Thread: "Me la rifo"
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Old July 04, 2018, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar View Post
I think the one we're discussing in these examples is more related to "fighting".
You're right, but I'm pretty sure the underyling meaning in all these cases comes from the use of rifa as "raffle" which you can use figuratively to talk about taking a chance on something.

When people in rough neighborhoods talk like this, they're saying their life choices and the way they live in risky, they don't know what will happen (they could die) but they're going to do it anyway, regardless of the consequence. This was a very very typical attitude to witness when I was growing up in the South Valley in Albuquerque.
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