Echar un polvo
To have sex with someone
— ¿Y al final?
— Al final echamos un polvo y ya.
— Sin romanticismos.
— Ninguno.
Friends debriefing after a night out, someone asking with zero subtlety what happened.
'Polvo' Literally means dust or powder — the expression likely comes from the idea of 'raising dust' during a physical encounter, though some trace it to older rural slang. It's the most common, direct, and neutral vulgar term for sex in Spain — not romantic, not clinical, just blunt. Used freely among friends of all ages; saying it to the wrong person in the wrong context still raises eyebrows.
"Echar un polvo" does not mean to reduce someone to dust, to do a line of cocaine, to throw dirt at someone. It specifically means "To have sex with someone".
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