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01-20-2006, 09:46 AM
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Sluggish
My understanding of the word also covers the name for a lazy person, as he/she hardly moves.
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01-20-2006, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by MrMike
literally, A babosa is a slug, babosa is also an adjective meaning "slobbery" (baba is slober) My wife tells me this when she thinks I am bullsh!tting her, i.e...
She's giving me crap about this or that and yelling and I start saying "You look so pretty today sweetheart..." she'll say "tu si eres baboso!"
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I think your meaning is more appropriate...Baboso(a) in the context given by the OP is a bull****er. Probably the friend always says that she is dumping her boyfreind but never does.
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01-20-2006, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Stodgord
I think your meaning is more appropriate...Baboso(a) in the context given by the OP is a bull****er. Probably the friend always says that she is dumping her boyfriend but never does.
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I think she means "slimey" like a slug (no offense to MrMike).
This is probably the meaning in the OP's sentence he posted.
The girl probably takes advantage of the men she dates, then dumps them when a better sugar daddy comes around.
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01-20-2006, 12:33 PM
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MrMike's definition is spot on for Dominican-speak.
A baboso is a person who talks a lot of crap.
I have never heard it used to describe a lazy person. That would be vago, haraganetc.
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01-20-2006, 01:53 PM
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And one more note on babosa / baboso:
This is a low-class, barrio word. If you use this in the company of refined Dominicans, don't expect them to have much more to talk about with you, because this word immediately tells them who you hang out with, and they won't want to be there much longer.
Perhaps the second or third level of learning Spanish is to learn how to say ugly, crude things in a nicer way.
My favorite nice insult: coprafago. You can say it to someone while smiling, and they will smile right back at you, because not many know what this means.
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01-20-2006, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Stodgord
I think your meaning is more appropriate...Baboso(a) in the context given by the OP is a bull****er. Probably the friend always says that she is dumping her boyfreind but never does.
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Right, Babosa in this context means that the first speaker is talking sh!t and wont do what she claims she will do. Her words are just so much nonsense, tonteria, like drool.
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01-20-2006, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by GringoCArlos
. ...My favorite nice insult: coprafago.
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Do you mean 'dried coconut eater'? ;-)
http://www.bartleby.com/61/9/C0630900.html
SYLLABICATION: co·pra
PRONUNCIATION: kpr, kpr
NOUN: The dried white flesh of the coconut from which coconut oil is extracted.
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01-20-2006, 02:26 PM
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La flor y nata
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Mirador...
You know what this means....although it's not written correctly.
LDG.
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01-20-2006, 04:14 PM
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And, Leslie, it doesn't sound as crude as "baboso" either, si??
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01-20-2006, 05:11 PM
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Ay!
Ay!
Deja de babosar! Just do it!
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