CHARITY CHAT TONIGHT AUGUST 16TH, 9PM EST
Gabriella will pledge $1.00 for every person that comes to the chat and donate the proceeds to Freeport Humane Society.
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1…. Abombao! – When something has an offensive odor. You stink! 2… Perdió la chaveta/cabeza – he’s lost his head. 3… Mofongo! – a ball of mashed up green plantain. It is used like a curse word when something is messed up. 4… Está tostao – He is toasted. This is a more informal way and has to do with becoming crazy because you are burned out. 5… Borinque! – Referring to yourself as being of Puerto Rican decent. 6… Mano! - literally means hand, but it is short for hermano, which means Hey brother! 7… Miercoles! – Wednesday, a less offending phrase than Mierda, which sounds like Miercoles but means excrement. 8… Estoy mas pelao que el culo de un mono – I have no money. Translates to I have a lot of poop from the butt of a monkey. 9… Estas buena(o)! – You’re fine! (don’t forget to add in a whistle) 10.. nataio – Taino word for brothers 11.. Mi’jo(a) – abbreviation my son/daughter 12.. papi/ mami – endearment of father/mother or can be used when referring to significant other, boyfriend/girlfriend. (naughty)”Mah sexy papi” A sexy latino or black man that has lotta personality & appearance. (naughtier) Aye, papi! – “Big daddy!” said during sex. 13.. No lo encuentran ni en los centros espiritistas - comical, it can’t even be found in a spiritualist center, when things get lost. PS. I’m blogging over at Samhain today too! Yup, I’m a busy girl |
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I have to admit that I only know one language so this list was very enlightening for me. Thanks. Oh and I’ll hop on over to Samhain and say hi over there later too!
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I find number 13 to be very interesting.
Happy TT
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Oh, these are fun. Now I just need a pronunciation guide…
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This is awesome. I wish I could speak another language other than English.
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I had to read your tt aloud trying to get the pronounciation well(some has the same phonetic than french, but it is still hard!!)
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What an informative and interesting TT list, Gabriella. It’s a great dialogue reference for creating a Puerto Rican character.
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Thank you! I have a Puerto Rican friend who is about to wonder when I got so street!
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Good Stuff. I don’t think I can say any of them right, but kewl list lol
Happy T13!:roll:
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Great list! A woman I used to work with called me Mi’jo all the time.
Happy TT!
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Interesting list. I wish I could speak more than one language. It’s a great skill to have.
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Very cool! I loved sitting here and trying to say these out loud. Great idea for TT!
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Great list–I wish I knew more languages!
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Interesting list. I wish I knew more languages, too.
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He he. I can tell #2′s Spanish lessons are soaking into my own brain!
Awesome list. This really rocked.
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I’m so going to have to remember Mofongo! That’s just a great word!
A bit of slang that always amused me in danish is…
Jeg har fod paa lort.
It translates directly to I have my foot on the sh*t, but it means I have the situation under control. It annoys the crap outta me when my husband says it, because it is just soo lame!
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8… Estoy mas pelao que el culo de un mono
How can this not be everyone’s favorite?
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I love hearing slang in other languages. I wonder if English slang sounds as colorful to them…
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What a fun list! #8 cracked me up. It’s always fun to know the literal meanings of colloquial phrases in other languages!
Happy T13, and thanks for visiting mine!
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Great list. Happy TT, and I’ll be there at 9:00 (I forgot I was working the weekend and had the day off-doh):roll:
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And I thought I’d get no use out of my rusty high school Spanish skills. But I’m pretty sure I pronounced at least ten out of thirteen correct.
And your a Samhellion too, so glad to have found you.
~X
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Congrats on the impending release of your book, and wow, what a fun T13.
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this was an awesome post Gabriella! I love learning new words. A few of these i knew but several i didn’t. Muy bien!
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I read the title wrong first and thought these were going to be cuss words. Then I come across #5, and think “WHAT?” Checked back at the top. Okay, so no cuss words. Then I read #8 which isn’t really a cuss word, but the translation still has me cracking up.
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Dang, forgot to tell you. The dragon tattoo is one from the photographer Walter Kurtz.
website: http://www.walterkurtz.com/
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That is very cool….thanks for the info:razz:
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¡Oye mana muchas gracias por estas nuevas expresiones! ¡Que chulo!
Pero nos han dicho en Cervantes si no usamos mierda sino miércoles eso serÃa muy cursi, ¿no?
¡Un abrazo!
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Thanks for this fun list. I am dying to learn Spanish and French. I particularly appreciated #5: Borinque! – Referring to yourself as being of Puerto Rican decent.
You hear it in the hook of hip-hop songs, etc. but I couldn’t figure out exactly what the word was or how to spell it. I feel like the light bulb went on over my head. LOL.
Congrats on your new book. I will definitely try to check out some of your upcoming events.
I’ve added you to my TT list here:
http://www.samaraleigh.blogspot.com
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Interesting list. I shall memorize and use #1!
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The things I learn from reading TT”s!
Thanks for visiting mine.
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So glad my office has a door because here I sit, sounding out each word – and destroying them badly, I’m sure!
Thanks for the lesson in PR slang!!
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This is a fun list, Gariella. I’m doing a WF with four protagonists. I might make one of the woman be from Puerto Rican descent. I can use some of these phrases. Especially # 3 and 8.