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No entiendo muy bien el significado de "hillbillies"

 

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Old March 18, 2013, 03:24 PM
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No entiendo muy bien el significado de "hillbillies"

Hello friends :

I've heard this word several times lately .
If I look in the dictionary , I find that it may have a pejorative meaning.

Does it have anything to do with the Spanish word "paleto" ?

Any examples are welcome

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Hello friends :

I've heard this word several times lately .
If I look in the dictionary , I find that it may have a pejorative meaning.

Does it have anything to do with the Spanish word "paleto" ?

Any examples are welcome

Thanks !
Sí tiene algo de ver con paleto porque se refiere a gente campestre que viven en las colinas y lejos de la ciudad más sofisticada, pero según lo que entiendo la palabra paleto es siempre derogotorio, y de vez en cuando hillbilly no es. Hay gente le le encanta la música hillbilly (música country western) por ejemplo.
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Yes, it has a pejorative meaning for those who happen to live in areas where there are mountains (hills) since - I suspect - "billy" refers to a goat. Two corresponding terms I can think of are "jíbaro" and "maicero."
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En el Cono Sur también se les llama "pajueranos" (de la pronunciación rústica o palurda de "pa ajuera")

Rústico, paleto, palurdo... son equivalente más o menos peyorativos.

Cuando hablamos de "hillbilly music" = música country, no tiene ningún sentido derogatorio, que yo sepa, como dice Poli...

A mí esa música me entanta... como también me gusta el campo... y sus aromas (aunque a veces sean de boñiga de vaca...)
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En el Cono Sur también se les llama "pajueranos" (de la pronunciación rústica o palurda de "pa ajuera")


En que parte del cono sur?

En Chile se les llama huaso o bien en chilensis "guaso"
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Argentina, (Bolivia), Uruguay, Paraguay...

No había oído lo de "guaso"...

Moliner da muchos sinónimos:

Cateto, churro, cuico, forano, guanaco, isidro, lugareño, meleno, pajuerano, palurdo, páparo, patán, payo, provinciano, pueblerino.
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Argentina, (Bolivia), Uruguay, Paraguay...

No había oído lo de "guaso"...

Moliner da muchos sinónimos:

Cateto, churro, cuico, forano, guanaco, isidro, lugareño, meleno, pajuerano, palurdo, páparo, patán, payo, provinciano, pueblerino.
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Another term I have heard is corroncho.

Although hillbilly can be used to mean paleto, better terms in English are hick, rube, yuck yuck, green (if they are from foreign countries). The word green in this form is not derogatory but the other terms should be used with caution.
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Never heard of any of those except paleto and palurdo, and in English I recognize hillbilly and hick.
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Thank you very much for the explanation.

These are delicate words . As you said , in Spanish , "paleto" has always a pejorative meaning.I did'nt know about that kind of music , i'll try to find out later !

Some people from England in my workplace tell me it happens the same to them when it comes to use such words as "cojones" , as it may have both a good or bad meaning.

This also happens to me with the " bad ass" thing.
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