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Hello Everyone! I have been on a quest to find out the slang translation for "Pinche". I don't even know if I'm spelling it right. My husband is fluent in Spanish and English and sometimes he calls me his "Little Pinche". He always says it lovingly, but I've heard it is a derogatory slang term. Please translate. Thanks!
Hi Michelle; I have no idea what the word means, but it seems like a cute nick name your husband is giving you to let you know that you are special for him;) . :)
Michelle:
"Pinche" significa: "Ayudante de cocinero"... pero dicha definición casi nunca es utilizada en ese sentido; más bien al contrario, en sentido peyorativo, con un equivalente más sutil que "fucking".
También es cierto que se utiliza a manera de "cariñitos" o "suavización", como lo es tu caso... e.g. "pinche niño" = "qué niño tan ocurrente"...
(Si no es bastante ilustrativa ésta orientación, avísame... me limité por respeto al foro)
Pinche es perfectamente correcto como "ayudante de cocina" así lo detalla el OED en su segunda acepción. Además, aquí en Barcelona no está en absoluto
ligada a ningún contexto del tipo "fucking", si bien es cierto que denota un tono despectivo dentro del ramo, ínfimo la mayoría de las veces.
pinche2 mf
a (Coc) kitchen porter
b (en una oficina) office junior
c (fam) (de albañil) mate (colloq)
Saludos!
Good Morning Everyone! Thanks for the replies, but I do not know Spanish. :confused: Can someone translate these two replies for me?
Michelle, in general terms both David a Otger agreed that Pinche means "cook assitant". David said that it can be used in a contemptuous sense as the equivalent of fucking, but it can also be an affectionate way to call some one. Hope this helps :)
pinche can be bad or good depending on how you use it....most people would use it before something else, how we use 'fucking'....like 'mi pinche coche' would be 'my fucking car'...or 'pinche ganchos' would 'the fucking tongs'. I guess it also means cook assistant, but I've never heard anyone use it that way.
i thought this thread was funny cause i always call my gf 'pinche maria' and she calls me pinche too...but its meant in a good way. maybe you could say its like him calling you 'his little pain in the ass'...but in a loving joking way.
As I understand it, a "pinche" is a scullery maid. She could be called a cook's helper, but her main job is cleaning pots and pans. This is the least prestigious job in the kitchen, the one requiring the least talent, ability, and experience. It's easy to understand how this word could imply "worthless".
I see "pinche" in Mexico less as "fucking" than as "damn, darn, crappy, worthless, no-good" etc.
In Nicaragua, "pinche" means "tightfisted, stingy" etc.
Aqui en Texas, en el 'Tex Mex' pinche significa 'f---ing'.
Here in Texas, in 'Tex-Mex' piche means 'f---ing.'
Depende del contexto.. espero que esto te ayude :)
pinche1 adj
a (AmL fam) (delante del n) (maldito): ¡pinche vida! what a
(lousy o rotten) life!; me robaron mi pinche portafolios
they stole my damn o (BrE) bloody briefcase (colloq); por
unos pinches pesos for a few miserable o crummy o
measly pesos (colloq); ¿por qué no nos vamos de este
pinche sitio? let’s get out of this damn place!
b (Méx fam) (de poca calidad) lousy (colloq)
c (Méx fam) (despreciable) horrible
d (AmC fam) (tacaño) tightfisted (colloq)
pinche2 mf
a (Coc) kitchen porter
b (en una oficina) office junior
c (fam) (de albañil) mate (colloq)
pinche3 m
1 (Esp) (Jueg) ante, stake money
2 (Chi) (para el pelo) bobby pin (AmE), hairgrip (BrE)
3 (Arg) (de una planta) Þpincho 1
Well, I'm not sure what "Pinche" means, but what i do know is "Pinche Mamone" means F***ing c**k sucker, but again, "Pinche" might not mean any of that.
Hi Michelle,
I'm from Guatemala and there we use "pinche" in a derogatory or disparaging way, to describe something we don't care much for.
But as many countries as there are, you can find many meanings on each one of them.
E.g. él se fue en su pinche auto (he drove away and left in his "pinche" car)
You're married to him.. I dont understand why you cant just ask your husband what it means. And in the Mexican community it means "fucking".. Sort of a filler word. But if his Spanish is from a country other than Mexico then it may be different
Since you did not mention where your husband is from it is difficult to know how he feels about what he says to you. In Mexico I have never heard the work pinche made in a positive tone and it often could be translated as "fucking" but I have heard it applied to children (just as in English we may call them little monsters or the like), so in not so negative a tone but a joking way of referring to them.
Well, If you look for a right literal translation, I think you wouldn't find anything suitable.
However, If I were to call my partner "little pinche", it think "pinche" would be a diminutive form of the word "compinche", which means "compañero", partner, sidekick, buddy, fellow, companion, mate.
Actually, I believe that this could make sense because of the expression "little fellow".
Hope this was helpful.
Wow. I never knew what it meant either but agree that whenever I heard the term it was always in a derogatory fashion. I should have paid attention when my Grandmother tried to teach me Spanish growing up. Oh well...coulda, woulda, shoulda! Hope you find your answer Michelle.
pinche means kitchen help
How interesting. So many different meanings. How does one know which is the correct definition?
Interesting word depending on where in the world you come from. The translation of pinche depends on the ancestry of the person using it. Descendants of Spanish or Cubans would use it as a cook's helper while Mexican and Central American people would tend it to mean the derogatory f---ing or pinching pennies.
The only use I have heard of this word is in a derogatory way. It means f----ing as in "this f---ing keyboard". They may be other meanings. Where do you reside and where is your husband from?
I have many mexican...hispanic freinds, and was raised with many. While i am not fluent in most anything but english, I know that all my friends say that such word is a very bad...I don't even like typing it. If I ever used that word with my wife she would slap me and most likely divorce me. A man or woman that respects their spouse would never use such language.Quote:
Originally Posted by Michelle
I have many Mexican...Hispanic friends and they all tell me that this is a bad word and if I ever used it with my wife she would probably divorce me for lack of respect.
If any man or woman respects their spouse they would never use such language.
I think that Michelle's husband doesn´t even know what it means. That word has a very bad meaning, it's employed to send people to the hell ajajaja Like "Pinche Cabrón"