Marcar el paso de la oca

[poli]

Does anyone know what this means?

[aleCcowaN]

El paso de ganso. La manera prusiana de hacer marchar los soldados en desfile.

Generalmente remite a la idea de totalitarismo o autoritarismo dada su asociación con manifestaciones públicas y masivas de nazismo explícito.

[poli]

OK
This translates directly goose step. I can't believe I couldn't figure this out on my own:o

[Luna Azul]

OK
This translates directly goose step. I can't believe I couldn't figure this out on my own:o

That is, if you knew what "oca" means. Not everybody does, even native speakers. Most people call all those birds "gansos".. :p

There's a third word: "ánsar".. did you know it? I learned it by doing crosswords.. haha.

;)

[pjt33]

That is, if you knew what "oca" means. Not everybody does, even native speakers.
In Spain there's a children's game called "el juego de la oca" (which seems to be roughly snakes and ladders - although I'm sure the small child who taught me to play was cheating, so I don't know what the actual rules are) which with a suitably illustrated board gets the vocab across early.

[Luna Azul]

In Spain there's a children's game called "el juego de la oca" (which seems to be roughly snakes and ladders - although I'm sure the small child who taught me to play was cheating, so I don't know what the actual rules are) which with a suitably illustrated board gets the vocab across early.

Yes, that's a game and you're right, it's similar to 'snakes and ladders' and has nothing to do with geese.;)