Valer

poli	May 20, 2009 02:21 PM

Valer

I have come across a situation in which a speaker used válgame
to mean pardon me or excuse me. Do you find this in normal speech?

Tomisimo

May 20, 2009 02:41 PM

The only way I've heard válgame used in normal speech in Mexico, is as an expression of mild surprise, similar to well, I'll be.

chileno

May 20, 2009 03:29 PM

The complete expression is: !válgame dios!

CrOtALiTo

May 20, 2009 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poli (Post 36706)

I have come across a situation in which a speaker used válgame
to mean pardon me or excuse me. Do you find this in normal speech?

The word Valgame does not mean pardon or excuse.:)

AngelicaDeAlquezar

May 21, 2009 08:53 AM

@Poli: your speaker must have meant something like "oh, my... I'm embarrassed/ashamed. I'm sorry" by only saying "válgame"... very common expression (and one of my favourite ones in daily speech, btw.) :D

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