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| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5588 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 9 of 19 02 November 2009 at 2:29am | IP Logged | ||
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Hencke is absolutely right. It is mostly said among friends, it's most commonly used as "Sincerely"
I've seen my friends type "Un beso y te amo." (a kiss and I love you) to parents and a girlfriends/boyfriends. the un beso changes context when te amo is after it. flirting would be: queda bella. (stay cute/pretty) lol I have some friends say it all the time to girls when we leave somewhere 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5578 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian | Message 10 of 19 02 November 2009 at 3:17am | IP Logged | ||
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Others may also use "un abrazo" or "un abrazo fuerte". Men don't kiss but many Hispanic men will hug/embrace each other if they are good friends/family.
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| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7018 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 11 of 19 02 November 2009 at 6:03pm | IP Logged | ||
I've seen grown men kiss if they're family. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Guido Super Polyglot Senior Member ArgentinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6531 days ago 286 posts - 582 votes Speaks: Spanish*, French, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Norwegian, Catalan, Dutch, Swedish, Danish Studies: Russian, Indonesian, Romanian, Polish, Icelandic | Message 13 of 19 03 November 2009 at 6:33am | IP Logged | ||
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Well, I kiss everyone in my family and all my friends, it's normal here... we like to
kisses, embraces and hung ups. BUT: If it's a foreigner man, I usually don't beacouse they aren't used to. It's a cheek kiss, not on the lips... what were you thinking??? :P (In fact, it's just a cheek contact, not lips-cheek, but cheek-cheek) Have a nice day! Guido.- 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Luk Triglot Groupie Argentina Joined 5338 days ago 91 posts - 127 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English, French Studies: Italian, German, Mandarin, Greek | Message 14 of 19 04 June 2010 at 9:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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As my countryman has said, here in Argentina is normal to kiss everybody IF it's an informal situation. In formal situations or when you're not sure if of the other person's preferences, you shake hands or say hello. Specially if it's an older man.
In some regions isn't that normal, it depends. It's one kiss on the cheek, no more. Some people use two kisses, like in my family, but I think is an Spanish thing (from Spain) As a valediction, "Un beso" is informal language, between friends or family or even people who's just met but of the same age. Edited by Luk on 04 June 2010 at 9:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| alang Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 7224 days ago 563 posts - 757 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 15 of 19 04 June 2010 at 10:29pm | IP Logged | ||
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Well I did two kisses to a friend that was a girl from Mexico and she did not say anything. Then I did two to her mom and was told usually one kiss and two is a really strong impression. Finally a girl from Spain I kissed once, but she kissed me for a second time. I asked her, "I thought it was one?" Reply, "One in Latin America, but two in Spain." My family usually does two, but I was unaware Latin America was only one. Cultural differences I guess. Email or letters usually cariños, besos and abrazos. Men and women I saw use affections, and hugs. I have only received kisses from women. A French girl said it is two for the French and I think for the Italians. The Semantica videos have two kisses in Brazil. A Greek girl also said to me it is two in her family. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5594 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 16 of 19 05 June 2010 at 1:53am | IP Logged | ||
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This may sound silly but I need to ask: how do you know if ending the email with "beso" or "muchos besos" is just informal friendliness or an invitation to more flirtatious/romantic involvement?
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