Intercasa Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 Brocha Bronca Broca One is a drill bit, the other a problem and the other a paint brush. Churro Chorro Cholo Chulo One is a tattooed loser who will be dead or in jail the other sweet treat another a good looking guy and the other means a large amount Chava Chapa Chafa One means low quality, the other a girl and the other a lock for a door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Liana Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 Brocha Bronca Broca One is a drill bit, the other a problem and the other a paint brush. Churro Chorro Cholo Chulo One is a tattooed loser who will be dead or in jail the other sweet treat another a good looking guy and the other means a large amount Chava Chapa Chafa One means low quality, the other a girl and the other a lock for a door. Brocha.....brush Bronca.....problem Broca.......drill bit Churro.....sweet treat Chorro.....large amount (actually means stream of water) Cholo......tattooed loser Chulo......good looking guy Chava......girl Chapa......lock for door Chafa.......low quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intercasa Posted October 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 Wow, you get 100%. Mexicans love their "ch" idiomatic expressions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVGRINGO Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 ¿Me da unas chelas? ¿Tiene cañas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intercasa Posted October 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 Chelas con las chulas, si!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVGRINGO Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 Pero, me esposa es muy celosa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmember Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 I know I can get in a lot of trouble using my poor Spanish. We were in Guanajuato at a much higher altitude than Chapala. We had been on a long tour, getting in and out of a van for several hours. After a while, I was having difficulty breathing and the high step into the van began to get more and more difficult. The tour guide ask me what the problem was...I told him I had a "malo calzone" which can mean bad underpants rather than "malo Corizon" which means a bad heart!! You should have seen their faces. Of course my Husband corrected me immediately and both of the guys died LAUGHING at me. I am very hesitant to use my Spanish unless I am alone and forced to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intercasa Posted October 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 One client told me he doesn't try to speak Spanish after telling the waiter he wanted tacos ca bron instead of tacos carbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVGRINGO Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 Years ago, I was guilty of asking the young lady in a tienda, ¿Tiene huevos? instead of ¿Hay huevos? At that time I couldn't understand her reply but I'm sure she told the story about that illiterate gringo several times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorgeavelar Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 Years ago, I was guilty of asking the young lady in a tienda, ¿Tiene huevos? instead of ¿Hay huevos? At that time I couldn't understand her reply but I'm sure she told the story about that illiterate gringo several times. No es lo mismo huele a traste que a tras-te huele. Is not the same smell like fret than behind smells. or La comoda de tu hermana que acomodame a tu hermana. The comfortable of your sister than accomodate to me your sister. or casa home caza hunt casar get married caso hear, listen cazo bucket mano hand amano even antemano before mano brother Isn´t spanish too easy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Liana Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 No es lo mismo huele a traste que a tras-te huele. Is not the same smell like fret than behind smells. This should say "It's not the same to smell like a dish as to smell your butt." or La comoda de tu hermana que acomodame a tu hermana. The comfortable of your sister than accomodate to me your sister. And I totally refuse to talk about this one! It's really funny just the way Jorge translated it, though. Sayings like these are called "No es lo mismo" and there are a million of them, some very scatological (like the second one in Jorge's post) and some just funny. As a group, these sayings are called albures--jokes that are plays on words, usually double entendres. And most of them do not translate well from Spanish to English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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