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Old February 15, 2013, 01:08 AM
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Gaitas y pregones ? (Colombia)

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El cantante colombiano Andres Cabas canta en una de sus lindas canciones:
"Tus piernas estan llenas de gaitas y pregones"?
Que significa la expresion "de gaitas y pregones" ? Es la expresion tipica colombiana?
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Bueno, parece que "gaita" significa "bagpipes" en inglés y "dudy" en polaco, aunque "gaita" también tiene otros significados: "cosa difícil, ardua o engorrosa" y "cosa desagradable o molesta", y en Venezuela es el nombre de cierta clase de música navideña.

"Pregón" generalmente significa "promulgacïón" o "anuncio", y también es el nombre de un discurso público al comienzo de un festival u otro acontecimiento público.

Los diccionarios que consulté no señalan un significado regional de Colombia para ninguna de estas palabras, aunque eso no prohíbe que lo tengan. A menos que un miembro del foro que sea de Colombia nos avise de otros significados, es posible que "llenas de gaitas y pregones" señala las buenas características de "tus piernas".
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Unlike Spanish gaitas the Colombian gaita is not bagpipes. It's a long flute-like horn whose sound is similar to the clarinet, and it is one of the instruments that accompanies the simultaneously courtly and sexy Colombian dance called the cumbia.

Because poetry sometimes evokes many meanings, one I would add, because of piernas y gaitas would be the cumbia and courtship.

ps: I spoke to a Colombian friend who told me, "gaitas y pregones significa con mucho escándalo". From what I can tell, in Colombian Spanish escánadalo often means loud noise as in loud noise or big ostenatation as well as scandal.
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Old February 18, 2013, 07:19 AM
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!Muchas gracias por vuestras respuestas y explicaciones!
Entonces "piernas llenas de gaitas y pregones" son lindas, escandalosamente sexy y producen mucho ruido al bailar y repicar un ritmo ;-) Pura cumbia colombiana
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