The most famous lines from El Chavo del 8
The top 3 according to 114 votes from people: That's it, that's it, that's it! · It was unintentionally on purpose. · Professor Jirafales! Would you like to come in for a little cup of coffee?. (Updated Sep 17, 2026.)
Lines from Chespirito's neighbourhood (Roberto Gómez Bolaños, 1971-1980) that stuck in everyday speech all over Latin America, with who said them.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 12
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1
That's it, that's it, that's it!
El Chavo agreeing, finger raised.
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2
It was unintentionally on purpose.
El Chavo apologizing for something that «wasn't on purpose», usually after hitting someone.
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3
Professor Jirafales! Would you like to come in for a little cup of coffee?
Doña Florinda, in love with the professor, who always arrived with a bouquet.
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4
Ta, ta, ta, ta, taaa!
Professor Jirafales exploding when he ran out of patience.
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5
Okay, but don't get mad.
El Chavo, every time someone lost patience with him.
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6
Let's go, darling! Don't hang around with this riff-raff.
Doña Florinda to Quico, with her famous contempt for the neighbours, finished off with «Riff-raff, riff-raff! Prrr!».
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7
It slipped out.
El Chavo when he lets slip something he shouldn't have said; a word coined by Gómez Bolaños.
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8
I won't give you another one only because…!
Don Ramón, after rapping Quico (or El Chavo) on the head.
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9
It's just that nobody is patient with me.
El Chavo, when Don Ramón or Doña Florinda told him off.
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10
It had to be El Chavo del 8!
What Señor Barriga and the others shouted when they got hit or soaked.
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11
Look, look, look!
La Chilindrina, about to fake-cry or spill some gossip.
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12
Shut up, shut up, shut up, you're driving me crazy!
Quico losing his temper with El Chavo.
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13
Revenge is never good, it kills the soul and poisons it.
El Chavo with one of his morals.
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14
That, that, that! A ham cake!
The eternal craving of Chavo, who dreamed of Quico's ham cakes.
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15
Pipipipipipi!
Chavo's crying, with his hands on his face, when something went wrong.
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16
I don't like you!
Quico, when he didn't like someone (almost always Chavo).
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Comments (5)
Y la torta de jamón que nunca le daban al pobre Chavo 🥲
Doña Florinda con el «¡Chusma, chusma! ¡Prrr!» es lo mejor del programa.
Faltan el «pipipipipi» del llanto del Chavo y el «¡no me simpatizas!» de Quico.
«Fue sin querer queriendo», la frase de mi infancia.
Fue sin querer queriendo, la excusa de mi infancia jajaja