{"id":12841,"date":"2023-09-30T02:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T02:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/?p=12841"},"modified":"2023-09-30T02:00:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T02:00:26","slug":"%d1%81%d0%bb%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b0-%d1%81-%d0%b4%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b9%d0%bd%d1%8b%d0%bc-%d0%b7%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%87%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b5%d0%bc-%d0%b2-%d0%b8%d1%81%d0%bf%d0%b0%d0%bd%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/%d0%b1%d0%bb%d0%be%d0%b3\/%d1%81%d0%bb%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b0-%d1%81-%d0%b4%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b9%d0%bd%d1%8b%d0%bc-%d0%b7%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%87%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b5%d0%bc-%d0%b2-%d0%b8%d1%81%d0%bf%d0%b0%d0%bd%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Words with Double Meanings in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone who has learned another language has had their fair share of embarrassing stories. Some are for using the completely wrong word, like calling a car borracho <\/em>instead of barato<\/em> (true story!). However, sometimes, words can have a different meaning depending on the country<\/a>. If you aren\u2019t familiar with the slang or culture of a particular dialect or region, you could find yourself using words that actually have double meanings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using these words wouldn\u2019t technically be incorrect, but just like in English, some regions use different terms. This means that a word you might have learned in Spanish class might be true for most parts of the Spanish-speaking world, but not all of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Words with double meanings in Spanish<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Taco-<\/strong> While this is a tasty food from Mexico, it actually means that you\u2019re stuck in a traffic jam in Colombia or Chile. However, in Venezuela, a taco <\/em>is to be very smart, but could mean \u201ca lot of\u201d in Spain. You\u2019ll hear this word around the world, just for different reasons!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Fresa-<\/strong> For much of the Spanish-speaking countries, this is the word for strawberry. Particularly in Mexico, fresa<\/em> is used to describe someone as snooty or preppy. It\u2019s a slang way to describe a stereotype <\/a>of young, superficial people.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Cacho- <\/strong>Throughout Latin America, this means \u201ca little bit of time\u201d, like the expression \u201cEsp\u00e9rame un cacho\u201d<\/em>. It roughly means \u201cwait a bit!\u201d. In Spain, it means \u201ca portion\u201d, whereas Chileans might describe it as something that isn\u2019t useful anymore. Ecuadorians might use it to tell you a joke or a lie, but Venezuelans could use it to say someone is cheating on you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Palo-<\/strong> In Argentina, it\u2019s a strong blow, like being hit hard. In Puerto Rico, it\u2019s a drink. In Spain, it could be used to say they\u2019re being embarrassed by saying \u201cme da palo\u2026\u201d, but it could also mean bad news or a high price.<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Everyone who has learned another language has had their fair share of embarrassing stories. Some are for using the completely wrong word, like calling a car borracho instead of barato (true story!). However, sometimes, words can have a different meaning depending on the country. If you aren\u2019t familiar with the slang or culture of a [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":12842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,34,7,141,87,97,24],"tags":[115,75,88,49],"class_list":["post-12841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a1","category-b1","category-blog","category-culture","category-language","category-spanish","category-vocabulary","tag-become-fluent-in-spanish","tag-learn-spanish-online","tag-learn-to-speak-spanish","tag-spanish-vocabulary"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Portadas-blog-2-15.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}