Spanish 101

Submitted by nicoya on 5 January, 2005 - 20:37.

Deposite la basura en su lugar. (Dump the trash in your place.) — Sign on vacant lot in Esteli

I got a good laugh about this one.

In this case the word "su" means "its". So the sign reads: Dump the trash in its place. Since there might not be any garbage bins around, I guess it can be interpreted otherwise...

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hilarious

Submitted by wick on 29 July, 2005 - 10:59.

haha, hilarious sign.

and it actually does literally mean 'dump the trash in *your* place' -- 'su' in the case is agreeing with 'usted'.

post a pic.

Somebody....

Submitted by thunderdial on 7 January, 2005 - 22:23.

Somebody please buy:

Arellano Oviedo, Francisco (ed.). DICCIONARIO DE USO DEL ESPANOL NICARAGUENSE. Managua : Academia Nicaraguense de la Lengua, 2001.

And please type every single word into a Word Document. Thanx. Gracias. Chop chop - let's make it happen. If you're not a part of the solution, you are part of the....

;->

How about this one...

Submitted by thunderdial on 5 January, 2005 - 20:55.

Chiguin

Any takers?

I sounds like a Nahualt word but I'm not too sure

Submitted by nicoya on 6 January, 2005 - 13:11.

Chiguin, what they call the young Somoza. It means kid, child.

Try these ones:

Pepenar Pipante Chaguite Chichicaste

I know that this

Submitted by cmoore56 on 23 August, 2006 - 09:28.

was a thread from last year, but we were recently talking about Nica spanish here (chingaste & pepenar, specifically), so, from my Diccionario del Habla Nicaraguense, by Alfonso Valle: "CHIGUIN: hibridismo mayapipil guina, en maya es gente; chi, corrupción de tzin, en pipil significa pequeño: así chiguín o chiguina quieren decir gente pequeña, gente menuda, niños. Esta terminación se encuentra en nombres de diversas lenguas indígenas de Nicaragua; PIPANTE: nombre sumo de la canoa; CHAGUITE - del azteca, zoguitl, ciénaga, lodazal, pantano. En el Oriente se da el nombre de chaguite a la plantación de plátanos o guineos, sin duda porque para ese cultivo se prefiere el terreno cenagoso o muy húmedo.--Desolladura causada por la espuela en los ijares de las bestias de montar; CHICHICASTE: Vocablo azteca, tzicatl, especie de hormiga ponzoñosa. Planta urticante muy común. Existen en Nicaragua dos o tres especies: la llamada chichicaste blanco es la máS temible, porque al más leve rozamiento produce el dolor de un termocauterio.--Persona de mal carácter, irritable, de malas pulgas". Translation follows: Chiguin(a): from a combination of maya & pipil; means small or short people, or children. This is found in the names of a number of indigenous languages of Nicaragua; Pipante - the sumo language word for canoe; Chaguite - marsh,swamp, muddy place. In the Oriente (east) it's the name given to where plantains & bananas are grown, because these plants need this type of soil. Also, term for the places on a horse's flanks where spurs are dug in; Chichicaste: aztec, type of dangerous/poisonous ant, a plant that causes itching. There are 2 or 3 species in Nicaragua; the one called white chichicaste is the most fearsome, because even the slightest rubbing against it produces a burning hot pain; a person of bad character, irritable, ill-tempered.

Ok, the results...

Submitted by thunderdial on 6 January, 2005 - 22:05.

Man, these were hard - even my wife (from La Paz Centro), had a hard time with them...

1. Pepenar - To pick, example could be picking coffee beans. 2. Pipante - She had no idea. 3. Chaguite - A plant, she had a hard time explaining what kind. 4. Chichicaste - A plant, she had a hard time explaining what kind.

How did we (she) do?

pipante

Submitted by fyl on 7 January, 2005 - 11:36.

"En la costa Atlántica, embarcación de remos". That is from Diccionario Escaoal Españl Nicaguense. For the Gringos, row boat. This dicionary is very small but there is a larger edition. I haven't found one in Estelí yet but it is very handy as it has 2000 Nicaraguan words. That is, not Spanish but local to Nicaragua.

There used...

Submitted by thunderdial on 7 January, 2005 - 17:25.

There used to be an online edition, but it was taken down. And like a ding dong, I didn't save it. If there is a place here to store files, I am an incredible map of the country that awesome detail, in PDF format. Lemme know...

Oh, and no fair!

Submitted by thunderdial on 6 January, 2005 - 13:24.

Eres Nicaragunese!!!!!!!!!!!1

I like a challenge...

Submitted by thunderdial on 6 January, 2005 - 13:23.

Lemme do my research...