patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7017 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map
| Message 9 of 13 13 December 2005 at 5:10pm | IP Logged |
Actually, if you carry a little stone in your pocket, it will be "the same" as carrying me. Why? The clue is in my username......
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cbashara Senior Member United States adventuresinspanish. Joined 7131 days ago 186 posts - 188 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 10 of 13 13 December 2005 at 11:17pm | IP Logged |
Okay, I had to look that up! Your username means baby bootee? Interesting! Is there a story behind that?
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patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7017 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map
| Message 11 of 13 14 December 2005 at 3:57am | IP Logged |
The plural, i.e. "patucos", means bootees. The singular form doesn't mean that at all. I was doubtful whether you might find it since it is rather obscure. Sorry!
The word "patuco" means "large rock" and since I'm from Gibraltar......you can probably figure out the rest!
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Guanche Hexaglot Senior Member Spain danielmarin.blogspot Joined 7048 days ago 168 posts - 178 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2, GermanC1, RussianB1, French, Japanese Studies: Greek, Mandarin, Arabic (Written)
| Message 12 of 13 14 December 2005 at 1:39pm | IP Logged |
patuco wrote:
The word "patuco" means "large rock" |
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very obscure meaning indeed. I had no idea about that word. Is it part of the Andalusian vocabulary?
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patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7017 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map
| Message 13 of 13 14 December 2005 at 4:26pm | IP Logged |
As far as I know, it's exclusive to Gibraltar. I haven't heard it in Spain.
There's lots of words that only exist in the Gibraltarian vernacular. Check this link for some examples.
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