Spanish thread

Post Reply New Topic

Hola de Wisconsin, tierra de nieve y un frio de carajo! hahahaha Soy miembra aqui desde hace mucho tiempo, pero no empecé a escribir mensajes hasta hace poco. Participo más en un sitio que se llama Neurointegrity, donde la gente nunca se pelea and nunca tiran insultos.

Soy mamá de una familia de 4 (mi esposo, dos hijos y yo), y parece que todos tenemos una forma de Asperger's o autismo. Me alegro mucho de haber encontrado un par de lugares donde puedo hablar con alguien and compartir informacion. No hay otros lugares donde se puede hablar en español con alguien sobre el autismo, pero si tú te haces miembro de Neurointegrity, te hablaré allí Y aquí también.

Saludos, y deseo unas felices pascuas para ti y un prospero año nuevo!
Ngonz

I took Spanish for three years. Granted, I never paid much attention However, I did learn one thing. Chupacabras is feminine, so you'd say La Chupacabra, not El Chupacabra. El is male.



-NovaBat

Hola ngonz, yo pues la verdad ni chance de ver que otros foros hay sobre AS, de por sí apenas visito este jaja =P
Sí, lamentablemente hay pocos lugares donde hablar en español, por lo mismo de que

Espero que hayas pasado un excelente fin de año y pues que te vaya muy bien en este que apenas empieza (:


@NovaBat: hola (:
cabras (goats) is the plural of cabra (goat), which ends in A, so it should be female (in theory). In this case it's El, not La, not because it refers to the act of him or her sucking (chupa, which is genderless, chupo is also genderless BTW); anyway, it's El because that's the way the name stuck...
odd stuff, nevermind =P

Saludos, computerlove,

Espero que visites este foro más como ahora hay por lo menos 2 o 3 que sabemos hablar español. Lo más que dejamos mensajes en español, más hispanohablantes podemos atraer.

Visité como 10 otros foros sobre AS, pero sólo hay dos que puedo recomendar. Este es uno. El otro es neurointegrity.com. Soy activa en los dos. Así que si visitas neurointegrity, búscame allí.

Pasé muy bien las pascuas---ahora esperamos celebrar el Día de los Reyes. Yo también espero que todo te vaya bien este año. Espero hablarte más.
Hasta pronto.
Ngonz

Last edited by ngonz on 04 Jan 2009, 2:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.

It is el chupacabras and here is the definitive answer as to why. Chupacabras is a compound word, made up of a verb followed by a noun. In Spanish, when one makes that kind of compound word, it always appears to be plural (but isn't) and is always male.

chupar = to suck cabra = goat Hence, goat sucker or chupacabras.

Other examples are:

el cortacéspedes = lawn mower (cutting of lawn)

el sacapuntas = pencil sharpener (bringing out a point)

el lavaplatos = dishwasher (washing dishes)

There are many other examples. To make the word plural, just change "el" to "los".

And there you have it! Take it from a Spanish teacher.

CHORIZOOOOOOO

to the chorizo hater: DO NOT BUY CHORIZOS FROM YOUR LOCAL SHOP IN WHATEVER NON-SPAIN COUNTRY YOU LIVE IN>:0

its like buying packaged and rubberish salmon in brazil somewhere, and go all "salmon sucks. its sweatty and rubbery!"

ive tasted sh***y chorizos, but also GORGEOUS chorizos

Un buen sitio para practicar español (para esos que estén interesados en aprenderlo o mejorarlo) es Spanisdict.com. Ahí también hay unos foros donde pueden consultar todas sus dudas respecto al idioma.

Never ever say that in spanish speaking countries
(chorizo is synonim to the male part)

your thingy says mexico, ive never heard chorizo been used as such a slang in spain

could be the spanish reserve the word for the sausage only, since you cant even walk a step anywhere, without seeing chorizos hanging from a string from somewhere. enter grocery store, chorizos hanging in the background. enter a nightclub, chorizos, the library, chorizos, the hairdresser, chorizos

ill remember if i ever visit mexico tho!

what i wanna know tho, is how often foreigners have asked for some "polla frita" or something, that would be cool :]

I think that any word for sausage in any language is used as a synonym for that part of the male anatomy. That seems to be a universal concept. It is quite okay to ask for chorizo in a store or butcher shop when shopping. That is what it is, after all.

About 'polla frita' = polla definitely IS nasty slang for that part of the male body and should not be used--at least in Spain. I don't know about other Spanish speaking countries. Every country is a bit different.

The correct term for 'fried chicken' is the masculine form: 'pollo frito'. If you use the feminine form, you are asking for a 'fried you-know-what'.

YO QUERO UN GOFRE CON NATA Y FRESAS


sadly that's all the Spanish I know.

Oh and LIMPIAPARABRISAS (how could you not love a word like that)

^ gofre?

I think that one must be from Spain, right?
Welcome to WP (:

Well, this is the Spanish thread after all;)

And thanks^_^

(:

where are you from?

somehow I forgot to write in my previous post that I like the word "mesabanco", still don't know why