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poli · #1 May 20, 2009, 02:21 PM

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*** · #2 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 · #3 May 20, 2009, 03:29 PM

The complete expression is: !válgame dios!

CrOtALiTo · #4 May 20, 2009, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by poli

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** · #5 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.)

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