¡Qué barbaridad!?

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by EmpanadaRica

'Jerk' is more or less equivalent to 'ass',' jackass' - tirón in Spanish according to my dictionary.

¿Tirón? Ya puedes tirar ese diccionario a la basura
Ass, jackass means burro, asno.

"Tirón" in "dar un tirón" means to pull (the hair, a muscle), to snatch (a bag, for instance)
Leer un libro de un tirón: to read in one go.

Me dio un tirón de pelos y casi me deja calva.
Me ha dado un tirón en la pierna jugando a fútbol.
He visto al ladrón cómo le daba un tirón a esa señora y le ha robado el bolso.
Este libro es tan interesante que me lo he leido de un tirón.

[EmpanadaRica]

Originally Posted by irmamar

¿Tirón? Ya puedes tirar ese diccionario a la basura
Ass, jackass means burro, asno.

Well it gave this trabslaton for 'jerk' more precisely.
Ass is literally a burro yes but also asno, 'dimwit'.
I didn't say these words meant exactly the same, just that they were similar in use as far as I could tell. As it turns out jackass or ass is apparantly stronger than 'jerk' , well in fact that seems logical and in corroborance with how I have seen/ heard it use. Please bear in mind these are not words I use on a daily basis myself here.

"Tirón" in "dar un tirón" means to pull (the hair, a muscle), to snatch (a bag, for instance)
Leer un libro de un tirón: to read in one go.

Me dio un tirón de pelos y casi me deja calva.
Me ha dado un tirón en la pierna jugando a fútbol.
He visto al ladrón cómo le daba un tirón a esa señora y le ha robado el bolso.
Este libro es tan interesante que me lo he leido de un tirón.

¡Ok gracias por explicarlo! The dictionary I used for this was wordreference and sofar I have had good experiences with it. But maybe I need to verify more often or otherwise use the RAE you referred me to last time around.

I think I made a mistake, by the way. This dictionary gave other explanations for jerk as a person, so I am sorry, it looks like this was my mistake!!
I misread 'tug' for 'thug' (which I thought was a peculiar description for a jerk anyway) and hadn' t noticed the other meanings underneath! As I was focussed on this meaning of jerk (and not 'to jerk' or 'a jerk' in that sense) I didn't think about it.

(contemptible person) (colloq) estúpido, -da m,f, pendejo, -ja m,f (AmL exc CS fam), gilipollas mf (Esp fam), huevón, -ona m,f (Andes, Ven fam)

Sorry for the confusion!

[irmamar]

You're right, I've seen that meaning of jerk as "tirón". I had to look for it before. Forgive me, I didn't see it

[EmpanadaRica]

Originally Posted by irmamar

You're right, I've seen that meaning of jerk as "tirón". I had to look for it before. Forgive me, I didn't see it

No te preocupes, no importa What a mess haha.. ¡qué barbaridad!

[irmamar]

You also can say ¡qué bárbaro! for people:

¿Has visto a qué velocidad iba ese ciclista hoy? ¡Qué bárbaro!

[EmpanadaRica]

¡Es divertido!

Aquí se utiliza 'cultuurbarbaar' - 'bárbaro de cultura'.
Se utiliza para una persona que no se interesa por museos, idiomas, literatura o cualquier cosa de cultura.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by EmpanadaRica

¡Es divertido!

Aquí se utiliza 'cultuurbarbaar' - 'bárbaro de cultura'.
Se utiliza para una persona que no se interesa por museos, idiomas, literatura o cualquier cosa de cultura.

Aquí un bárbaro también es alguien sin cultura, incluso cruel.

Un barbarismo es un extranjerismo.

Todo esto viene de las invasiones bárbaras (godos, etc.)