Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
¡es barraco!
English translation:
it's a man!
Spanish term
¡es barraco!
Una mujer va entre ellos.
"Mirá cómo camina esa."
"¡Es barraco!"
"No, es mujer, mírale el pelo. . . ."
Sí . . . parece mujer.
Now, the author clearly hasn't made a typo: "barraco" for "barraca".
I can't find a definition of "barraco" anywhere.
| 4 +1 | it's a man! |
Charles Davis
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Oct 15, 2012 06:09: Charles Davis Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
it's a man!
"[bandera mexicana]
barraco
Sig:
hombre , inherente al sexo masculino
yo tengo un barraco y tres niñas"
http://www.tubabel.com/definicion/47347-barraco
"-Así que fueron dos hembritas y un barraco- dijo el octogenario"
http://www.oem.com.mx/diariodelsur/notas/n2238316.htm
"Pancho fue padre de tres mujeres y un barraco; Joaquina, Esther, Delfina y Joaquín"
http://www.cuartopoder.mx/\PagPrincipal_Noticia.aspx?idNotic...
"No soy chica soy un barraco hecho y derecho"
http://mx.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2011060311455...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-10-10 04:36:47 GMT)
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Or of course "it's a guy", "it's a dude" or whatever synonym fits the style you want to use.
Reference comments
Jamaica
Translating the Ideas Behind the Words
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 2 more.
http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/varraco
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dict_en_es/spanish/varr...
va·rra·co
m.
zoology male hog or boar
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Note added at 23 mins (2012-10-10 02:55:45 GMT)
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Yes, offset, I guess "dude" would work.
Here is another link "barraco"
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.com/definitions/pig?cx...
ltoaragonés barraco (hog, pig, porker, swine), tozino (hog, pig, porker, swine). Additional references: Altoaragonés, Spain, pig. (volunteer & more translations)
| As in, "he's a male!"? or "it's a dude!"? |
Discussion
the person saying "es barraco" seems to be correcting the person that says: Mirá cómo camina esa (clearly referring to the "esa" as a female)
Look how she walk
it's a dude
no, is a woman, look at the hair
yes....seems to be a woman