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Old March 10, 2012, 10:10 PM
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What would be a good equivalent for "holy moley!" in Spanish?
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What would be a good equivalent for "holy moley!" in Spanish?
La mía sería la versión chilena, por si estás interesado.
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Old March 10, 2012, 11:10 PM
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¿Y esa sería?
¿La repanocha?
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Old March 11, 2012, 03:10 AM
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"¡Santa cachucha!" or "¡Reverendísima m****!" here, I think. But I think "¡A la pucha!" normally do. (Holy moly guacamole!)
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¿Y esa sería?
¿La repanocha?


Algo parecido a lo de Alec.

Ah M...

Es que además tendrías que escucharlo con el tono chileno.
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Old March 11, 2012, 01:39 PM
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Jolimoliguacamoli!

¡Santa cachucha! (No la había oído nunca, pero la entendería en el contexto...)

¡Guácala! creo que se usa en México para algo negativo como (Yuck!), pero no sé si se puede usar de forma positiva...

En España se usaba "¡Ostras Pedrín!" pero me suena un pelín ñoño...

Y los maños decían: "Ridiela" y "Recontrarridiela"...
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@Pablo: "Guácala" es una palabra específica para expresar asco.
El guacamole, aunque las palabras suenen parecido, sólo es una salsa a base de aguacate.

Si buscas la expresión mexicana equivalente de "holy moley", es "híjole", que puede usarse para denotar sorpresa, tanto para el caso desagradable, como para el agradable.
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Si buscas la expresión mexicana equivalente de "holy moley", es "híjole", que puede usarse para denotar sorpresa, tanto para el caso desagradable, como para el agradable.
Esta es la expresión centroamericana también.
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¡Magnífico! Siempre pensé que era sólo mexicana.
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¿Qué tal Por vida de sanes?
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Ah, ¡HÍJOLE!
Faltaría más...
@Glen: me suena un poco literario, o hasta arcaico...
Híjole, es perfecto... Aunque no para España...
Ahí es algo como "toma" o "toma geroma, pastillas de goma"... Pero eso pierde el carácter espontáneo del antedicho "híjole"

En cualquier caso, gracias a todos...
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Old March 13, 2012, 01:24 PM
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@Glen: Estoy de acuerdo con Pablo... no se usa en lenguaje corriente. Si acaso, "por vida de dios", pero también se usa poco.


Otras, igual de coloquiales que el híjole (también con límite regional):

·¡Órale!
·¡Ándale!
·¡Sopas!
·¡Tómala!
·¡Pácatelas!


Y algunas variantes, sin el registro tan informal (y más universales, creo):

·¡Por dios!
·¡Cielos!
·¡Cielo santo!
·¡Válgame (dios)!
·¡Ah, caray/caramba!
·¡Uy/huy!
·¡Qué cosa!
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¡Vaya tela!
¡Anda, anda, qué bufanda!
Ponderando positiva o negativamente, según el contexto...
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