not only a man that is a live. it is a derogatory term and i thiink it means a user or someone that lives off of women but i am not usre. thanks!mercedes - 8-16-2010 at 11:31 PM
A lively man. Entertaining, outgoing, gregarious. A person who is "muy vivo" is lively.gnukid - 8-16-2010 at 11:45 PM
An hombre vivo is what a soltera or loba (single woman) wants, or possibly literally el hombre vivo is a reference to the novel by G. K. Chesterton El
Hombre Vivo, which poses the eternal struggle of the scientific or metaphysical man confronting the religious man, something like, reality versus the
magic of reality, the struggle occupying all men's minds-versus the those thoughts which occupy women-which are?Bob and Susan - 8-17-2010 at 05:56 AM
"holy cow" gnukid...
what does THAT meanELINVESTIG8R - 8-17-2010 at 07:03 AM
Con Mank-rico - 8-17-2010 at 07:15 AM
This is an interesting thread. Four definitions and counting.
I just searched for a definition and found "a clever man".
So that's 5 definitions.
nancyinpdx, do any of these definitions fit the context within which you heard the term used?vandenberg - 8-17-2010 at 07:23 AM
Well....."a clever man" and "a con man" are "almost" synonymous.
So, if you haven't been "conned" yet, just call him "clever"
[Edited on 8-17-2010 by vandenberg]k-rico - 8-17-2010 at 07:27 AM
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Originally posted by vandenberg
Well....."a clever man" and "a con man" are "almost" synonymous.
So, if you haven't been "conned" yet, just call him "clever"
[Edited on 8-17-2010 by vandenberg]
True, con men would be a nefarious subset of clever men.shari - 8-17-2010 at 07:58 AM
As in many mexican phrases...you glean the meaning by listening to HOW the phrase is used, tone, inflection, situation. And of course many phrases
change meanings depending on the area..
For example here in our village, if someone is a con man he is MUUUUY vivo with the stress on muy...this is the most commonly used phrase for this
type of person.
another meaning used here but with no stress on the "muy" and more stress on the the first two letters of the word VIVO (thus prounounced
BEEbo....means someone who is intelligent or clever and is not derogatory but rather a compliment when talking about how smart a fellow is.
I have never heard it referred to in our pueblo meaning a jigalo.capt. mike - 8-17-2010 at 08:18 AM
Oso will know - he's good with idioms. the best here i have seen.DENNIS - 8-17-2010 at 11:07 AM
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Originally posted by capt. mike
Oso will know - he's good with idioms. the best here i have seen.
He doesn't come out to play much anymore, does he.
