Cancha

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word (http://daily.tomisimo.org/) for October 30, 2009

cancha (feminine noun (la)) — field, pitch. Look up cancha in the dictionary (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/cancha)

Le pegó tan fuerte a la pelota que la sacó de la cancha.
He hit the ball so hard it left the playing field.

[EmpanadaRica]

Uhmmm... :o Ok this is not directly about this word but on a word it looks very similar to (I hope you guys don't mind the digression..)

Now I hope this will not be considered rude..:o

But a Peruvian guy recently told me about the word 'concha', meaning (apart from shell) also to be a reference to a certain female bodypart and this being quite a rude word for it (if in fact there is such a thing as a very polite word for it without using euphemisms..:D).

I just wanted to check if this is indeed true and also, if this word is used like this in all Spanishspeaking countries? :confused:

[CrOtALiTo]

It word is used in likely in Spain, here generally is used that body female part is named for its name, therefore, I believe that it's used at least in Europe, and well I believe that in South American people can have another way to say the word with different mention.

[chileno]

Uhmmm... :o Ok this is not directly about this word but on a word it looks very similar to (I hope you guys don't mind the digression..)

Now I hope this will not be considered rude..:o

But a Peruvian guy recently told me about the word 'concha', meaning (apart from shell) also to be a reference to a certain female bodypart and this being quite a rude word for it (if in fact there is such a thing as a very polite word for it without using euphemisms..:D).

I just wanted to check if this is indeed true and also, if this word is used like this in all Spanishspeaking countries? :confused:

In Chile, Perú and Argentina concha means also the female part, intimate at that.

There is nothing polite about it...:rolleyes:

I do not know what other countries would use concha like that... maybe Uruguay and Paraguay but not sure.

[EmpanadaRica]

Ok !! :thumbsup:

¡Muchas gracias! :D :rose:

[irmamar]

I've heard this word from Latin American people. We don't say it (we have another ones :D ). I always think that Spanish is a rich language in many aspects... ;)

[pjt33]

Pues creo que la mayoría de los idiomas tienen varios eufemismos anatómicos. ;)

[poli]

Conchita is woman's name in Mexico, but then again Dick is a common name for men in most English-speaking regions.

[irmamar]

Conchita is woman's name in Mexico, but then again Dick is a common name for men in most English-speaking regions.

Concha, Conchi and Conchita are familiar names for Concepción, here in Spain. :)

[chileno]

Concha, Conchi and Conchita are familiar names for Concepción, here in Spain. :)

Correcto. My abuela que nació en Zamora y depués se fue a Bilbao se llamaba Concepción.

:)

[irmamar]

Correcto. My abuela que nació en Zamora y depués se fue a Bilbao se llamaba Concepción.

:)

Ya te veo las raíces, Chileno. Y desde aquí :D

[chileno]

Ya te veo las raíces, Chileno. Y desde aquí :D

Por eso me entiendes. :)

[CrOtALiTo]

Also there're another name similar to Cocha.

Constantine.