Po

[airi]

Hello everybody!How's it goin?Been here for a while now,but this is my first post.Anyways,i just encountered the word po while chattin with an amigo.Can anyone tell me what does it mean?I'd really appreciate your help.Gracias por adelantado

[Elaina]

Originally Posted by airi

Hello everybody!How's it goin?Been here for a while now,but this is my first post.Anyways,i just encountered the word po while chattin with an amigo.Can anyone tell me what does it mean?I'd really appreciate your help.Gracias por adelantado

Welcome Airi!

I would guess we need more information as to how "po" was used. How did your "amigo" use it? Maybe give us the sentence he/she used.

[airi]

Hey,that was fast,jeje!
He wrote "hola po,airi".I'm thinkin its some kinda abbreviation or acronym.i just dont have any idea what it is.

[CrOtALiTo]

Po, I don't know but it could to be used in the word Winnie pooh like po.

I bid you welcome.

[Elaina]

Was it a text message? If it was, I am not very good at interpreting them. I'll let my co-horts answer you. Sorry!

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by airi

Hey,that was fast,jeje!
He wrote "hola po,airi".I'm thinkin its some kinda abbreviation or acronym.i just dont have any idea what it is.

I recommend you that if you need information about kinda type of abbreviation in words you can use google.ca or other search machine, because it's very weir to know sometimes most when the person is not native of a place.

[airi]

Thanks,Elaina.Dont worry about it.And yes,it was a text.

And Crotalito,I tried googling it,but they were all irrelevant.My friend is Chilean,by the way.Maybe it's slang...

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by airi

Thanks,Elaina.Dont worry about it.And yes,it was a text.

And Crotalito,I tried googling it,but they were all irrelevant.My friend is Chilean,by the way.Maybe it's slang...

Ok. It does not matter.

[lblanco]

How about asking your "amigo", and then let the rest of us know. I had the same experience with lol...laugh out loud.

Learn something new everyday )

[airi]

Originally Posted by lblanco

How about asking your "amigo", and then let the rest of us know. I had the same experience with lol...laugh out loud.

Learn something new everyday )

jeje,yeah,i guess i should just ask him.It's just that his English is not very good sometimes,i figured it's easier to ask it in here. Anyways,i'll let you know when i find out.Thanks for everything,guys!Saludos!

[Jessica]

welcome back airi

[literacola]

In Spanish or English? Sometimes the word "po" is used in English to refer to the police.

If you are talking about Spanish, I am not sure.

[airi]

thanks jchen.long time,eh.what's up?

Originally Posted by literacola

In Spanish or English? Sometimes the word "po" is used in English to refer to the police.

If you are talking about Spanish, I am not sure.

In Spanish.And if I remembered correctly,it was also used at the end of a sentence.Like for example,(i just read this somewhere)"CAMBIA LA JOTO PO".I don't know what's joto also.

I just found out joto is Spanish slang for gay man.

[literacola]

Originally Posted by airi

In Spanish.And if I remembered correctly,it was also used at the end of a sentence.Like for example,(i just read this somewhere)"CAMBIA LA JOTO PO".I don't know what's joto also.

Joto is an offensive term that means a homosexual man. I am not sure about the word po. It could just be meaningless slang.

[Rusty]

It sounds as if your amigo is from the Dominican Republic. (The slang you're learning is from there.)
The word po (sometimes spelled po') is the same as saying pues. It's a filler word.

Por ejemplo:
A po' ta bien.
= Ah, pues está bien.

[Tomisimo]

I'm pretty sure "po" can but short for "pues" in some places.

Oops, I had this thread open for an hour and came back and replied before seeing the new replies.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

I'm pretty sure "po" can but short for "pues" in some places.

Oops, I had this thread open for an hour and came back and replied before seeing the new replies.

Sí. Es la abreviación de pues en Chile.

Yo se de eso...

"Hola po, cómostai? Que querí conmigo?

Eso es chileno puro, no es castellano.

[Elaina]

Ah.......Chileno al rescate.

It's like a whole new language, huh?

[Nico]

Wow. I've never seen "po" abbreviated for "pues." I've only seen "pos." So I'm going to go ahead and assume that "pues" is shortened to "pos," which is then shortened to "po." Bueno, para los que han leído "Los de abajo," se utiliza "pos" casi cada frase" jaja.

[lee ying]

pos si! lol, Welcome airi, what does airi mean?^_ ^