Mar 28, 2005 16:33
19 yrs ago
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Spanish term
David J. Bartky
Que Onda Guero
Non-PRO
Homework / test
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Telecom(munications)
Language
Something about, What and fair skinned complexion
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +4 | what's up, whitey / white boy |
Christina Courtright
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| 4 +4 | Howdie, blondie! |
Rosa Maria Duenas Rios (X)
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| 3 +4 | What's going on, blondie? |
Maria Karra
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| 4 +1 | what's up, (man) |
aykon
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Proposed translations
+4
35 mins
Christina Courtright
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
ATA-certified Spa > Eng legal translator
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Selected
what's up, whitey / white boy
this slangy answer is consistent with the tone of the original
Peer comment(s):
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JoseAlejandro
: play that funky music, white boy!!!
26 mins
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thanks... I should have stuck w/the first...
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Refugio
1 hr
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thanks & ditto
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: "White boy" is good, but for me, "whitey" has a negative connotation that is not implied here.
2 hrs
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thanks & ditto
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Michele Fauble
7 days
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thanks!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
+4
3 mins
Howdie, blondie!
Que onda is coloquial Spanish (from Mexico) for how are you, and guero is someone fair skinned, or blond.
Peer comment(s):
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mslang
1 min
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Gracias luigso.
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George Rabel
: the other way, Rosa. "Què onda" no es exclusivo de los mexicanos, pero guero sì lo es.
3 mins
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Hola George. Efectivamente, coloque "México" en lugar incorrecto. Mi preocupación era que alguien dijera que "qué onda" tiene otro significado en otros países, aunque es obvio que se trata de México (por lo de güero).
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Chutzpahtic (X)
4 mins
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Gracias Lupita.
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María T. Vargas
: I share George's words.
4 mins
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Muchas gracias María.
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María Teresa Taylor Oliver
: Me gusta la pseudorima =) Y sí... lo que dijo George. Saludos.
10 mins
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Salió en verso sin esfuerzo, María Teresa. Saludos.
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Juan Jacob
: ¿Quihubo, Rosa?
37 mins
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Güerita, si me hace usté el favor... ;-). Hola Juan, yo formo parte de la minoría mexicana catalogada como "güera". Y si me asoleo, ¡me pongo como camarón!
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Refugio
: The idea is right, but both "howdy" (spelled with a y) and "blondie" sound out of date. BTW, howdy is more like hello than how are you.
2 hrs
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Out of date or not,, seven persons believe that both terms are an accurate translation. The asker is not asking about "current" or "modern" expressions.
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JoseAlejandro
: yeah, really.....I think you do good work, otherwise....and you're picture is very cute.....but this time I have to disagree.....sorry!....you've listened to Blondie before, right?
7 hrs
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Really?
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+4
3 mins
Maria Karra
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Engineer & Linguist
Native in: English 
, Greek
Works in: Greek to English, English to Greek, French to English, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
What's going on, blondie?
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Note added at 4 mins (2005-03-28 16:37:56 GMT)
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or \"what\'s up, blondie?\"
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Note added at 4 mins (2005-03-28 16:37:56 GMT)
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or \"what\'s up, blondie?\"
Peer comment(s):
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George Rabel
: What`s up..what`s happenning...howdy
4 mins
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| agree |
Lillian van den Broeck
13 mins
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| agree |
Juan Jacob
: También.
37 mins
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| agree |
Michele Fauble
7 days
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+1
2 hrs
what's up, (man)
I wouldn't bring the races in here (not Whitey), it s not a thing between black and white or different races, güero can be anyone who's got some lighter hair and skin but it doesn't mean he's blond
Discussion
Luck.