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Old October 10, 2013, 08:42 PM
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¿De verdad? ¿En Colombia la palabra "forro" significa "cáscara" o "vaina"?
Pues muy coloquialmente, por lo menos aquí en Bogotá. A veces mi mamá dice: "voy a quitarle el forro al plátano", pero creo que lo dice por ser chistosa, sin embargo sí lo he escuchado en otras familias, o sea que no somos los únicos locos, jajaja.
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Old October 10, 2013, 09:38 PM
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Entiendo. Una más de las maravillas de las diferencias regionales.
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A synonymous is "vaina", that is the covering of some vegetables. Aunque aquí en Colombia la expresión "vaina" es usada también para referirse a un problema:
- ¿Cuál es la vaina suya? (What's the matter with you?)
- Esa vaina no funcionó (That thing didn't work)
Vaina es una palabra colombiana costeña
pero pensaba q significa cosa!
como este radio no se sirve...esta vaina no se sirve!
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Old January 31, 2014, 10:13 AM
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That's correct, Asma. There are regions where "vaina" also means "cosa" in colloquial speech.

Your Spanish is very good! Here are some suggestions to make it a little better.
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Vaina es una palabra colombiana costeña
pero pensaba q (This is a language learning forum, please avoid SMS abbreviations) significa (There's need for an agreement between your previous verb and this one) cosa! (Where's the opening exclamation mark?)
como (Check use of capital letters) este radio no se sirve (If you use the pronominal here, you're saying the radio doesn't serve itself. The verb must lose the "se".)...esta vaina no se sirve (Check previous note)! (Opening exclamation and question marks are not gratuitous, please use them.)
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This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for January 14, 2010

forro (masculine noun (el)) — lining, padding, cover, dust-cover, jacket, sheathing. Look up forro in the dictionary

¡Oh no! ¡Se me rompío el forro de mi chaqueta!
Oh no! I tore the lining of my jacket!

Siempre le dejo un forro a mis libros para que no se maltraten.
I always leave the cover on my books to protect them.
Siempre dejo un forro...
I always leave a cover...

And if you are trying to write what you translated in English to Spanish. Then you must say -Siempre le dejo el forro...-
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