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rose825
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Spanish Speaking People
How do you translate Tonto??
DS says it all the time, and I think its a bad word, but DH swears it means something like silly. Google translates it to Idiot which I dont like at all, but I am hoping its one of those words that the meaning gets lost in translation.
TIA
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Posted 2/1/07 8:16 AM  |
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Re: Spanish Speaking People
I've always used it as "stupid", but I've also heard it being used for "crazy"
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| Posted 2/1/07 8:35 AM |
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janet
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Re: Spanish Speaking People
this is what i found linky hth
Message edited 2/1/2007 8:36:15 AM.
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| Posted 2/1/07 8:36 AM |
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rose825
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Re: Spanish Speaking People
do you consider it a bad word???
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| Posted 2/1/07 8:41 AM |
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karacg
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Re: Spanish Speaking People
In Spain it means silly....sometimes foolish. Not a bad word. I can teach you some bad ones 
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| Posted 2/1/07 9:11 AM |
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Diva
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Re: Spanish Speaking People
I dont think its a bad word like a curse or anything. I always used it in the context of "fool" or "dummy"
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| Posted 2/1/07 9:20 AM |
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pnm1654
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Re: Spanish Speaking People
I translate it into meaning stupid.
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| Posted 2/1/07 9:29 AM |
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BabyAvocado
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Re: Spanish Speaking People
dumb or dummy
Not as bad as "stupid" or "idiot", not as innocent as "silly".
That's how I translate it.
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| Posted 2/1/07 9:33 AM |
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rose825
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Re: Spanish Speaking People
Posted by BabyAvocado
dumb or dummy
Not as bad as "stupid" or "idiot", not as innocent as "silly".
That's how I translate it.
would you want your 4 year old to say it?
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| Posted 2/1/07 11:42 AM |
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karacg
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Re: Spanish Speaking People
VERY common among kids in Spain -- much nicer than the words their parents use.
And Argentine Spanish is similar to Castillian so I wouldn't think it was bad for Ryan to say, no.
Actually parents would practically coo to their kids "Ayyyy, que tonto mi niño!! Qué guapo eres!!" and things like that...
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| Posted 2/1/07 11:50 AM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: Spanish Speaking People
I was taught in high school spanish that it meant dumb or stupid. WhenI was in Mexico, they used it to mean the same
Probably better to use a different word since it seems to be defined differently by region.
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| Posted 2/1/07 12:01 PM |
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Jessica
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Re: Spanish Speaking People
means dumb
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| Posted 2/1/07 12:03 PM |
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astroqueen74
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Re: Spanish Speaking People
It can be interpreted in many different ways. Depending your relationship with that person.
It can mean stupid, fool, dummy, etc
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