There's a title for a new CD of Juanes' coming out, and it's called, "La vida es un ratico"
I ALREADY know that it means "Life is a ________"
Can anyone fill in the blank? I've looked in my dictionaries, and I can't find it. I'm guessing that it's slang (from Colombia probably, because Juanes is from Medellín).
¡Chasgracias! (Thanks a bunch!)
2007-03-22 10:32:06 · 8 answers · asked by Devin O 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
SO, does it mean "Life is short", or "Life is a little while", or something close to that?
2007-03-22 10:43:15 · update #1
yes, it is a colombian slang...
colombian combine their own slang with spanish words..
hes reffering to RATITO (a little bit) but colombians drop the TITO and add TIKO..like chikitito, they say chikitiko
2007-03-22 10:40:25 · answer #1 · answered by TrickB 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This sounds interesting! Me encanta espanol y aprendo al colegio. I think it is a slang or informal sort of word from Latin America. A Spanish music website commented:
"It's a song based on a phrase his mother used to say: "Don't worry, baby, life is short (la vida es un ratico.)"
Hope that helps,
Simon H
2007-03-22 17:44:04 · answer #2 · answered by Simon H 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it means
Life is a little while/a little moment or a short time.
rato = short time (and then diminutive = ratico)
2007-03-22 18:48:39 · answer #3 · answered by Martha P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Best I can do is what you already know. It's a Colombian slang term.
2007-03-22 17:40:40 · answer #4 · answered by Carolina 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ratico stands for a little moment. Un rato means a moment in colloquial speak, un ratico means a little moment.
2007-03-22 17:43:16 · answer #5 · answered by AMBER D 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Life is a ratic!
2007-03-22 17:39:36 · answer #6 · answered by Chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah.. Life is short
By the way... is Muchas Gracias (Thanks a bunch)
2007-03-22 18:58:56 · answer #7 · answered by ilian 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mess/messed up
2007-03-22 17:43:09 · answer #8 · answered by *~Cutie pie~* 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋