Sunday, January 15, 2012

Fun with Linguistics

8 Jan 2012

As I work on catching up on my blog, I'll leave you with some new words and phrases that I've been learning...

guiri--this word means "foreigner." It's specifically used to refer to a tourist who doesn't speak Spanish.

churro--in addition to being a delicious snack, churro can also be used to refer to something as poorly done. For example, if you do a sloppy job, someone could say, "Ha salido un churro." It came out all wrong.

jopé--like jolín, this word means "shoot" or "darn." My kids use it ALL the time when they don't really want to do something. 




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