Spanish slang clarifications

Originally Posted by eg1218

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Weird, huh?

as you say.... vary country to country.... and cities to cities... coz when I travel to my beautiful México... I founded for the same word many differents ways to say it..

Originally Posted by Zahra2008

as you say.... vary country to country.... and cities to cities... coz when I travel to my beautiful México... I founded for the same word many differents ways to say it..

I lived in Mexico for two years and I gotta say you guys have a unique name for every other thing haha.

kan somebody please tell mi wat does "acolatroniko" mean?
randy uses it in a lot of his songs

guata uba uba

nota loka randy be sayin tht
n tht song soy una gargola wat is he tryna say???[hes a stalker??]

Originally Posted by arux

I would say Coño! lol

i use coño more for sh*t and diablo as damn

Originally Posted by dmoney101

i use coño more for sh*t and diablo as damn

Coño esa esta buena lol

Originally Posted by karmenrundiss

nota loka randy be sayin tht
n tht song soy una gargola wat is he tryna say???[hes a stalker??]

What is the phrase you don't understand?

Originally Posted by karmenrundiss

nota loka randy be sayin tht
n tht song soy una gargola wat is he tryna say???[hes a stalker??]

Randy says acolatronico....honestly I have no idea what it means....he uses it to describe Romantiqueo...he calls his music Romanitiqueo Acolatronico.

In 'Soy una Gargola' he's just saying that he's a Gargoyle because he comes to life at night. Much like a Vampire, Gargoyles come to life when he sun sets....

Soy una gargola
I am a Gargoyle
de noche salimos a deshacer
At night we go out to unravel
mujeres, discoteca, bailoteo, sobeteo
Women, Clubs, Dancing, rubbing....

what is MORENA i know its in some reggaeton songs and its a hair color

Originally Posted by jlee90

what is MORENA i know its in some reggaeton songs and its a hair color

Yeah, it means brunette. It also means "dark/tan-skinned".

Originally Posted by DeBaires

Yeah, it means brunette. It also means "dark/tan-skinned".

for most countries, that's what it means, but for me it's a person that's dark like african decent

Originally Posted by DeBaires

Yeah, it means brunette. It also means "dark/tan-skinned".

so baila morena means dance tan girl.

Sort of... it's a term of endearment but it's generally referred to someone who is dark skinned.... not necessarily tanned... and not necessarily of african background. It's a very broad spectrum.

Originally Posted by damarys

Sort of... it's a term of endearment but it's generally referred to someone who is dark skinned.... not necessarily tanned... and not necessarily of african background. It's a very broad spectrum.

As I've started to translate songs, I've noticed that these 'terms of endearment' don't really exist in English. 'Morena' and 'chinita' among others don't really translate well. I wonder if they exist in other Romantic languages as well. I know minimal French but I can't think of any words to convey this.

I don't know if this is more of the "political correctness" thing that we have going here in the states. My parents call each other "chino" and "china" but it would not be appropriate in the states for people to call each other "chinese man" and "chinese woman". People used to call each other "sugar", "honey" and "sweetie" but not it may be viewed as condescending in the current culture. I'm sure there are terms of enderment in English in the USA but they may be used more in the south or in rural areas.
Interesting topic!

Interesting topic indeed! That's what sticks out to me when I watch movies from the seventies and even the eighties. The dialogue from back then would be unforgiveable today because of 'political correctness'. It might also be that in Latino culture we tend to be more upfront. I am not sure.

Originally Posted by damarys

I don't know if this is more of the "political correctness" thing that we have going here in the states. My parents call each other "chino" and "china" but it would not be appropriate in the states for people to call each other "chinese man" and "chinese woman". People used to call each other "sugar", "honey" and "sweetie" but not it may be viewed as condescending in the current culture. I'm sure there are terms of enderment in English in the USA but they may be used more in the south or in rural areas.
Interesting topic!

yeah, here in the south, its normal to call someone that you don't even know "darling" (we say "dawlin" haha). but it wouldn't be okay to call someone dark-skinned or brown....everyone's just worried about offending someone....i guess we're just weird.

is this how spanish word order goes something like this



Subject + Verb + Complement (which can contain this order= adverb + direct object + indirect object + place + time)
Example:
María escribió rápidamente una carta a su tía en su recámara la semana pasada.


i've been have problema con spanish word order. necesito ayudame

Originally Posted by jlee90

is this how spanish word order goes something like this



Subject + Verb + Complement (which can contain this order= adverb + direct object + indirect object + place + time)
Example:
María escribió rápidamente una carta a su tía en su recámara la semana pasada.


i've been have problema con spanish word order. necesito ayudame

Any of these is correct:
María escribió rápidamente una carta a su tía en su recámara la semana pasada.

En su recámara, María escribió rápidamente una carta a su tía la semana pasada.

La semana pasada, María escribió rápidamente una carta a su tía en su recámara.

La semana pasada, en su recámara, María escribió rápidamente una carta a su tía.