wendyz@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoDoes your language have animal slangs?message-squaremessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareDoes your language have animal slangs?wendyz@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square43linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 days 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-up0·3 days agoWhich regions? And do they say caballo for it or a different word?
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days 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-up1·edit-23 days 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-up1·3 days 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.
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.