Thread: No entiendo muy bien el significado de "hillbillies"
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Old March 18, 2013, 07:34 PM
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Yes, it has a pejorative meaning for those who happen to live in areas where there are mountains (hills) since - I suspect - "billy" refers to a goat. Two corresponding terms I can think of are "jíbaro" and "maicero."
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