wendyz@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDoes your language have animal slangs?message-squaremessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up176arrow-down1message-squareDoes your language have animal slangs?wendyz@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square56linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 months agoIn some Spanish-speaking regions, a goat is usually like a big dumb guy. And calling someone a horse is another way of saying they’re stupid.
minus-squareMothra@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoWhich regions? And do they say caballo for it or a different word?
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoCaballo, yes. That’s specific to Costa Rica. I forget where I heard the goat one (cabron) but I think it was either Spain or Mexico.
minus-squaregarbagebagel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months agoCabron in Mexican Spanish is widely used, but I think it’s not usually used to describe dumb. I’d translate it rather as bastard/asshole. It can also be used to describe when a situation or something is difficult.
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoAh it’s been a while I may have misremembered the exact definition.
In some Spanish-speaking regions, a goat is usually like a big dumb guy. And calling someone a horse is another way of saying they’re stupid.
Which regions? And do they say caballo for it or a different word?
Caballo, yes. That’s specific to Costa Rica. I forget where I heard the goat one (cabron) but I think it was either Spain or Mexico.
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Cabron in Mexican Spanish is widely used, but I think it’s not usually used to describe dumb. I’d translate it rather as bastard/asshole.
It can also be used to describe when a situation or something is difficult.
Ah it’s been a while I may have misremembered the exact definition.