Cuando el hijo le cuenta a mamá que tiene novia
A2 Spanish listening practice · Rioplatense Spanish · Curated for beginners
What does “hacer la meme” mean in Argentine Spanish?
Hacer la meme is Rioplatense baby-talk for “to go to sleep, to nap.” Argentine and Uruguayan parents use it with toddlers: vamos a hacer la meme, mi amor (“let’s go nap, my love”). The phrase belongs to a small set of Argentine baby words that survive into family teasing long after the kids grow up: upa (“up, pick me up”), nono (“sleep”), meme (“nap”).
In this clip, a mother teases her teenage son who’s just announced he has a girlfriend: “si estás tan grandecito para tener novia, también estás grandecito para hacerte la meme solo” (“if you’re so grown up for a girlfriend, you’re grown up enough to nap on your own”).
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- ▸In Argentine and Uruguayan parenting content and family vlogs
- ▸In Rioplatense sitcoms (Casados con Hijos Argentina, Los Simuladores)
- ▸In Argentine pediatrician and sleep-training content
- ▸In Argentine grandmother-grandchild conversations
- ▸In Argentine rap and pop lyrics teasing a partner (Wos, Trueno, Nathy Peluso)