I was once teaching Tagalog to a Tongan friend ( from Tonga, one of the Polynesian Islands). I have tried to use Tongan words to them but they corrected me and said that I was referring to their genital part. It was awkward.
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july.lullalove wrote:I was once teaching Tagalog to a Tongan friend ( from Tonga, one of the Polynesian Islands). I have tried to use Tongan words to them but they corrected me and said that I was referring to their genital part. It was awkward.
That's how I feel when I hear "conyo".
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That's how I feel when I hear "conyo".
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I understand it gets awkward big time. lol.
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july.lullalove wrote:wrote:That's how I feel when I hear "conyo".
I understand it gets awkward big time. lol.
Do you understand why quotes aren't working for you?
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It happened with my ex husband's family, when they arrived in Brazil from Peru. He offered a dinner to celebrate their arrival, and there was great expectation. Victor went to the supermarket and bought "little duck" ("patinho"), which is a beef kind of cut in here, and not duck meat. His nephew said "ducks taste like beef in Brazil".
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I think it is when I tried to reply to a comment and I just wanted to get a few portions of a text and I deleted some parts. 
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july.lullalove wrote:I think it is when I tried to reply to a comment and I just wanted to get a few portions of a text and I deleted some parts. :confused: :confused:
Yes - you have to leave the thing in brackets there, but you can delete what's in between them.
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Once I said "estoy embarazada" meaning "I'm pregnant" in Spanish, although I wanted to say I was embarrassed. "Embarrassed" is a true cognat in Portuguese ("embaraçada"), but not in Spanish. It's a classical mistake Brazilians make, together with: apellido, largo, aula, bolsa, bolso, borracha, cachorro, cena, cola, pastel, latir, oficina, pegar, pelado, película, polvo, presunto, pronto, propina, rato, saco, sitio, vaso, and many others that create funny situations.
It was my early stages of Spanish learning, and I happened to be in Chile then. I confused the waiter at the cafe with my usage of "Mucho Gusto". I pointed toward the cake served and said mucho gusto multiple times. The waiter was puzzled and I was as puzzled as he was. Later a friend explained the phrase to me. The literal translation of the phrase “Mucho gusto” would be “I like it very much”. However, it is commonly used as a greeting that means “Nice to meet you”, or “It is a pleasure to meet you”.
