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Sal pitando
Today I had a conversation with a woman from Spain. She spoke very clearly but I just didn't understand what "Sal pitando" means.
From what I could make out from the context, it was something like "get out".
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sal = leave (command) | get out (command)
pitando = (very) quickly | in a hurry |
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That's right.
Oxford gives, 2 pitando (Esp fam) (rápido): me voy pitando que no quiero llegar tarde I’m going to shoot off o dash because I don’t want to be late (colloq); cuando nos vieron llegar, salieron pitando when they saw us coming, they were off like a shot o they legged it o they made themselves scarce (colloq)
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Very quick answer, thank you both. Thanks for the examples, JPablo.
Now I also know what "Sal del coche" means.
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Sal 'pitando' no lo recuerdo o quizás es un modo español ibérico.
En el cono sur de las Américas, en cambio, recuerdo 'sal rajado'.
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Yup, Oxford gives it as a Spain usage.
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