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mapache (masculine noun (el))skunk raccoon. Look up mapache in the dictionary

Dicen que los mapaches huelen mal. ¿Es cierto?
They say skunks raccoons smell bad. Is this true?
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Old March 20, 2009, 05:44 AM
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No, los mapaches no huelen mal. Es los mofetas mapurritos y zorrillas que apestan.
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Old March 20, 2009, 07:37 AM
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Yo siempre creía que.....

Zorillo = skunk

A funny someone taught me........I apologize if you find it offensive...

La zorra nunca vé su cola
ni el zorrillo su fundillo.....

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Agree with Elaina. Skunk is zorrillo in Central America.

Mapache is a raccoon.
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The skunks smell bad.

In the highway the animals most the skunk smell bad. That animal is more common in my state.
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I agree.

Skunk = zorrillo = mofeta

Mapache = raccoon.


When someone has dark circles around the eyes, we say "tienes ojos de mapache".
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Groundhog?

Does anyone remember how to say that?

Also, speaking of "m" words... there is a word used in Puerto Rico for "cold" instead of gripe or resfriado.

Does anyone know/remember what it is?

It's driving me nuts that I forgot it and I can't find it in any dictionary.

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Old March 20, 2009, 02:02 PM
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Un pajarito me lo dijo...

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