“Wag” (sacudir, mover, menear) is a verb you may know. Some examples:
- The dog wagged its tail (el perro sacudió la cola).
- Mr. Podemos wagged his finger at Mrs. Merkel (…hizo un gesto admonitorio con el dedo a…)
- Mr. Sanchez was shouting and wagging his finger at Mr. Casado (…gritaba y movía el dedo arriba y abajo a…).
As a noun, here are some examples:
- The dog gave a wag of its tail (el perro sacudió la cola).
- Mr. Trump is a wag.
Are you a wag? Probably, sometimes. A wag is a witty person, a joker or a humourist. In Spanish, you might say “bromista”. Another example:
- Mr. Morales makes me laugh: he is a wag (Mr. Morales me hace reir: es muy ingenioso).
There are also two expressions that use wag:
- Tongues will wag (se dará a hablar).
- Tongues are wagging about the relationship between Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump (las malas lenguas hablaban de las relaciones entre el Señor Putin y el Señor Trump).
So, perhaps, sometimes you are a wag, and sometimes you wag your finger at someone, and sometimes people are wagging about you. That is life!
