muletillas

One of my Spanish teachers reminded me that I hadn’t written my muletillas post yet. Here it is.

What is a muletilla?

Palabra o expresi贸n que se repite o intercala en el discurso con excesiva frecuencia, como si se tratara de un tic de la persona que habla o escribe.

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It seems to have several possible translations:

  • pet word
  • pet phrase
  • catch phrase
  • filler word
  • transition word

How did I stumble upon this topic?

I was explaining to one of my Spanish teachers that I was getting to know various teachers including some of their speaking habits. She taught me the term muletillas and gave me various examples:

este
como tal
por decir
tal cual
asi como
ok
sabes
realmente
verdad
no
o sea
digamos
pues
asi

I find it interesting that we all have our own way of speaking a language. Well…I have another conversation class starting in 1 minute so I have to go 馃檪