Chuta! Here’s a fabulous list of Ecuadorian slang. It’s full of gems — although I’d add a few choice words I remember from my year at latitude zero. Namely, buenaso (really good) and sigue no mas (go ahead).
I’m actually delighted to have come across this, as I assumed that a few of these were not specific to Ecuador — I thought they were standard Spanish. In the future, I’ll be sure not to ask for, say, canguil (popcorn) at a movie theatre in Mexico. Or say mande (huh?) to a Honduran.
Most telling definition: “Cholo: 1) A person with mixed race (indigenous and spanish) 2) Insult.”
Definition that evokes the most unpleasant memories: chuchaqui (hungover). I always wondered how you spelled that.
(Link via Gridskipper.)
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He he he… my country is full of those popular expressions… “chuta pana!, que bacán que hayas escrito sobre nuestro país, te pasaste ñaño!!”
Gracias, blue. Su sito del web es muy CHEVERE. Esta noche voy a beber unos CANELOSOS y comer mucho CANGUIL (y CUY). Permo manana estare muy CHUCHAQUI…
What an absolute crack up! You have to hear how I found this site. Myself and my Ecuadorian husband (we now live in Australia), have been on a 16 month sojourn around the world…..we are now looking for work…..how BORING compared to what we have been up to recently! I was so bored that I wrote “abombe” in the search bar……..and up comes your web site! We have spent the last 10 minutes on the floor!
Thanks for a damn good laugh
Ombi
PS Might you add “jue pu!!!!!”
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