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Old April 13, 2009, 07:30 PM
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What the heck

How in the hell do you say "how in the hell" in Spanish, or "where in the hell", or "who in the hell"...well, you get my drift. Creo que he escuchado algo como "¿cómo diablos..." pero no estoy seguro.

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Old April 13, 2009, 08:10 PM
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This is a pretty touchy subject for the forums, as some phrases could be seen as curse words or insults (according to me at least). You could say:

"Qué diablos?" "Qué demonios?" "Qué rayos?" Among many others that could be interpretted as a word worse than "hell," if you know what I mean
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Old April 13, 2009, 08:32 PM
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I guess that it's what hell.

Que diablos.
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Old April 13, 2009, 08:51 PM
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Estoy de acuerdo, ¿Qué diablos?, ¿Qué rayos? and I think this one means the same thing but it may be really bad in some areas.....
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So go easy and just say......

¿Qué diablos......
< es eso?
< te pasa?
< está pasando aquí?

etc., etc., etc.

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What the heck/how in the hell it's going here..
"que demonios está pasando aquí..."
"que puñetas está pasando aquí.."
"que diantres está pasando aquí.."
"que rayos está pasando aquí..."
and two not suitable
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Old April 18, 2009, 09:21 AM
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What the heck/how in the hell it's going here..
"que demonios está pasando aquí..."
"que puñetas está pasando aquí.."
"que diantres está pasando aquí.."
"que rayos está pasando aquí..."
and two not suitable
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Old April 18, 2009, 10:45 AM
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I'm waiting for yours...........
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I'm waiting for yours...........
Que M****a pasa aqui?

aahhh, there.
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