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26 Sep 2012 4:55 PM by morerosado Star rating. 6927 posts Send private message

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Very comical thread, moreso as it's been posted in the BUYING PROPERTY FORUM, ha ha!



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26 Sep 2012 5:21 PM by eggcup Star rating. 567 posts Send private message

Yes, hosilverlining: that one is good in Italian, too:

penne (pens, a type of pasta)      pene (penis)

anno (year)                                   ano (anus)

It's really weird having to try and say an 'n' twice, but that's what you have to do.



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26 Sep 2012 6:04 PM by hosilverlining Star rating in Property owner in Gr.... 173 posts Send private message

morerosado - anyone buying property in Spain is in desperate need of something to laugh about...

 





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26 Sep 2012 6:10 PM by morerosado Star rating. 6927 posts Send private message

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Justin has thought to move it into chit chat.

You could say buying property in Spain should be in the joke section, hosliverlining.



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27 Sep 2012 2:18 AM by eos_ian Star rating in Valencia. 509 posts Send private message

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A cousin of mine came over quite a way back and she was being chatted up by some local guy:

He says : " Nos vemos el Sabado?"  :    "Shall we see each other on Saturday"

She replies : " Si, vale, estoy gratis el Sabado"  "Yes, ok, I'm free (of charge) Saturday!"

Should have said  "Si estoy libre el Sabado" (free of obligations)

 

 

 



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28 Sep 2012 12:30 AM by tamaraessex Star rating in Colmenar, Malaga. 508 posts Send private message

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That's brilliant Ian!

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28 Sep 2012 8:28 AM by Irene&Alan Star rating in Formentera del Segur.... 701 posts Send private message

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When we first bought our apartment 7 years ago, we spent a night in a small hotel in Los Palacios. Whilst in the bar my OH saw a man with a plate of mixed nuts and decided he wanted some, so he asked for ´un plato de locos mixtas´. When the barmaid finally stopped laughing (quite some time afterwards, I might add), she gave him his frutos secos.





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28 Sep 2012 9:02 AM by eggcup Star rating. 567 posts Send private message

In a restaurant in Cordoba, the mistakes were happening in reverse in the form of a very badly translated menu.  'Nueces con nata' (nuts with cream) was translated into English as 'nuts with scum.'



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28 Sep 2012 12:14 PM by norm de plume Star rating in North Tenerife and L.... 162 posts Send private message

Years ago, when hiring a car, we were told we would have to wait for "un gato".  We thought "what's a cat got to do with it?".  Or should it be "gateau"?  Eventually, the penny dropped that it also meant "car jack".  Fortunately we did not need it.





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28 Sep 2012 7:40 PM by mac75 Star rating in Valencia. 415 posts Send private message

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A foreign friend used to work nightshifts  in a Bingo's cloakroom hanging up coats all night.

When asked;

Como lo llevas?  (How are you getting on?)

She answered  : Se me cansan los hombres  ( which basically implies - men get worn out with me)

instead of :

 Se me cansan los hombros ( My shoulders get worn out)

 


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29 Sep 2012 9:45 AM by tamaraessex Star rating in Colmenar, Malaga. 508 posts Send private message

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Eggcup has reminded me of my favourite ever menu mis-translation .......

Large heading on the Spanish side of the menu: VINO EN BOTELLA

Large heading on the English sidenof the menu: HE CAME IN A BOTTLE

Ah, the dangers of using an internet translator. :-)

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29 Sep 2012 10:30 AM by graeme13 Star rating. 33 posts Send private message

 

i cant remember how long we had been here but at our local beach bar i was trying to order in my best spanish..

 

Our 2 girls by this stage already fluent in spanish..

 

I ended the order asking for " dos besos"...thinking i was ordering 2 glasses...

When in fact i should have said " dos vasos"

 what i in fact asked for was " 2 kisses"

 

 





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29 Sep 2012 11:54 AM by jenken Star rating. 28 posts Send private message

A couple of medical mishaps.

We were in Spain on holiday and I required a laxative so my husband went into the chemist's shop and said I was constipado. I took the medication that was advised, no laxative effect but I had the clearest head and nose you can imagine. Constipado means blocked sinuses!

 

An elderly friend,who was 80 at the time, went to her Spanish Doctor with a female complaint and told him she was embarazada, or as she though embarassed. He was a bit surprised since embarazada means pregnant!





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29 Sep 2012 12:18 PM by jane b Star rating in Bedar, Almeria. 222 posts Send private message

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 My favourite locally is in a menu produced at massive cost by a local bar and clearly translated by machine.  Among the jewels were 'it files' for 'limas' and my all time best 'strained fragmentation hand grenade' for Pina Colada.  Easy to see how they got there but WHY don't they just give an English person a beer and ask them to proof-read???



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29 Sep 2012 1:36 PM by Roberto Star rating in Torremolinos. 4551 posts Send private message

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From a local Spanish cafe - check out the breakfast offer at the bottom. Amazing how many Brits can't resist ordering a smurf with their coffee, out of pure curiosity. It would be lovely to be served by a little blue man with a pointy hat, but sadly, this is only what the Spanish call their small bread rolls.

 



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29 Sep 2012 5:40 PM by tonyl Star rating in Bristol and Águilas,.... 7 posts Send private message

 My wife and I were shopping in our local shopping centre, and decided to have lunch in a café there. She wanted a chicken sandwich, so I went up to the bar all armed to ask for un bocadillo de pollo. However, when I got there, the menu listed them as something slightly different - if I remember correctly, it was something like bocadita, which threw me slightly. So instead of asking for a bocadillo de pollo, I asked for a bocadita de polla. As soon as I saw the smirk crossing the girl's face, I realised my error and  hastily corrected it. Don't think I'll make that mistake again!





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29 Sep 2012 6:28 PM by TamaraEssex Star rating in Colmenar, Malaga. 508 posts Send private message

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 That wretched chicken is definitely tripping up a lot of us!



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29 Sep 2012 6:50 PM by mac75 Star rating in Valencia. 415 posts Send private message

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 Yes it is!!!   It is such an easy mistake.      A lot of mistakes are made by one letter changes or pronunciation and unfortunately

there are a lot of words related to food that are related to intimate parts of the body making for embarrassing moments around the

table sometimes if you are not careful or talk out of context.



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29 Sep 2012 7:28 PM by geofb Star rating. 19 posts Send private message

When in Barcelona with my wife , and wishing to see Gaudi's cathedral , I went into the tourist office where I asked where to go , the lady replied with what I thought was 'whole family', so I said no just us two. She fell about laughing because she had said' Holy Family' and of course I replied no just us two!!





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29 Sep 2012 8:18 PM by afrouhuru Star rating. 6 posts Send private message

In our village bar last week I ordered un cafe con gas and agua con leche (fizzy coffee and water with milk)  - the barman queried the order, treated it as a huge joke (as I did when I realised the error)  but repeated it as he put the (correct) drinks on the table. I sense that he is not going to let me forget it!!





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