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Old October 08, 2010, 04:06 PM
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Best translation into Spanish?

¿Droga de entrada?
¿Droga de iniciación?
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My humble opinion is Entrada de droga.

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Acá, droga de iniciación (vg. el paco)
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Old October 09, 2010, 07:24 PM
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My humble opinion is Entrada de droga.
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Gateway drug = "gateway" es un modificador o adjetivo (o complemento del nombre) mientras que "drug" es el nombre. Así, en español tiene que ser "droga de entrada"... no al revés...

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Acá, droga de iniciación (vg. el paco)
Gracias, AleCcowan... ¿qué es el paco? ¿La maría?
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Estoy de acuerdo con Alec. "De iniciación" es el término más común (de hecho, nunca he oído "de entrada"). En México, hace unos 5 años, se decía que la droga de iniciación entre la gente joven era el éxtasis... no sé en estos días si siga siendo así.
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Gracias, tiene sentido. (En los 80 y antes creo que era la "hierba"... supongo que va cambiando...)
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Probablemente lo siga siendo, como "droga blanda" y relativamente barata.
Pero los muchachos conseguían (o consiguen) el éxtasis más o menos fácilmente en restaurantes, bares y discotecas. Se puso de moda muy rápidamente, porque tiene "la ventaja" de que no huele y se vendía en forma de pastillas de colores que pasaban por dulces, así que sus padres no lo detectaban a la primera.
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¿qué es el paco? ¿La maría?
paco = pasta base de cocaína

droga fumable elaborada con residuos de la purificación de la cocaína, anfetaminas, alcaloides químicos y bicarbonato, muy barata y altamente adictiva.
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en España la droga de iniciación sigue siendo el porrito
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en España la droga de iniciación sigue siendo el porrito

Y ¿qué es el porrito?

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Yes I know what it is.

Porrito is like a churrito this term is used in México for name to the Mariguana in cigarette.
Finally the word is interpreted as drug.
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That's right, Crotalito, "porro" "porrito" (diminutive of "porro") is a marihuana cigarrette or "joint", right? (Not considered a "hard drug", but a gateway drug...)
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Yes that's the diminutive of porro.
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