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Old April 07, 2010, 07:53 PM
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The other day I went to the barber who is a Cuban settled in Madrid, and at some point I asked him, are you planning to return to Cuba and he said, ni muerto, how would you translate Ni muerto in this context. Not even dead?
I was married to a Cuban for years. So this one is easy for me to understand. How about ni loco! Not even crazy!
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I conquerd but when he said Ni muerto, I think that he meant that not even he dies, he wants his body to be taken there and rest in peace.
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