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Nino vs. muchacho

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JLR
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23 May 2012 at 2:51pm | IP Logged 
Just to confuse things a bit, in Puerto Rico, muchacho can also mean something like "man, dude", for example "Muchacho, hay un calor brutal." Muchacho is often shortened to "Chacho." The female muchacha also has a similar meaning and diminutive.

Camundonguinho above mentions the word CHANGO. If memory serves me, CHANGO in Argentina also means a shopping cart.

Edited by JLR on 23 May 2012 at 2:52pm

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 Message 10 of 10
23 May 2012 at 3:58pm | IP Logged 
psy88 wrote:
Do the same distinctions apply to nina and muchacha?

Yes, niƱa for a little girl, muchacha for a girl/teenager.
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