Chasco

[chileno]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

I agree with Ambarina that the most common idea for "chasco" is a disappointment.

--¿Cómo estuvo la obra de teatro? --Fue todo un chasco.
--How was the play? --It was a huge disappointment

The idea of "chasco" as "burla" is clear in the sense of "mockery". Despite the dictionary, I have always heard "chasco" used is a synonym of "chiste" or "broma" that one endures, not something one does to others.
The most common kind of sentence I've heard with this meaning is rather like:

"Me llevé un chasco cuando salí del baño y vi que me había escondido mi ropa."
"I felt mocked when I came out of the bath and saw he had hidden my clothes."


@Lou Ann: The María Moliner is a very serious dictionary (to many specialists, better than the RAE's), and I doubt there is a link to it. As far as I know, it can only be bought as a printed book. And one has to be careful... there are a couple of apocryphal versions of it.

Right. Thank you for conserving a clear mind. :-)

Burla as in mockery, and not as practical joke.

And, yes. She mentioned Maria Moliner too, just that as per quote I thought laepelba was referring to RAE...

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

I agree with Ambarina that the most common idea for "chasco" is a disappointment.

--¿Cómo estuvo la obra de teatro? --Fue todo un chasco.
--How was the play? --It was a huge disappointment

The idea of "chasco" as "burla" is clear in the sense of "mockery". Despite the dictionary, I have always heard "chasco" used is a synonym of "chiste" or "broma" that one endures, not something one does to others.
The most common kind of sentence I've heard with this meaning is rather like:

"Me llevé un chasco cuando salí del baño y vi que me había escondido mi ropa."
"I felt mocked when I came out of the bath and saw he had hidden my clothes."


@Lou Ann: The María Moliner is a very serious dictionary (to many specialists, better than the RAE's), and I doubt there is a link to it. As far as I know, it can only be bought as a printed book. And one has to be careful... there are a couple of apocryphal versions of it.

So I have had a full intention of looking up a bookstore in Lima or in Rivera (Uruguay) this summer and coming home with some stuff that I wouldn't be able to find in the U.S. Is this Maria Moliner dictionary something that would be so big and heavy that I wouldn't want to bring it home in my suitcase?

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Lou Ann: I think it will be very bulky and heavy indeed, but I think you can cast a glance on it in Amazon or Barnes & Noble. The publishing house is called "Gredos". Don't buy the "Edición Abreviada".

[CrOtALiTo]

The expression chasco is most used when you did something bad. Good it's at least in my country.

[Fazor]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

The expression chasco is most used when you did something bad. Good it's at least in my country.

La clase hacía un chasco de la profesora. ¡Ellos ponía una chincheta en la silla a ella!

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by Fazor

La clase hacía un chasco de la profesora. ¡Ellos ponía una chincheta en la silla a ella!

Yes. It's accurate.

[Jessica]

wasn't there another Daily Spanish Word that had a word meaning joke? Oh, never mind, it's broma, :P

[Fazor]

No me gusta la pelíqula; el fin fue chasco.

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by Fazor

No me gusta la pelíqula; el fin fue chasco.

Yes it were.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Fazor

No me gustó la película. El fin fue un chasco.

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Yes, it was.

A singular subject takes a singular verb.
they were
he was