De pe a pa

[poli]

Does it mean from start to finish?

[Perikles]

Does it mean from start to finish?My dictionary says exactly that (or beginning to end).

[chileno]

Yes.

I would like to know if it's used in Spain.

[poli]

Yes. It is definitely used in Spain. I got it from a Spanish source.

[sosia]

It's used in spain. I have heard it sometimes
RAE
de ~ a pa.
1. loc. adv. coloq. Enteramente, desde el principio al fin.

It means completely. It's like "from alfa to omega" or "from a to z"
"Este temario te lo tienes que aprender de pe a pa"
"Me dejo la cosas claras, de pe a pa"
something curious for chileno
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Pe_a_Pa

Saludos :D

PD: this is only a funny guess.
As school learnes, we lear "a-e-i-o-u" "ba-be-bi-bo-bu""ca-ce-ci-co-cu"... "pa-pe-pi-po-pu"........
so "de pe a pa" means completely, from pe-------------pa

[chileno]

It's used in spain. I have heard it sometimes
RAE

It means completely. It's like "from alfta to omega" or "from a to z"
"Este temario te lo tienes que aprender de pe a pa"
"Me dejo la cosas claras, de pe a pa"
something curious for chileno
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Pe_a_Pa

Saludos :D

PD: this is only a funny guess.
As school learnes, we lear "a-e-i-o-u" "ba-be-bi-bo-bu""ca-ce-ci-co-cu"... "pa-pe-pi-po-pu"........
so "de pe a pa" means completely, from pe-------------pa


Correcto. :)

That's why I was asking...

[Marsopa]

Seems like it should be de pa a pu...:rolleyes:

[chileno]

Seems like it should be de pa a pu...:rolleyes:

I know. It's one of those genial thing from Spanish.

[irmamar]

I know. It's one of those genial thing from Spanish.

pe: pa, pe, pi, po, pu and pa again (even children can do it) :D

[sosia]

Escrito originalmente por Marsopa
Seems like it should be de pa a pu...
I know. It's one of those genial thing from Spanish.

No, its good so. You begin with
"pe,pi,po,pu,ra,re,rir,o,ru,.....,a,e,i,o,u........ ..,ña,ñe,ñi,ño,ñu,pa"
You make it complete.
"Yo me lo se" --> I know it
"me lo se de pe a pa"--> I know it complete, I can say it straight, forward and whatewer order you want.
Saludos :D

[chileno]

Ya se todo eso, es lo mismo que decir de la segunda instancia hasta el principio. Cualquier cosa se puede hacer con este concepto, pero decir de principio a fin es el concepto habitual.

Yo estoy acostumbrado decir "te veo en 7 días" pero acá dicen "te veo de hoy en 8 días"

Y también tiene su qué.

[poli]

Is there a similar phrase for not knowing anything (or at least having a
short range)
Dorothy Parker said that young Katherine Hepburn had the range of emotions from a to b:rolleyes::cool::lol::wicked::blackeye:

[Perikles]

Yo estoy acostumbrado decir "te veo en 7 días" pero acá dicen "te veo de hoy en 8 días"
Perhaps in fluenced by German - they say Heute in acht Tagen, =Today in eight days, meaning the same day next week, in seven days. Very odd, seeing that they would also say Today in 14 days meaning 2 weeks from today.

And how many days are there in a fortnight? :thinking:

[irmamar]

Is there a similar phrase for not knowing anything (or at least having a
short range)
Dorothy Parker said that young Katherine Hepburn had the range of emotions from a to b:rolleyes::cool::lol::wicked::blackeye:

There are many sentences to express that somebody doesn't know anything, but now I can't remember if there is some with a range. I think there isn't any :thinking:

[Perikles]

but now I can't remember if there is some with a range. I think there isn't any :thinking:Irma - has it been a long day? :)

[irmamar]

There are many sentences to express that somebody doesn't know anything, but now I can't remember if there are some with a range. I think there aren't any :thinking:

Irma - has it been a long day? :)

A long week and a bad day. Thanks. :)

[chileno]

Is there a similar phrase for not knowing anything (or at least having a
short range)
Dorothy Parker said that young Katherine Hepburn had the range of emotions from a to b:rolleyes::cool::lol::wicked::blackeye:

That's funny! :lol::lol::lol: