Re: Spanish-Tagalog morphing


"Finalizer" <finalizer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Muchacho, muchacha ---(Spanish) boy, girl
---(Tagalog) a derogatory demeaning
word--a low level servant

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The word is also used in Latin America to refer to a low-level servant.

How about "coño"? In Spanish this is a vulgar word to refer to female
genitalia. But in Tagalog, the word means "upper class."

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How.illogical.is.that?


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