OK -- I roll into Fairfield today and ordered barboaca and the cute young lady behind the register asked big or small and I said small. When she
handed me the receipt I showed it to her and asked, "Doesn't chica mean a senorita?" She blushed and the guys behind the counter stated laughing?????
What did I do wrong? If I had ordered a large would it have been 'chico'?
[Edited on 4-23-2010 by Santiago]
Keri - 4-22-2010 at 06:12 PM
Chica in this instance means small. If it was the big one it would have been a grande,k Loretana - 4-22-2010 at 06:51 PM
the spanish language has "concordancia" which means agreement. So in essence, if a noun, and in this case, your "barbacoa" is feminine, the modifier
will also be feminine.
So....the word barbacoa is feminine, as it ends in an "a"
and therefore, the modifier, chica, also takes the feminine form.
It takes some getting used to, but after a while, it all falls into place. Santiago - 4-22-2010 at 07:28 PM
Actually, my real question is more cultural - why did she blush and the guys laugh which caused even more blushing? Maybe just an inside joke that
was over my head.irenemm - 4-22-2010 at 09:12 PM
Well Santiago
They know the different meaning and though maybe you did not. That is why they laughed.
My son many years ago printed T-Shirts Got Huevos and has to little eggs on the front. he got sent home from school for it. Of course it was here in
Vicente Guerrero. BTW it was a Catholic School.
I know if you can in here and said that to my kitchen staff they would all blush. The waiters on the other hand would laugh and then my son would
maybe explain it to you. In a funny way of course.Skipjack Joe - 4-22-2010 at 11:18 PM
Barbaoca Chica = Barbequed Chicken?
probably not, huh?shari - 6-11-2010 at 10:16 AM
I was disappointed the first time I ordered Barbacoa thinking it would be BBQ but it is a style of cooking kinda like stew...also delicious just
different.
We always laugh when the tourists tell the waitresses... Me gusta caliente...I like it hot...but in this case it doesnt mean hot as in spicy food!!!BajaBlanca - 6-11-2010 at 10:41 AM
to mean spicy, it would be picante, verdad ? right ?zforbes - 6-11-2010 at 10:46 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by bajaeng
if you really want to make a girl cashier blush, wait till there is a hot day and say your hot by saying: "soy caliente" ... you may see a blush, or
feel a slap ... depends on la chica
So, what if I say "estoy caliente" -- does that make it different?
