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poli February 18, 2009 11:25 AM

Caminar en pelotas
 
Caminar en pelotas por la calle. Does it mean dribble a basketball in the street?

chileno February 18, 2009 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poli (Post 26599)
Caminar en pelotas por la calle. Does it mean dribble a basketball in the street?

:eek:

Significa caminar desnudo por la calle!


Hernan. :)

CrOtALiTo February 18, 2009 01:04 PM

I agree with the Chileno.


Tu caminas en pelotas por todo la calle?

poli February 18, 2009 01:42 PM

so en pelotas means en cuero:idea:!

Rusty February 18, 2009 01:51 PM

en pelotas = en cueros
¡Sí!

CrOtALiTo February 18, 2009 04:16 PM

Yes. Poli in my country Andar en cuero y andar en pelotas both sentences has the same meaning.


Then if you wanna say. Quiero andar en pelotas (como decir quiero jugar la pelota). It words are not well seen in my country. It could be a rudeness.

chileno February 18, 2009 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by poli (Post 26611)
so en pelotas means en cuero:idea:!

:D

Claro. :-)

sosia February 19, 2009 12:18 AM

"andar en pelotas" to walk with your balls (showing) :D
Other way "andar en pelota picada"
Be careful with the cold :D

poli February 19, 2009 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by sosia (Post 26652)
"andar en pelotas" to walk with your balls (showing) :D
Other way "andar en pelota picada"
Be careful with the cold :D

You must have read my mind. I was about to ask if andar en pelotas
was male-specific nudity, and you beat me to it. :)

Rusty February 19, 2009 07:20 AM

From what I've read, the phrase can be applied to both sexes. A couple of folks have explained that it works for both because pelotas was derived from pelos. I don't know if that is true. I've never heard the expression used, so I can't be sure.
By the way, en pelotas also means flat broke.


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