Phrase · 🧩 Idioms in everyday speech
Tranquila, el examen de manejo es pan comido.
Relax, the driving test is a piece of cake.
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Why every word is where it is
Tranquila3adjectiverelax (lit. calm)tranquilo · fem. · sing.,eldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteexamennountestmasc. · sing.deprepositionofmanejo2noundrivingmasc. · sing.es1verbisser · present · 3rd sing.pan1nounbreadmasc. · sing.comido1verbeatencomer · participle · masc. · sing..
- es → comido: ser pan comido: very easy
- examen → es: el examen: subject
- comido → pan: comido agrees with pan
Word for word: “Calm, the driving exam is eaten bread.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1ser pan comido = to be a piece of cake (lit. eaten bread). Fixed form: la prueba es pan comido.
- 2examen de manejo (Latin America; manejar = to drive). Spain: examen de conducir.
- 3Tranquila agrees with the woman you are talking to; to a man, tranquilo. Describing nouns: adjective agreement and modifiers →
Variations
- Tranquila, el examen de conducir está chupado.
- Tranquilo, el examen de manejo es pan comido.
- No te preocupes, el examen de manejo es facilísimo.