Number 1 and Number 2 and Pain in the Ass!

bufalo says on Aug 9, 2009, 20:36:

for the second question ( I was going to say for #2, but didn't want to confuse you with your "#1 and #2" question), I guess you can say:

"ese persona es una pesadilla" or "ese persona es un pesado"

not to refer directly to the person rather the situation of being around said pain in culo, as in

"que mamera hablar con el" (it sucks talking with that guy).

My wife also says " es mas mamón que tener una papaya de llavero" this basically says that the person is like having a papaya as a key chain - bulky and a pain in the ass to carry around so to speak. Much like your "pain in the ass", it doesn't translate well.

Then again, try it, next time I'm out with English speaking people I'm going to refer to someone as being "like a papayan keychain for pete's sake!" ...

... and see what kind of reaction I get.

(also wondering, are you also "going south"?

"If you don't like it - lump it, take it down the road and dump it." - Archie Bunker played by Carroll O'Connor

1 funny, 0 helpful.

goin_south says on Aug 9, 2009, 20:39:

well... I've always found that if your colombiana really is trying to understand you, she finds these literal translations funny,.. .but at the same time, understands... and expands her real world.... if expansion is a possibility for her.
__________

But... hell! Why you asking this???!!!!!!!! when we've got a REAL TIME ... MISSING PERSON... NO HOAX... (jejjajjj,... .yeah.. .right... and PBsH is going to save this guy's ass, right??? ;-(.... ;-))).... ????? !!!

nothin I say is to be takn for my words, but rather for the words of Sailor Jerry.

1 funny, 1 helpful.

bufalo says on Aug 9, 2009, 20:40:

oops, wait! #2, you can say "tengo la fulca" which is short for "tengo la fulcagado" which means "I got to take a huge dump". When partying it up in SM I always thought it meant I only "had to pee" so I said it everynow and then while out drinking and partying it up. That could be one of the reasons while a girl or two looked at me a bit funny. What girl wants to dance it up with a guy who announces he's going to take a huge dump in a club?

"If you don't like it - lump it, take it down the road and dump it." - Archie Bunker played by Carroll O'Connor

0 funny, 0 helpful.

johnny2009 says on Aug 9, 2009, 23:16:

My favourite term for pain in the ass is "coñazo" ¡Eres un putillo coñazo, siempre estás dando la lata!

Alas I don't think it translates into colombian

0 funny, 0 helpful.

cstew47 says on Aug 10, 2009, 05:30:

I have an older textbook that says "que pelma" is pain in the neck, but, my Colombian wife doesn't recognize this saying.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Zoltar says on Aug 10, 2009, 06:04:

Pain in the ass, translate in spanish as PITA !

Zoltar

www.zoltarsuites.com - under construction !

0 funny, 0 helpful.

Gator says on Aug 10, 2009, 10:16:

Pain in the as is usually covered by hijueputa or "cual es la chimbada pues?",

"Bene, cum Latine nescias, nolo manus meas in te maculare" .

0 funny, 1 helpful.

utopiacowboy says on Aug 10, 2009, 20:13:

I like that "tengo la fulca"! That story was hilarious. Imagine telling a chick in a club that you have to take a huge dump! She must have thought what the hell is up with these dumb ass gringos.

Disclaimer: any comment I make is inane and is not to be taken seriously, and is so patently ridiculous that no one should take it seriously, even as an insult.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

christobeldawg says on Aug 10, 2009, 23:01:

From my own experience as a gringo down there, the women seem to always be thinking, regardless of what I say, in either language, "what the hell is up with these dumb ass gringos."

traveling hopefully is always better than arriving

1 funny, 0 helpful.

bufalo says on Aug 11, 2009, 11:23:

Yeah, it was kind of funny, I thought it was common lingo of just having to piss after a few drinks. Nothing like dancing away with a cutie, then walking back to her table and saying "I'll be right back, I just have to take a huge dump." My friends waited awhile to tell me what it really meant.

They also used to offer to buy all the beer or food or whatever, then give me the money at the end to physically pay as they would be leaving - sure, all counterfeit money, but I didn't know shit and back they my gringo face was a bit more naive-looking. Noone ever checked the bills. I cracked up when I finally found out.

"If you don't like it - lump it, take it down the road and dump it." - Archie Bunker played by Carroll O'Connor

0 funny, 0 helpful.

utopiacowboy says on Aug 11, 2009, 17:10:

Your "friends" must have been laughing their asses off. I can just see it. And you're thinking, boy, these people think everything I say is hilarious. I'm going to have to use this the next time I'm down there. Announce it to the entire table when we're out: "TENGO LA FULCA!" Maybe with a large roll of tp as a prop. Damm, I haven't laughed so hard about anything on PBH in a long time.

Disclaimer: any comment I make is inane and is not to be taken seriously, and is so patently ridiculous that no one should take it seriously, even as an insult.

0 funny, 0 helpful.

bufalo says on Aug 11, 2009, 18:05:

Glad to have made you laugh! They played a few tricks on me the first few times I was down there and had no clue what was going on (but I thought I had everything under control).

That'll be great to do next time you're down there, tell me how it goes......

"If you don't like it - lump it, take it down the road and dump it." - Archie Bunker played by Carroll O'Connor

0 funny, 0 helpful.