Got a question - cuidate

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jan 11, 2004, 06:03:

cuidate How about "take care", "take care of yourself", "be safe"? The expression "cuidate" is standard is the Spanish language at leave-taking.

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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Ronthen2003 says on Jan 11, 2004, 07:24:

Try here... http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=cuidado

I have much better luck finding translations for individual words on this site than most of the translation engines.

Enjoy.

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Jan 11, 2004, 07:28:

Ronthen - good minds think alike, eh? ;-) Tinto

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Peter (Moderator) says on Jan 11, 2004, 09:05:

The internet translation engines have a difficult time translating any spanish word with a personal pronoun attached to the end, as in an infinitive, participle or imperative. For example, quiero besarte, it could translate quiero besar but when you attach te to the besar, it gets a little lost. Same with estoy mirandote or something similar such as an imperatve with a personal pronoun, like dime or dame. Cuidate is just like this - cuidar is the verb, cuida is the imperative. Desideria is right on in her translation.

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marcus_1 says on Jan 11, 2004, 11:14:

my fiancee, can anyone help me with what to do here , i recently met a nice colombian woman and we have been talking for some time now we want to meet each other and she tried to come here with a tourist visa they denied her the visa saying she didnt have enough funds to sustain her here in the united states i also applied for a passport and visa but was denied that because of my past child support obligations oweing over 5,000 us dollars in back child support . is there anyone that can help with this matter and to tell me how to visit colombia or for her to visit here in the united states so as we want to get married and live happy together . please can someone help us with this i would be appericatetive if someone can help us .
sincerely mark l bennett
email address is pbgoldwing at hotmail.com
thanks for your help

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TioCharlie says on Jan 11, 2004, 16:27:

I have heard... Many Colombians can easily get Visas for either Venezuela or Curasao

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TioCharlie says on Jan 11, 2004, 16:29:

Thanks tinto and Ronthan2003 for the help - much appriciated!!

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TioCharlie says on Jan 11, 2004, 16:37:

Travel to Mexico I live in Tucson AZ and travel about Mexico fairly often You can enter Mexico with just your Drivers Licence if you follow these restrictios:
1. You don't stay longer than 72 hours
and/or
2. You don't travel more than 50 miles from the border.

Otherwise you have to purchase a tourist visa - and that will allow you to stay in country for upto 90 days. You can buy them at either the Mexican Consulate's office or on the Mexican side of the border.

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Peter (Moderator) says on Jan 11, 2004, 21:37:

Panama - No visa required I believe Colombians can travel freely to Panama w/o "official" visa, think it is tourist or maybe not required. Passport only. Think they started this first of 2003. Panama city is nice. Kind of unusual. Most questions are Colombian women leaving Colombia. First time I heard of US Passort problem !!!! Wow, 5 grand "down the hole" in US. Starting a new dig in Colombia, ain't life great.

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jan 11, 2004, 21:55:

thanks tinto and... Last time you get help from me, Charlie,
cheers,
Desideria

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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TioCharlie says on Jan 11, 2004, 23:46:

1,000 pardons Desideria Your definition was also correct. I was wowed over the link(s) provided. Please don't be too tiffed!!

After all if you give a man a fish, you have fed him for a day, teach him to fish and he will feed himself.

Tűs ... (Thats German for 'see ya later'). :)
TioCharlie

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Peter (Moderator) says on Jan 12, 2004, 08:03:

I don't know about the "50 miles" restriction for entering Mexico from the US. I've hopped a plane to Mexico City (from California) without a passport or purchasing a tourist visa... just a driver's licence and a birth certificate. :-) That was 3 years ago, though. Maybe things have changed.

KitKat

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Peter (Moderator) says on Jan 12, 2004, 08:18:

Colombian Candy Hello:
I have a question for everyone. My sister in law is Colombian and her 16 year old son just arrived here a couple months ago. He misses Colombian and often tells me about a candy/sweet that he wishes he had here in the US. From what I can understand the candy is called Nunsa or Nusa. Has anyone heard of this? The one thing I know for usre is that it is not chocolate. I really wanted to located where I could buy some and ship it here for a surprise for him. My e-mail address is rachelbrawn at cs.com and would welcome any help.
Thank you......

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Peter (Moderator) says on Jan 12, 2004, 08:28:

COLOMBIAN CANDY Just wanted to say again that any help or suggestions would be so helpful to me. My little friend is sad and I thought if I can get this candy for him it would brighten his day:)
rachelbrawn at cs.com or I'll keep checking these postings..thank you.

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TioCharlie says on Jan 12, 2004, 08:42:

Going to Mexico If your going to Mexico, check out this web site....
http://travel.state.gov/tips_mexico.html

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jan 12, 2004, 08:43:

nucita http://www.latienditaendenver.com/productos.php?cat=1&prodini=0&prodfin=5

I think your little friend means nucitas. It's a a kind of candy that is made of nuts.

You might want to check out Nestor Raul Anzola's directory of Colombian reastaurants, his site can be found at: http://ocean.st.usm.edu/~nanzola/sancocho.html

Cheers,
Desideria

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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Peter (Moderator) says on Jan 12, 2004, 09:04:

Candy Thank you for your help. I speak very little spanish and right now he speaks very little english. But he did also tell me that his nickname in Colombia from all his friends was nusa or nunsa because all he did was eat this candy everyday. He told me it was not chocolate ...and you ate it holding something or dipping something into something. I'm sorry I have no definate info. I just wanted to make him smile. I'll look at the websites you gave me:)
Rachel

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Peter (Moderator) says on Jan 12, 2004, 09:07:

Candy Thank you I will check out that website. No, I did not call around local markets here because I really wasn't sure of the proper name of it. Ok, off to try to find some nunsa, nusa or nuca:)

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jan 12, 2004, 10:06:

nucita It's a kind of spread, made of hazelnuts, sugar, oil, powdered milk and cocoa. An equivalent to your peanut butter? Anyway, it's delicious. You can also buy nucita wafers. You pronunciate it /noosita/.
Cheers,
Desi

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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Peter (Moderator) says on Jan 12, 2004, 12:12:

Where are you located? Depending on where you live there may be local shops where you can purchase Colombian foods and products. I found several in San Antonio by going to the Colombian consulate's website (Houston) and finding the websites for the different Colombian associations. These associations had lists of places where you could buy Colombian products. There are also several shops that sell them over the internet.

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Peter (Moderator) says on Jan 14, 2004, 09:50:

Colombian Candy-Nucita I would like to thank everyone on this web site who helped me and responded to my question. The candy is called Nucita but I cna't find anywhere to buy it. I found one web site but it was in all spanish and have called several local markets here and no one carries it. I was wondering if anyone knew on any other web sites to check. The www.exito.com site did not carry it. Ok, any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
RAchel

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SiV says on Jan 14, 2004, 11:01:

Cuidate "Look after yourself, my love" or
"Take care (of yourself), my love"

I´m sure it´s already been answered, but you never know. You should get yourself a decent dictionary, it´s not an obscure term.

Stultórum númere infinitum est.

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Peter (Moderator) says on Jan 14, 2004, 13:06:

Check out this site: http://www.sabiasque.com/LATIN_PRODUCTS.asp and look under the venezuelan products - there it is Nucita. There are other web sites out there that have it too. Check out this one: http://www.latienditaendenver.com/productos.php?cat=9&prodini=0&prodfin=5

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