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I was expalining the humor of Jeff Foxworthy to my wife and had to admit I have never heard of any Spanish equivalent to the word "redneck" except "naco". Has anyone come across another term in Spanish that provides a similar meaning?
P.S. If the word brings any jokes to mind please share.
Joel
You might be a redneck if...:rolleyes:
your dog cost more than your truck.
:p
They were so funny. Not.
I stole this off of a website. It made me laugh at times...especially number one.
Ways to tell if a redneck has been working on a computer
10. The monitor is up on blocks.
9. Outgoing faxes have tobacco stains on them.
8. The six front keys have rotted out.
7. The extra RAM slots have Dodge truck parts installed in them.
6. The numeric keypad only goes up to six.
5. The password is "Bubba".
4. The CPU has a gun rack mount.
3. There is a Skoal can in the CD-ROM drive.
2. The keyboard is camouflaged.
And, The Number One Way To Tell If A Redneck Has Been Working On A Computer...
The mouse is referred to as a "critter".
Number 7 had me in stitches. Thanks
I still don't know what a redneck is... :( :(
in Argentina, it's the opposite of "cheto" whatever you wanna call it.
Quoting Gretchen Wilson (country singer):
"I'm a redneck woman, I ain't no high class girl
I'm just a product of my raising and I say "hey ya'll and yeehaw"
Because I hadn´t understood what it meant! jaajjja :rolleyes:
haha, this is a fun one. i think the closest translation, atleast in Argentina is cabeza or grasa....other than that, im not sure...:confused:
About the term «redneck» :
By looking in "The Concise Oxford English Dictionary" I found:
" A working-class white person from the southern US, especially a politically conservative one".
Then "The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary" reads:
"a white member of the Southern rural laboring class".
I am actually living in the Southern region of the United States and judging from what both my wife(a native English speaker and born in this country as well) and other people I've met up to now, they have a synonym for "redneck", which is "white trash". In both cases the term is considered highly disparaging and denigrant towards the person whom we might be making allusion to. Overall, we know that this is a non-educated country worker.
To my understanding, we may have in Spanish one or more equivalents that can be used as a translated term. But, it does vary from one Latin country to another. Therefore, it depends on which country you are coming from.
In my country(HONDURAS), the meaning of this term in English, might be equivalent to say "el que viene bajando del cerro" or "persona cerril" or just " cerrado..balín.. ignorante." -As you are already guessing.. these terms are very rude to be used. By using them, it unquestionably calls for a fight.
RAUL.
I knew what a redneck was. (I lived in Florida. And now in Minnesota. I seen a lotta a rednecks. jijijiji) But they are difficult to explain without sounding like a bad person. But Raul's definition- pretty accurate!
If we could insert a picture here of a little redneck family, that would be funnier.
In Ecuador "cholitos" are similar to rednecks. I've heard grasa and maybe mersa used in Argentina.
How long have you been living in Argentina?
You got your Spanish in Argentina or you knew some Spanish before coming?
Me?
I have been in Argentina for about six months. I lived in Ecuador before and studied Spanish in Cuba. I learned a lot in Ecuador, but I still learn new words, expressions, etc. every day.
yeah, every corner of every place has their own culture, words...
Wow Justin, Cuba!! How was that??? Where did you study?
"mersa" is actually a very old fashioned word!! I think my parents used it...
I think "grasa" could do it..."cabeza" is veeeery rude here!
Yo tengo 2 candidatos a lo q.en Chile podría ser un redneck....
Si se aplica a la persona que vive en el campo, trabaja en el campo y su vida gira alrededor del campo (countryside I mean...like farmers and livestock farmers) eso sería un Huaso...como un Gaucho en Argentina...ahora, si es huaso (tmb guaso) y además no tiene educación se le dice Collonco...parece que en Argentina (o x lo menos en Patagonia Chilena q es lo mismo che....) se les dice Bagualinos (que vive en los cerros...se usa para el ganado salvaje)
El otro enfoque (y esto es super personal) tiene más que ver con el status...por lo que en Chile un redneck podría ser un Facho.... o sea...de Derecha y con Plata.....
bueno.ese sería mi aporte.......
it's not a hard word to translate if you know the country you need to translate it for...
ie-
Mexico: naco
Dominican Republic: hibaro (nit sure the spelling, could be with a "j"- jibaro)
not much help, but an insight....
i've tried to explain it to someone from El Salvador, and i use the whole scenario to explain, u know cowboy hats, boots, trucks, horses, BEER, etc!
and to continue the song my friend dang...
"Well I ain't never
Been the barbie doll type
No I can't swig that sweet champagne
I'd rather drink beer all night ......
So here's to all my sisters out there keeping it country
Let me get a big "Hell Yeah" from the redneck girls like me "
Payo. Palurdo.
Hello there
In my times, in Argentina, we called them (us?) "pardos", but the term didn't survive. I haven't heard it since.
Cheers.
P.
This is pretty funny: Urban Dictionary: redneck
You would be a redneck if:
You need an estimate from your barber before you get a haircut.
The biggest fashion risk you take is which plaid you'll wear to the 4-H Fair.
You have flowers planted in a bathroom appliance in your front yard.
Your wife weighs more then your refrigerator.
You move your refrigerator and the grass underneath it has turned yellow.
You mow your lawn and find a car.
You can spit without opening your mouth.
Going to the bathroom in the middle of the night involves putting on shoes and a jacket and grabbing a flashlight.
Taking a dip has nothing to do with water.
There are more than ten lawsuits currently pending against your dog.
You take a fishing pole to Sea World.
The hood and one door are a different color from the rest of your car.
You've ever shot somebody over a mall parking space.
Santa Claus refuses to let your kids sit in his lap.
Your toilet paper has page numbers on it.
You think mud rasslin' should be an Olympic sport.
The receptionist checks the rat traps at your place of business.
More than one living relative is named after a Southern Civil War general.
You think the stock market has a fence around it.
* Villero
* Rocho
* Caco
* Cabeza
* Fisura
Son algunos términos argentinos que equivaldrían a "Redneck"
A mí no se me ocure ningún nombre que se use aquí y es porque creo que no tenemos rednecks como tal. El término reune demasiadas características específicas que conforman a estas personas y si bien aquí algunos tienen algunas de sus características, no son suficientes como para considerarse rednecks.
Creo que es un término único a esta clase de gente del sur de los EEUU y no hay en ningúna otra parte; en consecuencia, no tiene traducción directa. Aquí lo que más se le acercaría sería campuruzo pero nunca es igual.
Es verdad Cotty, al decir "equivalente" uno puede referirse a una comparación imprecisa e incluso cómica de personalidades con las que uno hace algún chiste, con los Redneck en Estados unidos, o con los villeros en Argentina. Creo que tampoco hay un equivalente en USA para "wachiturro" ¿o si? jeje.
It is not clear to me what redneck is :(
Hola Ignacio
Mira, es un término denigrante y degradante que se le da a ciertas personas del sur de los EEUU.
Un redneck es basicamente:
Pobre, de clase baja.
No tiene educación (de allí que se hagan tantos chistes sobre su falta de intelecto, etc.).
Es blanco y originalmente eran granjeros (de hecho su nombre viene por tener el cuello quemado por el sol [rojo] por trabajar largas jornadas bajo el implacable sol del sur de EEUU).
Se viste de una manera peculiar. (Puedes ver fotos aquí)
No le importa lo que diga la gente de cómo se viste o de cómo tiene su casa, o sea las apariencias los tienen sin cuidado.
Creo que una imagen vale más que mil palabras. :D
http://www.webmastertalkforums.com/a...es-redneck.jpg
Muy buena explicacion Cotty, te felicito. La imagen esta espectacular!
Chris
Estaba pensando en hacerme ese corte de pelo!
Cletus de Los Simpsons vendría a ser un Redneck?
Salvador, muy buen ejemplo!!!! Quedó clarísimo!
Anyone know what a "Redneck's" swimming pool looks like??? Enjoy!
Too funny! / Redneck swimming pool
Yo Chris!
I'll take your swimming pool and I raise you to this one...Attachment 165
What does it look like?!
Ignacio, click on the blue highlight that says: Too funny! / Redneck swimming pool
Lol good one!
Haha, Cotty that was great. Need one of those for my Nea. Mastiff.
The Simpsons always tell the true
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TKkVXuOMmU
Love the Sipmsons!
