Meaning of COLD SHOULDER - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

Has anyone ever given you the cold shoulder?

¿Alguien te ha dado la espalda alguna vez?

When someone gives you the cold shoulder,

Cuando alguien te da la espalda

it means that they are ignoring you.

, significa que te está ignorando.

I thought that this was a good phrase for today

Pensé que esta era una buena frase para hoy

because it had the word cold in it and as you can see,

porque tenía la palabra frío y, como pueden ver,

we're having a little bit of a snow storm here in Canada.

estamos teniendo una pequeña tormenta de nieve aquí en Canadá.

It's really cool.

Es bastante genial.

But anyways, sometimes when you go to a party

Pero de todos modos, a veces, cuando vas a una fiesta

and you see someone you know

y ves a alguien que conoces

and you go over to talk to them

y vas a hablar con ellos

and they just kind of turn and walk away,

y simplemente se dan la vuelta y se van,

we would say that they're giving you the cold shoulder.

diríamos que te están dando la espalda.

Or maybe you go to family event

O tal vez vas a un evento familiar

and you and your sister aren't getting along

y tú y tu hermana no se llevan bien

and when you go to the family dinner or the family reunion,

y cuando vas a la cena familiar o a la reunión familiar,

your sister gives you the cold shoulder.

tu hermana te da la espalda.

That would mean that she kind of ignores you

Eso significaría que ella te ignora

and doesn't give you very much attention.

y no te presta mucha atención.

It's kinda rude to give someone the cold shoulder

Es un poco grosero darle la espalda a alguien,

but it does happen sometimes when you don't get along,

pero a veces sucede cuando no se llevan bien, a

sometimes people give you the cold shoulder.

veces la gente te da la espalda.

As I said, we're having a little bit of a snow storm

Como dije, estamos teniendo una pequeña tormenta de nieve

here in Canada and that made me think about phrases

aquí en Canadá y eso me hizo pensar en frases

that had the word cold in it

que tenían la palabra frío

and I thought of the phrase, cold shoulder.

y pensé en la frase, hombro frío.

There's another phrase, to be left out in the cold.

Hay otra frase, para quedar afuera en el frío.

When you're left out in the cold,

Cuando te quedas afuera en el frío,

it kinda means that people have planned something

significa que la gente ha planeado algo

and they didn't tell you about it.

y no te lo dijeron.

So, if they leave you out in the cold,

Entonces, si te dejan afuera

it means that they decided to go to a movie

, significa que decidieron ir al cine

and they didn't invite you and they didn't tell you.

y no te invitaron y no te dijeron.

They kinda left you out in the cold.

Te dejaron un poco afuera en el frío.

It's not very nice when that happens.

No es muy agradable cuando eso sucede.