Panza

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for February 11, 2009

panza - feminine noun (la) - tummy, belly. Look up panza in the dictionary

¡Mami! Me duele la panza.
Mommy! My tummy hurts.

[Jessica]

is it the same as "stomach"?
¡Me duele el estómago!
learned a new word too. mami is "mommy". so madre is "mother" and mamá is mom?

[sosia]

Yep
madre, mama, mami mother, mom, mommy
padre, papá, papi father, dad, daddy

[laepelba]

A Peruvian friend of mine calls her mother "mamita".

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

A Peruvian friend of mine calls her mother "mamita".

I call my wife mamita! :-)

Hernan.

[poli]

I don't hear the word panza much--other than Quixote's sidekick.
The word I hear to refer to tummy (especially a big one) is barriga.

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by poli

I don't hear the word panza much--other than Quixote's sidekick.
The word I hear to refer to tummy (especially a big one) is barriga.

Not sure if this is correct, but I relate tummy = panza; belly = barriga. But they are kind of interchangeable.

[Jessica]

would younger kids say "panza" instead of estómago?

[chileno]

OK.

Although in Chile we use "Güata". The Castelian word is "Estómago", The word in English is "Stomach"

Now: barriga, panza are words that are used colloquially.

I guess in English would be the same. Belly, Tummy etc...

The words are accepted but they should translate literally to Estómago and Stomach. Unless speaking colloquially.


Hernan

[poli]

I'm not a meat eater, but I am sure I have seen sobrebarriga in butchershop windows. I another country I believe I have seen panza
at butcher shops.

[CrOtALiTo]

I have a questions David, I did a fast search at the dictionary from Tomisimo. And I found the word tummy and the website showed me the following meanings of the word, Tummy- Panza, Barriga. It's accurate translation or you have other meaning for it.

[Jessica]

so they mean the same? okay. thanks.

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

I have a questions David, I did a fast search at the dictionary from Tomisimo. And I found the word tummy and the website showed me the following meanings of the word, Tummy- Panza, Barriga. It's accurate translation or you have other meaning for it.

Yes, that is accurate.

Originally Posted by jchen

so they mean the same? okay. thanks.

Yes.

[CrOtALiTo]

Thank you for you advice.

[chileno]

I have learned very much with this discussion. I see that I need to visit the dictionary more often. :-)

Hernan

[laepelba]

Hernán - I just checked the www.wordreference.com that you mentioned in the other thread. It looks good - and I'll try using it sometimes. The interesting thing is that I tend to prefer Tomísimo's dictionary because you can type a word in either Spanish or English and the dictionary can figure out your source and target languages (most of the time). One less click is always good for a task that you repeat many times while on the computer!

Added later: I like wordreference.com's pronunciation guide. Enough to make me want to go back there regularly. David - start adding your .wav files (keep the cough drops on hand - you're going to have a lot of words to read for us!!)

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Hernán - I just checked the www.wordreference.com that you mentioned in the other thread. It looks good - and I'll try using it sometimes. The interesting thing is that I tend to prefer Tomísimo's dictionary because you can type a word in either Spanish or English and the dictionary can figure out your source and target languages (most of the time). One less click is always good for a task that you repeat many times while on the computer!

Added later: I like wordreference.com's pronunciation guide. Enough to make me want to go back there regularly. David - start adding your .wav files (keep the cough drops on hand - you're going to have a lot of words to read for us!!)

As a translator tool goes, you can't always find enough tools to use. As with anything idiomatic, discussions ensue and there we go...

Hernan

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by chileno

As a translator tool goes, you can't always find enough tools to use. As with anything idiomatic, discussions ensue and there we go...

Hernan

And I'm finding that there are an awful lot of things in Spanish that seem idiomatic to me.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

And I'm finding that there are an awful lot of things in Spanish that seem idiomatic to me.

eerr... have you taken a look at your language lately?

In English I like to say that all languages have their own "idiotsyncracy"


Hernan.

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by chileno

eerr... have you taken a look at your language lately?

In English I like to say that all languages have their own "idiotsyncracy"


Hernan.

Oh, you are SO right! When I'm trying to figure out what I want to say in Spanish - I often realize that my English probably ought NOT be translated directly because it is SO figurative. And I probably use figurative speech more than a lot of people because my mother uses idioms and figures of speech and little sayings for almost everything (she always has), and I have definitely picked that up from her!

Yes - I'm sure that all languages have their idio(T)syncracies. And I'm always impressed to hear someone who speaks English as something OTHER THAN their first language create "plays on words", as you just did. I think the humor shows a level of mastery that I can only hope to someday attain in my Spanish.....