Vaya morro

[poli]

I think it means : What nerve! but I'm not sure. I am assuming that this
phrase is not used outside of Spain. Am I correct?

[CrOtALiTo]

For me the word means Vaya chamaco.

Morro is a expression vulgar on my country.
What do you think?

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Poli: I think you're right. "Morro" in Spain (I don't know where else, but certainly not in Mexico), is used as a synonym of "descaro" or "desfachatez".


The way Crotalito is quoting the word is as it's used in the north of Mexico, where "morro(a)" is used as a synonym of "chico(a)". Not a vulgar word, but colloquial.

[poli]

That's interesting it was the vaya that led me to believe it was a Spanish-specific phrase. No Latins I know use vaya in that way. I hear que instead.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

"¡Vaya!" is an expression to emphasize some characteristic, in the sense that something or someone is "such a (noun)" ... like "what a ...!"
Sometimes, depending on the tone of voice and the context, the expression can hold a a positive or a negative meaning.
...And it's used, I think, everywhere.

¡Vaya calamidad!
What a calamity!

¡Vaya historia!
What a story!

¡Vaya amigo!
What a friend!

¡Vaya descaro!
What a nerve!

[irmamar]

¡Vaya morro! = ¡Qué cara más dura! = What a cheek!

http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltCons...S=3&LEMA=morro

[JPablo]

That's right. Not covered in the DRAE, but in Moliner Diccionario de Uso,
Tener alguien un morro que se lo pisa (informal). Frase hiperbólica equivalente a «tener morro».
Tener morro (informal). Tener descaro o desvergüenza. Tener cara.
(In Spain these two expressions are very common, "el pan nuestro de cada día...")

[ROBINDESBOIS]

In American english NERVE

[irmamar]

American English "nerve" and British English "cheek"?

[hermit]

Yes, NAmE nerve = BrE cheek - both terms are well-understood everywhere English is spoken...

[irmamar]

Thank you.

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by irmamar

¡Vaya morro! = ¡Qué cara más dura! = What a cheek!

http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltCons...S=3&LEMA=morro

Where you got the word Cara dura?
Really what does it mean?

[JPablo]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Where you got the word Cara dura?
Really what does it mean?

DRAE gives you the definition,
caradura. 1. adj. Sinvergüenza, descarado.

Oxford Superlex gives you equivalents in English,
caradura adj (fam) sassy (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)
Also,
(frescura, descaro) nerve (colloq), cheek (BrE colloq);
¡qué cara (más dura) tienes = you have some nerve!, you’ve got a nerve o cheek!;
se lo llevó por la cara = he just took it quite openly;
entraron en la fiesta por la cara = they gatecrashed the party;
lo dijo con toda la cara del mundo = he said it as cool as you like;
tiene más cara que espalda = he has such a nerve!

[CrOtALiTo]

I'll study your investigation.

Thank you for the support.

[JPablo]

You are welcome!

[ROBINDESBOIS]

There are lots of sassy people in this world.

[JPablo]

That's right! (Well, maybe that is not right, but it is true, unfortunately)

[CrOtALiTo]

I have study your answer Pablo.
And I have found the word more correct that you have told me.
Cara dura could be more acceptable for Morro.

I'm agree with your investigation.

Thank you.

[irmamar]

Sassy, I didn't know this word. Thanks.

[CrOtALiTo]

I don't know if I'm well with the meaning of the word Sassy.
It means Respondon right?