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Caminito ("little walkway" or "little path" in Spanish) is a street museum and a traditional alley, located in La Boca, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.The place acquired cultural significance because it inspired the music for the famous tango "Caminito (1926)", composed by Juan de Dios Filiberto.
Idiomatic expressions may be difficult to translate fully and may have multiple meanings, so the English translations below may not reflect the full meaning of the expression they intend to translate. This is a short list and more may be found on the Academia Puertorriqueña de la Lengua Española website. [1]
La Boca (Spanish: [la ˈβoka]; "the Mouth", probably of the Matanza River) [2] is a neighborhood of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.. Its location near the Port of Buenos Aires meant the neighbourhood became a melting pot of different cultures during the 20th century, when millions of immigrants from Europe and Asia arrived to Argentina.
Meaning/use: One must be active and diligent in order to achieve one's goals. La fe mueve montañas. Literal translation: Faith moves mountains. Meaning/use: Praises the power of the confidence that faith endows us with. La mejor palabra siempre es la que queda por decir. Literal translation: The best word is the one left unsaid. Meaning/use:
In Colombia and Panama "la cagada" ("the shit") refers to something or someone that makes everything else go wrong or the one detail that is wrong about something (and is thus the complete opposite of the American slang the shit); e.g., Ese man es la cagada ("That dude is the shit" i.e. a fuck up/fucks everything up), La cagada aqui es el ...
Boca Chica beach is located on the southern tip of Texas along the Gulf Coast. The beach is used as a commercial launch site for SpaceX. "Overall, this is an unfortunate situation where a life was ...
Cielito lindo, junto a la boca, No se lo des a nadie, Cielito lindo, que a mí me toca. (Estribillo) Una flecha en el aire, Cielito lindo, lanzó Cupido. Si la tiró jugando, Cielito lindo, a mí me ha herido. (Estribillo) From the Sierra Morena, Pretty little heaven, come down A pair of little black eyes, Pretty little heaven, sneaking by ...
The fresa (strawberry) sub-culture uses different words and speech patterns to be condescending to other people and using words like "Que oso" ("what a bear"), oso meaning doing something embarrassing; or "made me feel like a bear" ("I was standing next to him, he did something embarrassing and I was standing there, feeling like a bear").