Spanish slang clarifications

Originally Posted by walking_on_air10

what is a babillosa?

babilla = tener los cojones..to have the balls to do something

babilloso = is the male form

babillosa is the female form

Originally Posted by Candi =]

im pretty sure im spelling them wrong but i hear people use these sayings all the time and would like to know what they mean. so i'll try to spell them the way they sound....

sa wita

"sa wita" = Se agüita (we mexicans say it), which means "to become sad or upset"... estar agüitado= to be sad/depressed.

Originally Posted by citlalli

"sa wita" = Se agüita (we mexicans say it), which means "to become sad or upset"... estar agüitado= to be sad/depressed.

thanks. im still in the process of learning spanish, so that really helped. =]

I'm really confused... today i was listening to cambumbo by tego calderon and I don't really get the lyrics...isn't a cambumbo what you put dirty clothes in?? I'm puerto rican but not from P.R. so is that like slang for something else in P.R.??
I thought cambumbo was like, Pasame el cambumbo de la ropa sucia que hoy voy a lavar. but once I heard someone say mira ese fatal con la boca como un cambumbo. A mouth like a clothes hamper??? PLEASE HELP!

Originally Posted by peRReaLa_cHiika

I'm really confused... today i was listening to cambumbo by tego calderon and I don't really get the lyrics...isn't a cambumbo what you put dirty clothes in?? I'm puerto rican but not from P.R. so is that like slang for something else in P.R.??
I thought cambumbo was like, Pasame el cambumbo de la ropa sucia que hoy voy a lavar. but once I heard someone say mira ese fatal con la boca como un cambumbo. A mouth like a clothes hamper??? PLEASE HELP!

Cambumbo.....It depends how you use it I guess...I've heard it many different ways. But I guess the most widely used one is 'Una Lata Grande' or like a big opening...

Other ways i've heard it:
Cambumbo: Lata grande, abierto grande, marijuana, wow, el mas grande.

Originally Posted by CoriInKW

Bonche- can mean LOAD, but I'd have to haer it in the song
Gema- depending on contex can mean Gem like "Tu eres mi gema" (you are my gem) kinda like a term of endearment
Coquetea- flirts

Bonche - In DR is like a party with close freinds or people in tu barrio/ but it can also mean Alot

Originally Posted by damarys

LOL!!! When I first came to the US I thought North American food was pretty bland (no offense to my Canadian friends). That's funny that you should say that.

Anyway, I can teach you how to fry your own plantanos fritos, if you want. It soooo easy! You can find them in most supermarkets now. Walmart here where I live sells them for 50 cents each. My mom says it's highway robbery but she's in Southern California where they have easier access to plantanos. Do you like them maduros (sweet) or salty? There are so many ways to make them (technique wise) but you really don't need anything but a frying pan and oil.

Oye k lo k pana!?!? Tengo un cuestion pa ti.......eres dominicano/a? Porque tu sabes mucho de platano y tu sabe k to nos dominicanos no podemo vivir sin platano jaja!! ete manana mi pana ( quien es un gringo) se trato' hacel mangu pero..... el falta! Se fue horible jaja pero le ayude! And then it got better and then I made some yanikeke pa nosotros and he was trippin on how good it was, he try to convince me to sell it to make profit jaja!

Originally Posted by Candi =]

thanks. im still in the process of learning spanish, so that really helped. =]

You're welcome

Originally Posted by dominicanprince269

Oye k lo k pana!?!? Tengo un cuestion pa ti.......eres dominicano/a? Porque tu sabes mucho de platano y tu sabe k to nos dominicanos no podemo vivir sin platano jaja!! ete manana mi pana ( quien es un gringo) se trato' hacel mangu pero..... el falta! Se fue horible jaja pero le ayude! And then it got better and then I made some yanikeke pa nosotros and he was trippin on how good it was, he try to convince me to sell it to make profit jaja!

Soy Cubana, asi que somos como primos, no? No se lo que es "yanikeke".... can you describe it?

Originally Posted by damarys

Soy Cubana, asi que somos como primos, no? No se lo que es "yanikeke".... can you describe it?

jaja
Primos o algo como asi, pero yanikeke "johnny cake' is frieddough with queso, huevo frito, pollo o k tu kiere inside of it. Its good as hell mami!

Originally Posted by dominicanprince269

jaja
Primos o algo como asi, pero yanikeke "johnny cake' is frieddough with queso, huevo frito, pollo o k tu kiere inside of it. Its good as hell mami!

Sounds delicious!!! I'm going to have to find myself a Dominican restaurant next time I'm in a big metropolitan city.
So many foods to try out! So little time!!!!

Originally Posted by peRReaLa_cHiika

I'm really confused... today i was listening to cambumbo by tego calderon and I don't really get the lyrics...isn't a cambumbo what you put dirty clothes in?? I'm puerto rican but not from P.R. so is that like slang for something else in P.R.??
I thought cambumbo was like, Pasame el cambumbo de la ropa sucia que hoy voy a lavar. but once I heard someone say mira ese fatal con la boca como un cambumbo. A mouth like a clothes hamper??? PLEASE HELP!

actually that word come from greek. They used it in old greek to describe the object that people used in the publics baths to pour water on themselves. Although nowadays the meaning have changed slightly describing almost any object where any item especially the one use for the house are stored.

Originally Posted by lewis

actually that word come from greek. They used it in old greek to describe the object that people used in the publics baths to pour water on themselves. Although nowadays the meaning have changed slightly describing almost any object where any item especially the one use for the house are stored.

Diablo mano...te guillaste de Encyclopedia! jaja...quizas lo que dices es verdad...pero en PR cuando uno se llama Cambumbo o habla del Cambumbo...significa que el es como 'WOW' el caballo...el que la monta....el cangri... what in english they would call 'The Man'

Originally Posted by bebestylee

Diablo mano...te guillaste de Encyclopedia! jaja...quizas lo que dices es verdad...pero en PR cuando uno se llama Cambumbo o habla del Cambumbo...significa que el es como 'WOW' el caballo...el que la monta....el cangri... what in english they would call 'The Man'

de encyclopedia?????? hehehe
ya tu ve cada ken con lo sullo

pero si evelda lo k tu dice. yo me e fijao k en peltorro le cambian el meaning a la palabraz very often.

like manga' in puerto rico means red-handed or something like that
Am I right? (don't let me lie bro) but everywhere else (or at least every where else where I've been to) it means to either beat up some1 or to steal some1's girl.

BTW my dog's called cangry
and he's not a "the man", matter of fact he's not even "A" man. so you were wrong in that one

Originally Posted by lewis

de encyclopedia?????? hehehe
ya tu ve cada ken con lo sullo

pero si evelda lo k tu dice. yo me e fijao k en peltorro le cambian el meaning a la palabraz very often.

like manga' in puerto rico means red-handed or something like that
Am I right? (don't let me lie bro) but everywhere else (or at least every where else where I've been to) it means to either beat up some1 or to steal some1's girl.

BTW my dog's called cangry
and he's not a "the man", matter of fact he's not even "A" man. so you were wrong in that one

first off Cangri is the man....Un cangri es un tipo bien duro...que le mete mano a cualquiera. lol so you'll probably name a pitbull or Rottweiler that.

una Manga is a hose....if used in a sentence it'll mean to hose you down...te voy en mangar....but if you say te enmangaron....well that means they caught you red handed.....it can be used many different ways.....that's why it's not easy to understand Puerto Rican Hip Hop and Reggaeton.

Originally Posted by bebestylee

first off Cangri is the man....Un cangri es un tipo bien duro...que le mete mano a cualquiera. lol so you'll probably name a pitbull or Rottweiler that.

una Manga is a hose....if used in a sentence it'll mean to hose you down...te voy en mangar....but if you say te enmangaron....well that means they caught you red handed.....it can be used many different ways.....that's why it's not easy to understand Puerto Rican Hip Hop and Reggaeton.

In DR mangar means to get or got like " Ya yo mangue to!" meaning I already got everything or " Tu mujel kiere mangarme!" meaning your women wants to get me as in tu mujer es un infiel y ella me kiere rapame! OITE!! TU SABE K LO K!!

Originally Posted by bebestylee

first off Cangri is the man....Un cangri es un tipo bien duro...que le mete mano a cualquiera. lol so you'll probably name a pitbull or Rottweiler that.

una Manga is a hose....if used in a sentence it'll mean to hose you down...te voy en mangar....but if you say te enmangaron....well that means they caught you red handed.....it can be used many different ways.....that's why it's not easy to understand Puerto Rican Hip Hop and Reggaeton.

and Cangri does mean the man as in the guy that everybody respects and all the little jociadores en el barrio kieren ser como el! Thats why DY calls himself el cangri because he is well respected in his hood!

Originally Posted by dominicanprince269

and Cangri does mean the man as in the guy that everybody respects and all the little jociadores en el barrio kieren ser como el! Thats why DY calls himself el cangri because he is well respected in his hood!

I know that......you didn't! lol

Originally Posted by damarys

Sounds delicious!!! I'm going to have to find myself a Dominican restaurant next time I'm in a big metropolitan city.
So many foods to try out! So little time!!!!

Jaja tu ta loca! Pero si tu kieres encontrar la mejor comida dominicana necesitas conocer a alguien dominicano tu lo abe! Because it will not be the same in a restaurant, it will still be good, but everybody uses different ways to season and cook dominican food. Like when mi abuelita makes mangu she boils the platano in chicken broth and echa sal y pimienta and when its done she melts cheese over the top! So u have to have a dominican friend whose mom throws down hard in the kitchen if u want the real deal!

Originally Posted by dominicanprince269

ella me kiere rapame! !

DOOD watch (and wash)your mouth, there are kidz here too.

what is wrong with you' people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!