Forum Terms and Abbreviations

Also some verbs change meaning in the reflexive; "poner" vs. "ponerse" is a good example.

Without trying to sould like a Newbie, What is Cola =)

Ty

Heres one for you guys"

"le tire un polvo en la cara y se lo comio todo y despuse le tire otro en el culito que estaba tan apretado."

Meforu 2000

[QUOTE=Copia78]Without trying to sould like a Newbie, What is Cola =)

Ty[/QUOTE]Tail / Behind / Ass.

A useful resource is [url]http://www.wordreference.com/[/url] (although not for some slang, especially slang unique to Argentina)

Bob

I noticed the term con "mucha franela" in the context of sex what does it mean?

[QUOTE=Seberus]I noticed the term con "mucha franela" in the context of sex what does it mean?[/QUOTE]I did a Google search for "lunfardo franela" and the first hit was a thread at the wordreference site which contained the following:

"franela is Argentine slang for caressing and touching for sexual excitement, but not the 'real thing'."

Bob

[QUOTE=Copia78]Without trying to sould like a Newbie, What is Cola =)

Ty[/QUOTE]Cola is "rear end"

Thanks,

Fred.

[url]www.silverstarcar.com[/url]

[QUOTE=Ger Rec 1234]I was born in Argentina but I was raised in the States here are a few Phrase that they say, careful with who you use them you could get in trouble.

Why pico: (Ex: What time is it? Son las cinco why pico, or how old is she? Treinta y pico (It is like saying thirty something.[/QUOTE]Your post was priceless, but I still have to point out something REALLY funny!

You wrote "Y" and the forum changed it for "WHY", don't know why (lol, feel kinda dizzy)

[QUOTE=Roman 10]Your post was priceless, but I still have to point out something REALLY funny!

You wrote "why" and the forum changed it for "WHY", don't know why (lol, feel kinda dizzy)[/QUOTE][blue]Personally, I fail to see the humor. Nevertheless, here is the technical explanation:

1. ArgentinaPrivate is an English language forum.

2. There is no single letter word "y" in the English language.

3. However, the letter "y" is used by some chat room aficionados as shorthand for the word "why".

4. Therefor, the forum's text cleanup script, which saves me hundreds of hours every year, is set to automatically change the single letter "y" to the word "why", just as it changes the single letter "r" to the word "are" and the single letter "u" to the word "you", etc.

5. If your intention is to actually write the Spanish word "y" in the body of your post, then, after you've posted your original text, use the "edit" function to edit your text as desired, just as I did in this post.

Thanks,

Jackson[/blue]