spanish question

la dama del tronco?

it was "el mujer del [niño but not]"

i mean la mujer of course

leña? (firewood)

Or leño would be better I suppose

It means timber

dammit
i was just coming to post that

my sources say leña or tronco

leña = firewood
rama = branch
tronco = trunk or log

Yes. es.wikipedia calls her "la mujer del leño"

Aye, mi Spanish hubsband says leño = log and leña = firewood. Mi Spanish dictionary agrees.

Those little glasses of beer in tapas bars in Spain, those are called "cañas," no?

have no memory of ever needing to know the answer to this question

When you walked in they just slid a glass right at you?

Those little glasses of beer in tapas bars in Spain, those are called "cañas," no?

― lex submerge (James Redd and the Blecchs)

yesss

"Keep your tires and your travels Ta Ta Bueno" <--- from an email from my scooter shop, this would just mean "a-ok"?

Good to open my question being so presumptuous, eh? I should just ask the guys when I get my tires changed mañana.

But, taking tips in the meanwhile!

Context, please. Is Ta/Ta Ta someone's name? Why are there uppercase Ts?

But...

The Spanish ta is a classic example of aphaeresis. It is a shortened, colloquial form to express está (it/she/he is).

Note it is actually incorrect to write like this, though.

Bueno obviously means good.

I'm just throwing out some possible explanations here.

Well, here's the message:

BE RALLY READY!

for the 26th Annual TUCSON-NOGALES RALLY (** find it on Facebook)

15% OFF price of tires with Service installation.

10% OFF any Oil Change Maintenance service.

(**offer is good through Nov 8th )

WORD TO THE WISE

Extend the life of your tires with correct tire pressure!! Ensure they are between 27 to 32 PSI. If you are carrying two people you want to stay the high end of that PSI range. Keep your tires and your travels Ta Ta Bueno

Like hell I am going to correct their capitalization – I want that 15% off on the new whitewall. Could be some Peggy Hill-esque nonsense from an Old Pueblo fool like me!

I don't know, but I'll be in Tucson this Friday, so I can ask Mr Tata Bueno him/herself.

(Sounds like copywriting stuff, though. Sounds like nonessential info, anyway)

I don't know about "ta ta bueno" but "ta bueno" means a variety of things in Mexican spanish... one of which is an affirmative "okay" retort.

Could be a play on "ta ta" and "ta bueno" since the majority of the message is in English?

Also totally unrelated: a PSI of 27-32 is only recommended with a certain size and gauge of tire (I imagine fat 1-2" wide cruiser type tires). When I used to race on the velodrome in the '90s I routinely used a PSI of 130-140 on skinny 19mm tires.

First thing I thought of was this guy
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NMGXQJSi_e8/TaAExLPa8xI/AAAAAAAABbI/DnJLbNrnom4/s400/Tata+G%25C3%25BCines+-+Manos+de+Seda-400.jpg

RE: PSI

oh jeez, nevermind, I didn't realize that was for a scooter! haha.

So the main context I have heard the word "chonies" is from potty-training age kids and their parents ("she was embarrassed because she went in her chonies at the park"). OR, from my adolescent students ("don't get your chonies in a bunch"). Consequently the idea of chonies.com selling sexy underwear is pretty weird to me.

http://chonies.com/

But maybe if I always lived near the U.S./Mexico border, it wouldn't be?

i don't hear that term used in chicago at all, and i def would have had ample opportunity to since most of my students are preschool teachers/studying to be preschool teachers. must be a regional term?

Yeah I think it is! Both English and Spanish speakers use it all the time.

State Farm Copa Mundial ads mention Vida Hogar Auto Banco. What is Banco insurance in this case?

i dunno -- bank insurance?! life home car and ….bank?

no clue

In any case, just learned a good saying: ni tanto que queme al santo, ni tanto que no lo alumbre.

And today: primo político, which means “cousin-in-law.”

does spanish have an analogue of the german impersonal/indefinite pronoun “man” (or french “on”)?

The indefinite pronoun man is often used when making general statements. It indicates that a statement does not apply to a particular person but to someone indefinite, to a whole group or even to everyone. Even if man represents a whole group, it is used in the singular. The verb form is the same as with er/sie/es.

Nico isst gern Gazpacho.

Er isst gern Gazpacho.

Man isst in Spanien gern Gazpacho.