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Old May 15, 2008, 06:14 AM
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Tío

I know tío means uncle throughout the Spanish-speaking world. In Spain it commonly means guy. In Peru it means old man. Is there a tía equivalent?
In a thread somewhere somebody used peli. Is that the word?
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Old May 15, 2008, 06:22 AM
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I've also heard it used like Old, in epithets like Old Stickyfingers, or Old Pennypincher over there.
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Old May 15, 2008, 06:31 AM
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I've also heard it used like Old, in epithets like Old Stickyfingers, or Old Pennypincher over there.
Like tío tacaño? or tío ladrón?
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Old May 15, 2008, 06:35 AM
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Exactly. In fact I think I've heard Tío Ladrón specifically. Some story I read in a dual-language book that explained the usage for me.
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Is there a tía equivalent?
I think I've heard that in Spain and maybe other areas, you can use tía in a similar fashion to mean gal, although it's not used much like that in Mexico. IIRC, I heard a Venezuelan use it as well.
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Old May 15, 2008, 09:23 AM
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-Hola tíos.
-¿Qué pasa?
-Vaya una reunión. ¿Dónde están las tías?
-A mí no me mires, pregúntale a éste.
-Bueno, vale. (Da igual uno que otro): ¿Dónde están las tías, tío?
-No te lo vas a creer, tío. Ha venido un tío y se ha llevado a todas las tías.
-No jodas. ¿Adónde se las ha llevado?
-De calle.
-Qué mamón.
-Sí, tío. Un tío feo, con gafas y pelo grasiento.
-Venga ya, tío, ¿te crees que ha nacido ayer?
-Que sí, tío, que yo no miento.
-No me jodas, tío: cómprate un bosque y piérdete.
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Alfonso, me encanta mucho cuando nos das ejemplos tan coloquiales para demostrar los modismos y sus usos. Muchas gracias porque esta es la parte en lo cual necesito la más ayuda. Ya conozco muchos conceptos y palabras pero son de los libros no de la gente.

And you wouldn't believe how hard that was to write after writing German and French for the past 2 hours.

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Old May 15, 2008, 09:54 AM
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-Hola tíos.
-¿Qué pasa?
-Vaya una reunión. ¿Dónde están las tías?
-A mí no me mires, pregúntale a éste.
-Bueno, vale. (Da igual uno que otro): ¿Dónde están las tías, tío?
-No te lo vas a creer, tío. Ha venido un tío y se ha llevado a todas las tías.
-No jodas. ¿Adónde se las ha llevado?
-De calle.
-Qué mamón.
-Sí, tío. Un tío feo, con gafas y pelo grasiento.
-Venga ya, tío, ¿te crees que ha nacido ayer?
-Que sí, tío, que yo no miento.
-No me jodas, tío: cómprate un bosque y piérdete.
Si, eso tiene el sabor salado madrileño. ¿Entonces, estaba soñando yo cuando vi la palabra peli? ¿Esa palabra no existe?
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Olvidé lo de peli. Yo sólo la uso como diminutivo de película. Nada que ver con tío ni con tía. Supongo que te refieres a eso.
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I assure Alfonso's one can be heard easily in Spain. It's not a forced conversation.
good one Alfonso
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-Hey guys.
-What's up?
-We're gettin' together (?) Where are the girls?
-Don't look at me. Ask this guy.
-Alright, whatever. . . Where'd the girls go, man?
-You're not gonna believe this, buddy. Some dude came along and they all went with him.
-Quit trippin'. Where'd they go? / Where'd he take 'em?
-They drove off (?)
-Ain't that a bitch.
-I know, right? An ugly dude too, with glasses and greasy hair.
-Get outta here! You think I was born yesterday? (You think I'm fallin' for that sh*t?)
-Hey, I'm not kiddin' around (bullsh*ttin' you) man.
-Yeah whatever man. You need to take yourself somewhere and work on your issues (?)

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Old May 15, 2008, 10:02 AM
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-Hola tíos.
-¿Qué pasa?
-Vaya una reunión. ¿Dónde están las tías?
-A mí no me mires, pregúntale a éste.
-Bueno, vale. (Da igual uno que otro): ¿Dónde están las tías, tío?
-No te lo vas a creer, tío. Ha venido un tío y se ha llevado a todas las tías.
-No jodas. ¿Adónde se las ha llevado?
-De calle.
-Qué mamón.
-Sí, tío. Un tío feo, con gafas y pelo grasiento.
-Venga ya, tío, ¿te crees que ha nacido ayer?
-Que sí, tío, que yo no miento.
-No me jodas, tío: cómprate un bosque y piérdete.
Sorry I should have quoted. Am I in the ballpark?
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Old May 15, 2008, 10:05 AM
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¡Qué macarras os estáis volviendo, tíos!
Poli, peli means flick not chick, as far as I know...
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Sorry I should have quoted. Am I in the ballpark?
I think so. cómprate un bosque y piérdete could be rendered make like a tree and leave.
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Of course peli is película. As you know we don't often use abbreviations
that way in English. We never use bici for bicycle. Telly is used a lot in
England, though. You probably know that.
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I think so. cómprate un bosque y piérdete could be rendered make like a tree and leave.
We'd say, get lost, or more rudely go f yourself. Done in good humor, these are not necessarily fighting words.
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Yeah, but that ain't too street, David. You gots to keep it real, know what I'm sayin? Dat's fo' real dough. Make like a tree and leave? Man, quit trippin. You got it twisted. My shit's Gucci.
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Yeah, but that ain't too street, David. You gots to keep it real, know what I'm sayin? Dat's fo' real dough. Make like a tree and leave? Man, quit trippin. You got it twisted. My shit's Gucci.


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We'd say, get lost, or more rudely go f yourself. Done in good humor, these are not necessarily fighting words.
Very true.
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You're hilarious and apparently street-wise too, Gatito.
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Thanks a lot, Iris. I take pride in the fact that I can talk street even though I'm a whiteboy from the burbs.
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