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This article is a summary of common slang words and phrases used in Puerto Rico. 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.
La cara es el espejo del alma. Literal translation: The face is the mirror of the soul. Meaning/use: Our face reflects our state of health, our character, and our mood. Origin: Cicero (106-43 BC): 'Ut imago est animi voltus sic indices oculi' La diligencia es la madre de la buena ventura. Literal translation: Diligence is the mother of good ...
Manflor (combination of the English loanword "man" and the word flor meaning "flower") and its variant manflora (a play on manflor using the word flora) are used in Mexico and in the US to refer, usually pejoratively, to a lesbian. (In Eastern Guatemala, the variation mamplor is used.) It is used in very much the same way as the English word ...
(Spanish: [poɾˈke no te ˈkaʎas]; English: "Why don't you shut up?") is a phrase that was uttered by King Juan Carlos I of Spain to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, at the 2007 Ibero-American Summit in Santiago, Chile, when Chávez was repeatedly interrupting Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's speech.
In some dialects of French, the English term "weekend" becomes la fin de semaine ("the end of week"), a calque, but in some it is left untranslated as le week-end, a loanword. French cor anglais (literally English horn) is a near-calque of English French horn. In English cor anglais refers to a completely different musical instrument.
que sea la - let it be; que sean - that are; que sean capaces - that they are capable; que sea venga - let it come; que se contrate - that is hired; que se dieron - what happened; que se duerman - let them fall asleep; que se ha vuelto - which has become; que se la imponía - that imposed it; que sentarían - that would lay; que se sumó - who ...
The word was originally used by teenagers and young adults but its use has spread to all age groups. Fresas are typically seen to be stand-offish and use a mixture of Spanish, and English or "Spanglish." They have a certain accent described as similar as if one had a potato in the mouth (la papa en la boca). [1]
Sheila Fischman's translation of La Guerre, yes Sir! (published under that title in French and English and meaning roughly "War, you bet!"), by Roch Carrier, leaves many sacres in the original Quebec French, since they have no real equivalent in English. She gives a brief explanation and history of these terms in her introduction, including a ...