Panza
 

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for February 11, 2009

panza - feminine noun (la) - tummy, belly. Look up panza in the dictionary

¡Mami! Me duele la panza.
Mommy! My tummy hurts.

is it the same as "stomach"?
¡Me duele el estómago!
learned a new word too. mami is "mommy". so madre is "mother" and mamá is mom?

Yep :D
madre, mama, mami mother, mom, mommy
padre, papá, papi father, dad, daddy

A Peruvian friend of mine calls her mother "mamita". :)

I call my wife mamita! :-)

Hernan.

I don't hear the word panza much--other than Quixote's sidekick.
The word I hear to refer to tummy (especially a big one) is barriga.

Not sure if this is correct, but I relate tummy = panza; belly = barriga. But they are kind of interchangeable.

would younger kids say "panza" instead of estómago?

OK.

Although in Chile we use "Güata". The Castelian word is "Estómago", The word in English is "Stomach"

Now: barriga, panza are words that are used colloquially.

I guess in English would be the same. Belly, Tummy etc...

The words are accepted but they should translate literally to Estómago and Stomach. Unless speaking colloquially.


Hernan

I'm not a meat eater, but I am sure I have seen sobrebarriga in butchershop windows. I another country I believe I have seen panza
at butcher shops.