Tienes menos luces que un barco pirata
Meaning: You're really not the brightest.
Language: Spanish
Literally: You have fewer lights than a pirate ship
Category: Insult
Origin: Humorous Spanish expression.
More compliments & insults — Insult
- Eres más lento que el caballo del malo — You're painfully slow — the villain's horse never catches the hero.
- Testa di rapa — A blockhead who isn't thinking.
- Du hast doch einen Vogel — You're a bit out of your mind.
- Du gehst mir auf den Keks — You're getting on my nerves.
- Schlaumeier — A smart aleck or know-it-all.
- 石頭 (Ishiatama) — A stubborn, inflexible person who won't budge.
More Spanish compliments & insults
- Eres un crack — You're brilliant — a total star at what you do.
- Eres muy majo/a — You're a lovely, kind, and genuine person — the nicest way to compliment someone's charac…
- Tienes mucho corazón — You're extraordinarily generous and warm — you give more than you need to.
- Tienes mucho arte — You have natural flair, charm, and creative talent — an effortless quality that can't be…
- Eres todo un personaje — Said with deep affection: you're unforgettable, one of a kind, impossible to replace.
- Eres un aguafiestas — You're a killjoy — you pour cold water on everyone's fun the moment you arrive.
From our proverbs
- Two wrongs don't make a right — Responding to wrongdoing with more wrongdoing is never justified.
- Actions speak louder than words — What you do matters more than what you say.
- Rome wasn't built in a day — Great things take time and patience.