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Pages in category "Mexican slang" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bolillo; C. Chairo (slang)
This word ending—thought to be difficult for Spanish speakers to pronounce at the time—evolved in Spanish into a "-te" ending (e.g. axolotl = ajolote). As a rule of thumb, a Spanish word for an animal, plant, food or home appliance widely used in Mexico and ending in "-te" is highly likely to have a Nahuatl origin.
In the Mexican telenovela Soñadoras Angélica Vale plays Julieta, a teenager of lower middle class origins who often poses as a high society person by behaving like a fresa. In the Mexican film Amar te duele the character Renata and her group of friends would be considered fresas. In the Mexican telenovela "Amor en Custodia" the character Bábara.
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Mexican slang (12 P) Pages in category "Spanish slang" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
According to Chicano artist and writer José Antonio Burciaga: . Caló originally defined the Spanish gypsy dialect. But Chicano Caló is the combination of a few basic influences: Hispanicized English; Anglicized Spanish; and the use of archaic 15th-century Spanish words such as truje for traje (brought, past tense of verb 'to bring'), or haiga, for haya (from haber, to have).
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Chicano gangster; b. a Southwest: a lower-class Mexican or person of Mexican ancestry (Mexico) Gangster (Latin America) Peruvian person (Peru & Bolivia) a Quechua Indian who moves to the city. Can also mean stupid or naive; not always a pejorative term, unless used in an offensive manner.