Spanish slang clarifications

chulo can also mean, bello, precioso, lindo...it can be used many different ways.

I haven't heard it directly used to mean PIMP...but i've heard references in spanish that can suggest it. But can't say for sure....

like Nejo in Somos de calle remix:

"Por Dinero las mujeres dan Culo, El Bichote, el Ganster El Chulo el mundo es tuyo."

Originally Posted by eg1218

in a different context the word "chulo" is also a slang for a pimp. oddly enough I use the word "pimp" as a slang when I like something. I use it in the same context as "cool" or "fresh".

for example "that song is pimp"


-Emilio

thanxs Emilio... I already knew that... but in Mexico we call them "padrotes"...

we used that word more like bebe wrote:

@bebestylee
chulo can also mean, bello, precioso, lindo...it can be used many different ways

i have two questions.
1. what does the abbreviation T.R.A. mean? Normally i see it when someone sends a message and the say it at the end of the message
2. i dont know if its a very bad word or anything but in a movie they say negro pendejo. i guess its swearing, but what exactly does it mean?

love this topic by the way

Originally Posted by Zahra2008

thanxs Emilio... I already knew that... but in Mexico we call them "padrotes"...

we used that word more like bebe wrote:

Really? In Mexico city we use both words for pimp (padrote and chulo)!

Originally Posted by LiveLaughLove

i have two questions.
1. what does the abbreviation T.R.A. mean? Normally i see it when someone sends a message and the say it at the end of the message
2. i dont know if its a very bad word or anything but in a movie they say negro pendejo. i guess its swearing, but what exactly does it mean?

love this topic by the way

2. Negro pendejo=silly/stupid nigg*r.

1. Sorry, I don't know this abbreviation

Originally Posted by citlalli

2. Negro pendejo=silly/stupid nigg*r.

1. Sorry, I don't know this abbreviation

to me, negro isn't as strong as n*gger. it's not really racist, it's just the name for their skin color. i use mayate when i talk about them as a race

Originally Posted by dmoney101

it's actually not slang for pimp, it's the original word for pimp (that's how it is in the dictionary). the slang is for lookin good. how many other people use chulo like you, because you seem to have you're own version of the spanish language :P

ha ha ha...I stand corrected, I always thought it was slang because my dad used it, and my dad has a way with words!

Actually, quite a few of my friends use the word "pimp" in the same way.

I think they can be used indistinctively
pimp = chulo

as nicely dressed (which I believe is the archaic use of the word), cool, fresh or as pimp in the procurer context
and the same way works in spanish
so it basically depends on the context it is used

here in Argentina we use other words for pimp (as in the criminal type)

fiolo, which comes from "cafiolo" which comes from "cafishio". "cafishio" derives from the english word "stockfish" (some believe from "catfish") probably because in street slang that was the way they would refer to an illegal shipment of people destined to illegal activities, mainly prostitution.

Originally Posted by LiveLaughLove

i have two questions.
1. what does the abbreviation T.R.A. mean? Normally i see it when someone sends a message and the say it at the end of the message
2. i dont know if its a very bad word or anything but in a movie they say negro pendejo. i guess its swearing, but what exactly does it mean?

love this topic by the way

TRA? I really don't know, couldn't find it anywhere and no one I know has ever heard of it!
now you got me really really intrigued...

well thanks anyway for the first word, and if someone recognises the T.R.A. please say it. i thought of te regalo amores, it is t.r.a. too, but thats because i play the song over and over so i dont think it makes sense :P

Originally Posted by eg1218

ha ha ha...I stand corrected, I always thought it was slang because my dad used it, and my dad has a way with words!

Actually, quite a few of my friends use the word "pimp" in the same way.

yea, i've heard about his vocab jaja
this girl called me chulo one time and i looked it up (when i was first learning spanish) and was like "w t f? why'd she call me a pimp?" lol

Originally Posted by dmoney101

to me, negro isn't as strong as n*gger. it's not really racist, it's just the name for their skin color. i use mayate when i talk about them as a race

I guess in spanish it can be racist or not depending on the context and the intonation

Anyway, thanks for your remark; I'm not always on the "politically correct" side

And concerning your last post (the one of the girl calling you "chulo"): jajajaja I'd have liked to see the face u pulled after looking in your dictionary

Originally Posted by citlalli

And concerning your last post (the one of the girl calling you "chulo"): jajajaja I'd have liked to see the face u pulled after looking in your dictionary

I can imagine his face looked something like this lmao:

Originally Posted by citlalli

I guess in spanish it can be racist or not depending on the context and the intonation

Anyway, thanks for your remark; I'm not always on the "politically correct" side

And concerning your last post (the one of the girl calling you "chulo"): jajajaja I'd have liked to see the face u pulled after looking in your dictionary

jaja i wasn't that surprised on the real. i get called player a lot (i can't honestly say it's a lie though jaja)

and yea, i guess if someone said "ese pinche negro" it would be racist. i could see how you could take negro pendejo that way. you'd have to know the whole situation to know how negro was meant

yeah, in spanish negro does not have the same connotation as "n*gga" in english

in Argentina, for example, we use the term"negros" to refer to people who are marginated, low class, cheesy, uneducated, potentially felons. it is used in a diminishing way, and it doesnt matter the color of their skin, they can be caucasian, blue eyed, almost whitely blonde, and still be a "negro" or "negro de mierda" or "groncho" or "grasa" (those terms can be used as synonyms, they have slight differences)
it depends on the overall attitude and ideology, rather than their appearance or their income, you can be poor and still not be referred to as a "negro". the same way, you can be wealthy and still be called a "groncho" or "negro"

Originally Posted by bebestylee

I can imagine his face looked something like this lmao:

HAHAHAHAHA, is that you dmoney??? LOLZZZZZ

Originally Posted by BAGurl

yeah, in spanish negro does not have the same connotation as "n*gga" in english

in Argentina, for example, we use the term"negros" to refer to people who are marginated, low class, cheesy, uneducated, potentially felons. it is used in a diminishing way, and it doesnt matter the color of their skin, they can be caucasian, blue eyed, almost whitely blonde, and still be a "negro" or "negro de mierda" or "groncho" or "grasa" (those terms can be used as synonyms, they have slight differences)
it depends on the overall attitude and ideology, rather than their appearance or their income, you can be poor and still not be referred to as a "negro". the same way, you can be wealthy and still be called a "groncho" or "negro"

A negro that isn't negro LOL Hahahaha you argentinians are funny with the language (I mean in a good sense, please don't think I'm trying to say it's negative or incorrect). In Mexico "negro" is only used based on the skin colour and depending on the rest of what u say it can mean anything from an insult to a pampering word (eg "mi negrito" when referring to your olive-skinned or well-tanned husband LOL )

@Bebestylee: ¡ahora si te pasaste con esa foto!!! LOL LOL LOL

yup, we still use it to refer to black people, but it's not racist, and we use it to call others, mainly in its diminutive form as a term of endearment or among acquaintances...

yeah same here at the north of Mexico... we use it to refer to black people (no offesinve way)... and also as nickname.. like Citlalli wrote....

but really I wont dare to say it when Im in USA....

Originally Posted by citlalli

A negro that isn't negro LOL Hahahaha you argentinians are funny with the language (I mean in a good sense, please don't think I'm trying to say it's negative or incorrect). In Mexico "negro" is only used based on the skin colour and depending on the rest of what u say it can mean anything from an insult to a pampering word (eg "mi negrito" when referring to your olive-skinned or well-tanned husband LOL )

I think it comes from the inductive conclusion that, those people are usually darker-skinned (not black-black, more like latin dark as opposed to caucasian light whitish skin) than others...
but once again, that's the extensive rule, still you can be referred to as a "negro" regardless of your look and/or economical status