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Old January 11, 2010, 05:25 AM
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Vamos pays

who knows what this means:

vamos pays
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Old January 11, 2010, 06:00 AM
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It doesn't make much sense to me. Pays is French for pais which means country. Lets go country?
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Old January 11, 2010, 12:28 PM
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It may be a shot form of "paisano", which is someone who has been born in the same country or region as the person who speaks.

It can also be understood as "buddy" or "mate".


So it could be "come on, buddy!"/"let's go, buddy"
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Old January 11, 2010, 01:07 PM
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Right - "Payés", I gather, = "paisano' in Catalán. (Fem. "payesa")
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who knows what this means:

vamos pays
It could to mean Vamos a pagar.?


Because the phrase alone doesn't make sense.
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Right - "Payés", I gather, = "paisano' in Catalán. (Fem. "payesa")
I find paisà in a dictionary.
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Old January 13, 2010, 04:04 AM
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Payés/payesa: agricultor/a en catalán.

Puede ser "país" mal escrito.
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Old January 13, 2010, 10:16 AM
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@Elan: you need to provide a clear context in order to get the right explanation or translation for it.
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Payés/payesa: agricultor/a en catalán.

Puede ser "país" mal escrito.
Es lo que he pensado, junto con que podría ser "paisa" mal escrito.
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Old January 13, 2010, 01:06 PM
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También podría ser "vamos, pues".
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También podría ser "vamos, pues".
Ah, entonces sería de por acá.
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I googled the expression and found this, inside a discussion on Pixies, the music band:

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vamos pays testament to what you said. and i actually thought bossanova was quite poor compared to their other stuff.
"Vamos" is a song included in the album "Surfer Rosa".

So the sentence makes more sense like: (The song) "Vamos" pays testament to what you said.
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I googled the expression and found this, inside a discussion on Pixies, the music band:



"Vamos" is a song included in the album "Surfer Rosa".

So the sentence makes more sense like: (The song) "Vamos" pays testament to what you said.
And probably the original poster will be back in 10 years or so...
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