This is what someone received for Negative FB. I would like to know what it means. Thanks!
el vendedor es gringo a pesar de su lengüeta astuta
2007-03-25 04:33:26 · 5 answers · asked by rightys_wife 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Thanks, Simon! I like to know what I am reading when I am looking at someone's Feedback.
2007-03-25 04:58:36 · update #1
Sheesh, why don't these guys ever help instead of just saying all kinds of things here?
el vendedor means the salesman.
es gringo means he is a white guy, usually the word used by Mexicans to describe Americans like "honky".
a pesar de su lengüeta astuta literally translated is in spite of his astute tongue-piece.
Put together, colloquially, it's "Despite his astute spiel, the salesman is a "honky" [ or a dumb Yank]!
Somebody is commenting about a dumb Yank Salesman who he thinks doesn't speak Spanish, to another Hispanic.
The word for "buy" is "comprar" in Spanish, and "lengüeta" is not "lengua" or language, it's spiel.
I wonder where those guys learnt their "Spanish"?
All the best.
Cheers!
Simon Templar
De nada, amiga!
Oh, by the way, I wouldn't take this as Negative FB, because it says the guys spiel was "astute" or very good, but shows a bit of bigotry in calling him a "gringo" despite that.
2007-03-25 04:53:23 · answer #1 · answered by In Memory of Simon Templar 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
it means:
the seller is american(gringo) even though he have a astute language!!!
lol who said that it doesnt make sense!!
2007-03-25 05:11:09 · answer #2 · answered by damoon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the salesman is foreign in spite of his astute tongue-piece
2007-03-25 07:07:22 · answer #3 · answered by beauty mirna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That white boy can't afford to buy our language........translated from street talk. You are a proper white guy who speaks Spanish well, but you cannot buy the language.
2007-03-25 04:37:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
it means "who do you think could sell this image?"
2007-03-25 04:38:50 · answer #5 · answered by hotjohn 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋