en plan
phraseInformal
A Peninsular Spanish slang term. Browse all Spanish slang.
What it means
Like; sort of; as in. A discourse marker introducing an approximation or a quotation, almost exactly parallel to the English quotative 'like'.
Examples with translations
Y me dice, en plan, que no viene.
And he goes, like, that he's not coming.
Fuimos en plan tranquilo, sin prisa.
We went in a relaxed sort of way, no rush.
Where it comes from
Recent and generation-marked. Older speakers criticise it exactly the way English speakers criticise quotative 'like', and with as little effect.