Spanish: galas vijitasEnglish translation: viejitas = hags 
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Social Sciences - Anthropology / research study | | Spanish term or phrase: galas vijitas | not sure about the spelling. it is from a taped conversational transcript. anthropological research
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| | Clarification request(s) and responseHenry Hinds: 5:08pm Nov 2, 2004: More CONTEXT is needed, otherwise prepare for guesses. -
María Teresa Taylor Oliver: 5:30pm Nov 2, 2004: We need to know the source country, the Spanish variant... As you're aware, the language varies greatly from one country to another. We also need more context, please. -
Stanley Garland (asker): 5:38pm Nov 2, 2004: Yes, the study is being conducted among mexican migrant high school students. The respondant was talking about certain types of girls in the school that would not associate with him for some reason.
Henry Hinds: 8:35pm Nov 2, 2004: It might have been poorly transcribed with errors, therefore we might have to think what it should be rather than what we see. I'll think, but no guarantees! -
María Teresa Taylor Oliver: 5:34pm Nov 11, 2004: Glad to be of help :) -
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| | viejitas = hags | Explanation:
Not sure about the "galas" part, but "vijitas" may be "viEjitas", diminutive for "viejas".
In Mexican Spanish, "vieja" is a derogatory term for any woman, specially one's wife.
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Note added at 59 mins (2004-11-02 17:54:45 GMT)
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Literally, \"vieja\" means \"old woman\", but it\'s used for women of any age.
vieja. f. 1. Esposa. || 2. Mujer en general (aun joven).
viejo, vieja. m. y f. Esposo. || viejo rabo verde, o viejo verde. (De verde \'que conserva inclinaciones galantes impropias de su edad\', de verde [de una planta] \'que conserva alguna savia\'.) m. Anciano enamoradizo, propenso a enamorarse. | mientras más viejo, más pendejo [y su parodia festiva y eufemística: mientras más viejo, más pelón de la frente]. loc. Los viejos se vuelven más lentos mentalmente. || no todo lo viejo es malo, ni todo lo nuevo es bueno. ref. Hay que hacer una apreciación sin prejuicios.
http://www.academia.org.mx/dbm/DICAZ/v.htm
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Note added at 1 hr 2 mins (2004-11-02 17:58:38 GMT)
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Even \"those old hags\". Not necessarily implies they ARE old, he\'s just calling them names. |
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| Note from asker to answererexactly, I clarified withthe student and you were corect.
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| viejitas = hags
Explanation:
Not sure about the "galas" part, but "vijitas" may be "viEjitas", diminutive for "viejas".
In Mexican Spanish, "vieja" is a derogatory term for any woman, specially one's wife.
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Note added at 59 mins (2004-11-02 17:54:45 GMT)
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Literally, \"vieja\" means \"old woman\", but it\'s used for women of any age.
vieja. f. 1. Esposa. || 2. Mujer en general (aun joven).
viejo, vieja. m. y f. Esposo. || viejo rabo verde, o viejo verde. (De verde \'que conserva inclinaciones galantes impropias de su edad\', de verde [de una planta] \'que conserva alguna savia\'.) m. Anciano enamoradizo, propenso a enamorarse. | mientras más viejo, más pendejo [y su parodia festiva y eufemística: mientras más viejo, más pelón de la frente]. loc. Los viejos se vuelven más lentos mentalmente. || no todo lo viejo es malo, ni todo lo nuevo es bueno. ref. Hay que hacer una apreciación sin prejuicios.
http://www.academia.org.mx/dbm/DICAZ/v.htm
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Note added at 1 hr 2 mins (2004-11-02 17:58:38 GMT)
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Even \"those old hags\". Not necessarily implies they ARE old, he\'s just calling them names.
| | Note from asker to answerer| exactly, I clarified withthe student and you were corect. |
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