yo dueña y vos doncella, quien barrerá la casa? I mistress and you miss, who is to sweep the house?
Yo duro y vos duro, quien llevará lo maduro. I stubborn and you stubborn, who is to carry the load?
Yo molondron, tu molondrona, cásate conmigo, Antonia. I a lazy lout, you a lazy lout, marry me, Antonia.
Yo sé que me sé, mas de esto callar me he. I know what I know, but will say nothing about it.
Z.
Zapatero, á tu zapato. Shoemaker, stick to your last.
Zorro en zorrera el humo lo echa fuera. When a fox is in his hole, the smoke fetches him out.
Zurrar á uno la badana. To thrash one’s jacket.