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Pura candela


Premium May 25, 2013 02:42 PM

Pura candela
 
Really hot?

ROBINDESBOIS May 25, 2013 03:49 PM

Ni idea. En qué contexto?

AngelicaDeAlquezar May 27, 2013 08:32 AM

@Premium: Yes. That's mostly used in the Caribbean.
Candela = candle => fire

JPablo May 29, 2013 05:29 PM

"Toma candela" it's used in Spain, in the sense of "pretty good, eh?" or "how about that, then?".

CREA gives examples of "pura candela" from Colombia, Rep. Dominicana and Venezuela...

Depending on the context it could also mean, "that was intense"... ie. any actual and figurative sense of "fire"...

(Darle candela a alguien means "to beat someone up"...)


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