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My Spanish Notes No seas haragán Sunday, March 10, 2013
This blog is a collection of the things I learn from talking with native Spanish speakers on my quest to become bilingual. No grammar, no verb conjugations, no "book" Spanish - just real Spanish I learn from real conversations.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
No seas haragán
This piece of Spanish that I'm going to talk to you about today came out of a conversation I had on Facebook. In fact, I've been picking up a lot of Spanish from chatting with my amigos on Facebook.
During one of those chats I admitted to a friend that I hadn't written anything for my blog lately, not to mention several household chores I had been avoiding. He replied to me with:
wow hahaha tu has estado de guevon lol
Wow, you have been lazy
Güevón is very slangy word for perezoso, which means lazy. I've also seen it written as huevón, and a Google search will also give you güevón. I wouldn't lose any sleep over how it's spelled, because it's a very informal word best reserved for your friends and online chat. Nor whether or not you put the accents in the right place. In fact, when you're texting or chatting very few people put any emphasis on accents at all. And yes ladies, you too can be huevonas.
Actually, I need to point out that you can say de güevón , un güevón , or just güevón .
De güevón translates to being lazy, while un güevón might be best translated as a lazy bum, and güevón sometimes can be translated either way.
Sos un webon, no te gusta hacer nada
Dude you are a lazy bum, you don't like to do anything
Webon is another spelling variation you'll see and sos is a conjugation of Vos, which I plan on blogging about very soon. It's informal, equivalent to tú.
Levantate ya es tarde no estes de guebon
Get up, it's late, don't be lazy
Eres güevón
You're a lazy bum
And like always, there's more than one way to skin a cat, and in Guatemala you can skin that cat with the word haragán.
My amigo explained it to me perfectly:
haragán es lo mismo que perezoso
es colloquial para decir que has estado de perezoso
oh de haragán
Haragán is the same as perezoso
It's a colloquial way to say you've been lazy
With that in mind, it shouldn't surprise you that you can substitute haragán for güevón.
No seas haragán
Don't be lazy
Ya ponte a trabajar no estes de haragán
Now get to work and don't be lazy
And there you have it, three ways to let your buddies (or kids) know just how lazy they really are.
And while I'm not going to make any promises, I'm going to try and be a little less of a guevon and starting blogging a little more often.
Hasta la próxima!
During one of those chats I admitted to a friend that I hadn't written anything for my blog lately, not to mention several household chores I had been avoiding. He replied to me with:
wow hahaha tu has estado de guevon lol
Wow, you have been lazy
Güevón is very slangy word for perezoso, which means lazy. I've also seen it written as huevón, and a Google search will also give you güevón. I wouldn't lose any sleep over how it's spelled, because it's a very informal word best reserved for your friends and online chat. Nor whether or not you put the accents in the right place. In fact, when you're texting or chatting very few people put any emphasis on accents at all. And yes ladies, you too can be huevonas.
Actually, I need to point out that you can say de güevón , un güevón , or just güevón .
De güevón translates to being lazy, while un güevón might be best translated as a lazy bum, and güevón sometimes can be translated either way.
Sos un webon, no te gusta hacer nada
Dude you are a lazy bum, you don't like to do anything
Webon is another spelling variation you'll see and sos is a conjugation of Vos, which I plan on blogging about very soon. It's informal, equivalent to tú.
Levantate ya es tarde no estes de guebon
Get up, it's late, don't be lazy
No seas güevón
Don't be lazyEres güevón
You're a lazy bum
And like always, there's more than one way to skin a cat, and in Guatemala you can skin that cat with the word haragán.
My amigo explained it to me perfectly:
haragán es lo mismo que perezoso
es colloquial para decir que has estado de perezoso
oh de haragán
Haragán is the same as perezoso
It's a colloquial way to say you've been lazy
With that in mind, it shouldn't surprise you that you can substitute haragán for güevón.
No seas haragán
Don't be lazy
Ya ponte a trabajar no estes de haragán
Now get to work and don't be lazy
And there you have it, three ways to let your buddies (or kids) know just how lazy they really are.
And while I'm not going to make any promises, I'm going to try and be a little less of a guevon and starting blogging a little more often.
Hasta la próxima!
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Saturday, March 9, 2013
Mexico's Hippie Haven of Zipolite | Mexico Current News and ... Mexico's laid-back tourist treasure Zipolite has become a favorite of old hippies, young adventure-seekers and locals who are looking for a quiet, tranquil ... mexicotoday.org/article/mexico’s-hippie-haven-zipolite
Mexico's Hippie Haven of Zipolite | Mexico Current News and ...
Mexico's laid-back tourist treasure Zipolite has become a favorite of old hippies, young adventure-seekers and locals who are looking for a quiet, tranquil ...
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Mexico's laid-back tourist treasure Zipolite has become a favorite of old hippies, young adventure-seekers and locals who are looking for a quiet, tranquil ...
mexicotoday.org/article/
Mexico’s Hippie Haven of Zipolite
Mexico’s laid-back tourist treasure Zipolite has become a favorite of old hippies, young adventure-seekers and locals who are looking for a quiet, tranquil getaway.
A sleepy town with one main street and no ATMs, Zipolite is one of many tiny coastal pueblos that dot the Pacific in Mexico’s Southern state of Oaxaca. Stretching from Puerto Escondido to Huatulco, the region is sometimes called the Oaxaca Riviera.
The hippie crowd discovered Zipolite in the 1960s and since then it has slowly evolved into an offbeat tourist spot for middle-class Mexicans and free-wheeling liberals from across the globe.
Unlike the party-all-night, Cancun-like atmosphere that Mexico has come to be associated with, Zipolite nightlife equates to gathering on the beach to watch brilliant sunsets, or posting up at a restaurant or bar for live music and entertainment.
“Zipolite after six is awesome with all the dreadlocked kids hoping to sell their creations along with a great choice of different restaurants,” said Mike Bolli, a retiree from Vancouver, Canada, who has been visiting the area for the last 10 years. “It’s not overcrowded but you can find a crowd if you want.”
It feels light years away from the areas of Mexico that tourists now avoid due to drug violence. The U.S. State Department spared Oaxaca from its travel warnings about Mexico, making Zipolite visitors feel safe about extending their visit or returning annually.
Laid-back beach, lost in time, in Zipolite, Mexico Foster's Daily Democrat ZIPOLITE, Mexico — "You're going to like it here in Zipolite," Daniel Weiner, the owner of Brisa Marina hotel said with a wry smile as he handed me the keys ...
Laid-back beach, lost in time, in Zipolite, Mexico
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ZIPOLITE, Mexico — "You're going to like it here in Zipolite," Daniel Weiner, the owner of Brisa Marina hotel said with a wry smile as he handed me the keys ...
Foster's Daily Democrat
ZIPOLITE, Mexico — "You're going to like it here in Zipolite," Daniel Weiner, the owner of Brisa Marina hotel said with a wry smile as he handed me the keys ...
Travel: Zipolite has a way of making you feel lost in time Waterloo Record Jody Kurash, AP Jody Kurash/The Associated Press Visitors bathe in the surf along the beach in Zipolite, Mexico. A sleepy town with one main street and no ...
Travel: Zipolite has a way of making you feel lost in time
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Jody Kurash, AP Jody Kurash/The Associated Press Visitors bathe in the surf along the beach in Zipolite, Mexico. A sleepy town with one main street and no ...
Waterloo Record
Jody Kurash, AP Jody Kurash/The Associated Press Visitors bathe in the surf along the beach in Zipolite, Mexico. A sleepy town with one main street and no ...
Laid-back beach, lost in time, in carefree hippie haven of ... Windsor Star Visitors bathe in the surf along the beach in Zipolite, Mexico. A sleepy town with one main street and no ATMs, Zipolite is one many tiny coastal pueblos ...
Laid-back beach, lost in time, in carefree hippie haven of ...
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Visitors bathe in the surf along the beach in Zipolite, Mexico. A sleepy town with one main street and no ATMs, Zipolite is one many tiny coastal pueblos ...
Windsor Star
Visitors bathe in the surf along the beach in Zipolite, Mexico. A sleepy town with one main street and no ATMs, Zipolite is one many tiny coastal pueblos ...
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