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Old April 21, 2009, 08:58 PM
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You are right, it's a puzzle but I believe that it phrase in my country meaning more to a dace.

Do you know why it's a dace in my country?
Ni sé que significa dace. Dígame porque es un dace in Mexico y explícame
lo que quiere decir cuando escribe dace. Gracias.
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Ni sé que significa dace. Dígame porque es un dace in Mexico y explícame
lo que quiere decir cuando escribe dace. Gracias.
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I don't understand what either "dace" or "albur" mean.
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Raunchy indeed. I had never heard it before, pero suena fatal...
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It's a rather vulgar expression, because at the end has some connotations to sexual aprts (men's penis and woman tits) "todo lo que cuelga se menea"
In fact, I think it's only used with other sayings, like "todo lo que sube, baja", "todo lo que entra, sale" or "Ley del péndulo"
I thin you can translate it as you said "what goes around comes around"
It only says, that in life the state can always change, and the not fixed-things (hanging) can change the status, and when moving it will be a "bob-shake-wiggle" movement (se menea). I don't know the english word...
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Ni sé que significa dace. Dígame porque es un dace in Mexico y explícame
lo que quiere decir cuando escribe dace. Gracias.
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I don't understand what either "dace" or "albur" mean.
Albur in Mexico, means to play with words, usually with raunchy connotations.

Una vez le dije a una mujer que trabajaba para mi. "te recojo a las 8pm" y ella me contesto "Si me re-dejo"

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Albur in Mexico, means to play with words, usually with raunchy connotations.

Una vez le dije a una mujer que trabajaba para mi. "te recojo a las 8pm" y ella me contesto "Si me re-dejo"

Una compañera me dijo que "coger" en Venezuela tiene otro significado que aquí, ella siempre dice "agarrar". Parece que tiene connotaciones sexuales. Sin embargo, yo siempre digo coger y no se me ocurriría decir agarrar, me suena un poco mal.
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Una compañera me dijo que "coger" en Venezuela tiene otro significado que aquí, ella siempre dice "agarrar". Parece que tiene connotaciones sexuales. Sin embargo, yo siempre digo coger y no se me ocurriría decir agarrar, me suena un poco mal.
Hay confusion en cuanto a tomar y agarrar.

Coger, se usa de diferente manera en diferentes paises. En chile aunque no se usa, se entiende por tomar.
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