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06-28-2008, 12:33 PM
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Spanish - European & Central American.
Does anyone know:
The Spanish (European) nickname of a person who is lame or limps - In the US/UK it would be gimp or hoppy.
The Central American (Panamanian to be accurate), farmer's name for a small low hut to keep animals in - a duck house or rabbit hutch.
Cheers, qwerty.
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06-28-2008, 01:03 PM
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I would say "cojo", meaning "cripple" or "limper" for the first.
The other is tougher because of regionalisms. A "clavadero" is a henhouse. "Jacal" is like hovel or shack.
You might try this forum Mexican Spanish |
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06-28-2008, 01:49 PM
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Thanks lin, is 'cojo' offensive, affectionate or neither?
I know in Spain they have a more practical and pragamtic approach to these nick names and that's what I'm after.
For instance would you say to a cripple, 'Hey cojo, do you take sugar in your coffee?', without intending or giving offense?
Un clavadero, I've heard of - 'jacal' I get the impression that is something a human could walk into rather than a duck-house I'm looking for something kennel height that you would stick a broom in to get the ducks/geese out, would that be a 'jacal'?
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06-28-2008, 03:41 PM
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It's not even really slang. It just means a cripple.
It's a pun in Mexico. Since "coger" means "fuck". But it's just the word for it and it would be pretty natural to refer to somebody that way, I'd think. Of course, I don't live in Spain, either.
Yeah a jacal is where people live, not ducks (I've never seen a duck house in L America actually). But if I had to, I'd probably use it because it's a regional word and who's to say what it means elsewhere.
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06-28-2008, 04:17 PM
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This is set in 1973 so PC didn't exist in Southern Spain they just called it as it was.
Good, sounds fit for purpose.
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06-28-2008, 08:13 PM
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oops my mistake
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06-29-2008, 02:48 AM
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Get back in your box, ox.
Fuera!
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07-10-2008, 02:11 PM
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Lol, fuera isnt the english slang for safe
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07-10-2008, 10:23 PM
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