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09-30-2004, 12:29 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Boca Chica?
Dumb question #3: What, exactly, does "Boca Chica" mean?
Being ignorant of Spanish, I'm using altavista's Babel Fish online translator.
If I put in "Boca", it returns "Mouth"; "Chica" yields "Girl".
If I type in "Boca Chica", though, it comes up with "Small Mouth".
Can anyone clarify?
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10-01-2004, 10:44 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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hmmm!
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Originally Posted by Victor Laszlo
Dumb question #3: What, exactly, does "Boca Chica" mean?
Being ignorant of Spanish, I'm using altavista's Babel Fish online translator.
If I put in "Boca", it returns "Mouth"; "Chica" yields "Girl".
If I type in "Boca Chica", though, it comes up with "Small Mouth".
Can anyone clarify?
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Boca defenately means mouth, but Chica can have 2 meanings.
Chica as in girl or Chica as in small............i would go with small mouth, it has more meaning.
Janet.
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10-01-2004, 11:15 AM
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El Mujeron
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 1,817
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Ok, we can make this thread a very funny one.
I live in San Cristobal, and I thought we had the funniest names for our towns. So lets see what has better ones:
Pueblo Nuevo - New Town (my town!)
Madre Vieja - Old Lady
Lava Pies - Feet Cleaner
Zona Verde - Green Zone
Samangola - there is NO translation for that one.
Any others?
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10-01-2004, 11:23 AM
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Bronze
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 39
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Sabana Perdida = Lost Sheets
I think there's one called "El ollo de chulin" = don't know what it translates to, but it made me laugh when I heard it.
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10-01-2004, 11:41 AM
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La flor y nata
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 1,941
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Bella Vista= Nice view/Beautiful view
Mirador= viewpoint (con vistas) , "the" watcher (it's hard to translate).
My mind has gone blank now...
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10-01-2004, 11:43 AM
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La flor y nata
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 1,941
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I think you may mean "hoyo".
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Originally Posted by dominicangirl
Sabana Perdida = Lost Sheets
I think there's one called "El ollo de chulin" = don't know what it translates to, but it made me laugh when I heard it.
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10-01-2004, 11:46 AM
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Bronze
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 5
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Hoyo de Chulin
Funny if spelled right
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10-01-2004, 12:00 PM
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La flor y nata
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 1,941
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El Capotillo
capot= bonnet/ hood
"illo"= little
"Litte Hood"
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10-01-2004, 01:19 PM
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La flor y nata
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 1,941
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I am adding "towns and cities" as they come to mind
Arroyo Hondo= Deep Creek
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10-01-2004, 01:34 PM
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La flor y nata
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 1,941
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Las Palmas=
this one is interesting because "palmas" could have various meanings:
1. palma (de mano)= "palm of your hand"
2. palma (palmera)= "palma tree"
3. palmas (aplausos)= "clapping", "applause".
It's your pick on the translation. I choose #2 since the DR is a tropical country.
"the Palm Trees"
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