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Blandengue

Means easygoing according to the dictionary, but I have heard it used in
other contexts. Example: una mesa con piernas inseguras que necesitan
un tornillo está blandengue.

Is this a common usage?
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Old January 26, 2010, 08:14 AM
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That is so cute!

I have never heard that word before!

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Old January 26, 2010, 08:54 AM
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Yes, it's a rather common word. I've heard it with the meaning 2 (RAE)

Este tío es un blandengue.
No me seas blandengue y tírate de cabeza.

The third one I didn'n know.

http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltCons...EMA=blandengue
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Old January 26, 2010, 09:28 AM
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Entiendo que una persona puede ser blandengue,¿ pero una silla?
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Old January 26, 2010, 09:31 AM
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Entiendo que una persona puede ser blandengue,¿ pero una silla?
También se dice cuando algo es un poco inestable (una silla, una escalera, una mesa, etc.). También a otros objetos (un pastel blandengue, una masa blandengue) Pero creo que se aplica más a las personas.
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Old January 26, 2010, 09:31 AM
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Es una silla inestable y débil, que "baila" cuando uno se sienta. Podría no soportar el peso de alguien. Por eso es "blandengue".
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También se dice cuando algo es un poco inestable (una silla, una escalera, una mesa, etc.).
= wobbly
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Blanducho también se puede aplicar. Pero esto también significa suave.
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Old January 26, 2010, 11:49 AM
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= wobbly
My dictionary says: soft, weak.
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