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    Default las quiero mucho y comete la papá

    Sorry re previous post I left out 'y' - don't know if that makes a crucial difference so have re-posted! I plead mitigation in that I am a new member trying to learn spanish!

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    Default Re: las quiero mucho y comete la papá

    To me, I just don't have enough to go on. "I love them a lot and Dad does it". If that y were a dash maybe "Do it, Dad!". But without the y it sounds like, "I love your mistakes, so go ahead and screw up, Dad". But without more context, those are just wild guesses.
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    Default Re: las quiero mucho y comete la papá

    Spanish is not my specialty, but doesn't it mean something like:
    I love you a lot, and eat your food.
    (He would have to be talking to his daughters, and the accent on papa should not be there.)

    from Word Reference:
    papa 2 sustantivo femenino mush, pulp
    (para un niño pequeño) baby food: tengo que darle la papa al niño, I've got to feed the baby
    Last edited by mariaklec; 11-15-2010 at 04:00 PM.

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    Default Re: las quiero mucho y comete la papá

    Sounds like slang to me. I would not take that literally at all (it's probably not a father talking to his daughters).

    If you provide more contextual information, it will be easier to try guessing what it means.

    Are you sure papá has an accent? Could it be potato instead?

    In Venezuela cómetela is slang for doing something really well (or so), and papá can reffer to a guy as in dude (or something like that), just long shots here.

    Give us more context to work with

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    Default Re: las quiero mucho y comete la papá

    Just read your previous post, and it is in fact a father talking to his two daughters. There must be a mistake in the sentence because as it is, the second clause doesn't make sense at all.

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    Default Re: las quiero mucho y comete la papá

    for example:
    YouTube - Comete la papa

    (I hate this video ---you only have to watch the first 10 seconds, but it's an example of "cómete la papa".)

    It is confusing though, because he would have to be talking to 2 daughters for the first part, but one daughter for the second part. But, if you overheard a father eating dinner with his kids----it's entirely possible.
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    Default Re: las quiero mucho y comete la papá

    LOL, I didn't like it either

    Well, the little boy there is actually having potato (mashed potato), so the meaning of the phrase is literal, no slang, and also it is grammatically correct cómete la papa (imperative, is implied).

    >>from Word Reference:
    papa 2 sustantivo femenino mush, pulp
    (para un niño pequeño) baby food: tengo que darle la papa al niño, I've got to feed the baby <<

    We also say papilla for baby food.

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    Default Re: las quiero mucho y comete la papá

    Algún comentario sobre "comerse" en lugar de "comer"? I think I remember that it's like "eat up" instead of "eat".

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