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Pot (marijuana)

Spanish translation: mota (US Spanish variant)

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English term or phrase:	Pot (marijuana)
Spanish translation:	mota (US Spanish variant)
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18:54 Dec 15, 2011

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English term or phrase: Pot (marijuana)

Hola

Quisiera saber cómo traducir "pot" para español de EE. UU. ¿Podría ser "porro"?

Gracias.

Belenmc KudoZ activity Questions: 567 (none open) (26 closed without grading) Answers: 13
Local time: 01:56

mota

Explanation:
I believe is the Mexican argot.

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DOUBLE A EN<>ES

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4 +5

mota

DOUBLE A EN<>ES

4 +2

maría o hierba

isabel murillo

Mota = Mexican, más extendido

nomasdf

Mary Jane/cannabis/laecologica/gallo

Lourdes Sanchez

yerba/pasto/pitillo

Lydia De Jorge

Discussion entries: 1

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2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

pot (marijuana) maría o hierba

Explanation:
en España sería esto

isabel murillo
Local time: 06:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Catalan,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 56

17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

pot (marijuana)

mota

Explanation:
I believe is the Mexican argot.

DOUBLE A EN<>ES
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

42 mins confidence:

pot (marijuana) yerba/pasto/pitillo

Explanation:
In Miami they are called pitillo or juanmas...In NY I always heard yerba or pasto

Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 00:56
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 276

1 hr confidence:

pot (marijuana) Mota = Mexican, más extendido

Explanation:
Pot hace referencia al "material", i no al "producto final"
(es decir, porro es siempre, en slang: Porro = Joint)

depending on the "spanish" variation, as it is indeed slang.

Mota = mexican, but for example, many places in south america (i.eg. Perú, Argentina, ) would be "hierba". Más allà de Mexico, muchos lo entenderian, pero en general es "megicano"

"Maria" as shorter for "Marihuana" viene claramente de españa, pero también está muy extendido y se entiende en gran parte de America Latina.

Si tuviera que arriesgar hacia un termino panamericano o "latino neutro" apostaria por "hierba", si queda claro en contexto

nomasdf
Local time: 06:56
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Catalan,

Spanish

10 hrs confidence:

pot (marijuana) Mary Jane/cannabis/laecologica/gallo

Explanation:
Mota entre mexicanos, gallo si son del Norte de Mexico, cannabis y Mary Jane todo mundo lo entiende.

Lourdes Sanchez
Local time: 00:56
Native speaker of: Spanish

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