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Old July 01, 2008, 01:58 PM
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Youg "posh" girls usually shrink " por favor" to "porfa" or "porfi" saying "porfa, haz XXXX" or "porfi, haz XX", but I have neve heard " por forfi"

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You can also add an s on the end: porfas, porfis (at least in Mexico)
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There is a TV show called "suelte la sopa". I took that to figuratively mean "spill the beans".
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You are right, I used to think it meant shake things up, but in a previous entry in this forum, it was determined to mean spill the beans.
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