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lara08 · 04-10-2008, 08:06 AM

How to translate cu�a into English? I'm confused by many meanings of this word. What is the English equivalent of "cu�a linda" or "tu cu�a" for example? I'm new to this forum... thank you for your help.

exxc�ntrica · 04-10-2008, 11:47 AM

Hi Lara, welcome to the forum

I would like to know that too, as in Spain this wouldn't mean anything.

It could be the short form of "cuñada", sister in law, but I doubt that. Wait for answers from Mexico (I'm just guessing)

lara08 · 04-10-2008, 11:57 AM

This is the context: Dime mi cu�a que bola como esta la cosa por alla y como te va ...

exxc�ntrica · 04-10-2008, 12:21 PM

Funny, I am sure it means something like darling. But I haven't got a clue, this is some kind of slang.

como esta la cosa por alla y como te va ...

how are things over there and how are you?

SandraT · 04-10-2008, 12:27 PM

exx I think you are right this is shortening for cu�ada. At least here in Cuba, it's common to hear either cu�a or cu�i, as a shortening for cu�ado/a.
So, in this case and if it applies (maybe in other country it's something like "brother, dude, etc") it is the shortening for sister or brother in-law.

exxc�ntrica · 04-10-2008, 11:52 PM

Sandra, possibly we are right, but what does this mean??

mi cuña que bola ?????

I'm going to ask Carlos, let's see if this is mexican.

SandraT · 04-11-2008, 06:20 AM

exx this is soooo Cuban...

�Qu� bol�? �Qu� vuelta/bolero/bolet�n? it all means the same
what's up? what's new?

Cuban slang for sure...although maybe that is used in other country too.

hugocar · 04-11-2008, 07:09 AM

Strictly speaking, cu�a means wedge.
However, in informal language it is frequently used as short for cu�ado or cu�ada, that is, brother-in-law or sister-in-law.

lara08 · 04-11-2008, 07:40 AM

I received the email from Cuba and now it's clear that it's address to sister-in-law.

Thanks a lot.

exxc�ntrica · 04-12-2008, 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SandraT

exx this is soooo Cuban...

�Qu� bol�? �Qu� vuelta/bolero/bolet�n? it all means the same
what's up? what's new?

Cuban slang for sure...although maybe that is used in other country too.

Is it??

Does this refer to a verb?? bol�??

I didn't know, actually I asked Carlos to come over and tell his story...but then he said that it was not Mexican at all, as you have just confirmed.

Never heard this expression, and tell you the truth, Lara, if I had heard this, I wouldn't have known the meaning.

By the way, in Spain cu�� (stress on the a) is slightly slangy for cu�ada, so I was, just by chance, on the right track.

But this "bol�" still confuses me. So does bolero/bolet�n...in this sentence. There is no verb??

Or is bol� a verb?

04-10-2008, 08:06 AM	#1
lara08 New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 10	cu�a meanings How to translate cu�a into English? I'm confused by many meanings of this word. What is the English equivalent of "cu�a linda" or "tu cu�a" for example? I'm new to this forum... thank you for your help.

04-10-2008, 11:47 AM	#2
exxc�ntrica Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 882 Rep Power: 580	Hi Lara, welcome to the forum I would like to know that too, as in Spain this wouldn't mean anything. It could be the short form of "cuñada", sister in law, but I doubt that. Wait for answers from Mexico (I'm just guessing) __________________ �Aunque la conducta del marido sea censurable, aunque este se d� a otros amores, la mujer virtuosa debe reverenciarlo como a un dios. Durante la infancia, una mujer debe depender de su padre, al casarse de su marido, si este muere, de sus hijos y si no los tuviera, de su soberano. Una mujer nunca debe gobernarse a s� misma." *Leyes de Manu (Libro Sagrado de la India*

04-10-2008, 11:57 AM	#3
lara08 New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 10	cu�a This is the context: Dime mi cu�a que bola como esta la cosa por alla y como te va ...

04-10-2008, 12:21 PM	#4
exxc�ntrica Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 882 Rep Power: 580	Funny, I am sure it means something like darling. But I haven't got a clue, this is some kind of slang. como esta la cosa por alla y como te va ... how are things over there and how are you? __________________ �Aunque la conducta del marido sea censurable, aunque este se d� a otros amores, la mujer virtuosa debe reverenciarlo como a un dios. Durante la infancia, una mujer debe depender de su padre, al casarse de su marido, si este muere, de sus hijos y si no los tuviera, de su soberano. Una mujer nunca debe gobernarse a s� misma." *Leyes de Manu (Libro Sagrado de la India*

04-10-2008, 12:27 PM	#5
SandraT Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Havana,Cuba Posts: 833 Rep Power: 628	exx I think you are right this is shortening for cu�ada. At least here in Cuba, it's common to hear either cu�a or cu�i, as a shortening for cu�ado/a. So, in this case and if it applies (maybe in other country it's something like "brother, dude, etc") it is the shortening for sister or brother in-law. __________________ _____________________________ [Have a nice day!!! ♥ Sandra T ♥

04-10-2008, 11:52 PM	#6
exxc�ntrica Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 882 Rep Power: 580	Sandra, possibly we are right, but what does this mean?? mi cuña que bola ????? I'm going to ask Carlos, let's see if this is mexican. __________________ �Aunque la conducta del marido sea censurable, aunque este se d� a otros amores, la mujer virtuosa debe reverenciarlo como a un dios. Durante la infancia, una mujer debe depender de su padre, al casarse de su marido, si este muere, de sus hijos y si no los tuviera, de su soberano. Una mujer nunca debe gobernarse a s� misma." *Leyes de Manu (Libro Sagrado de la India*

04-11-2008, 06:20 AM	#7
SandraT Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Havana,Cuba Posts: 833 Rep Power: 628	exx this is soooo Cuban... �Qu� bol�? �Qu� vuelta/bolero/bolet�n? it all means the same what's up? what's new? Cuban slang for sure...although maybe that is used in other country too. __________________ _____________________________ [Have a nice day!!! ♥ Sandra T ♥

04-11-2008, 07:09 AM	#8
hugocar Forum User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Caracas Posts: 63 Rep Power: 252	Cu�a Strictly speaking, cu�a means wedge. However, in informal language it is frequently used as short for cu�ado or cu�ada, that is, brother-in-law or sister-in-law.

04-11-2008, 07:40 AM	#9
lara08 New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 10	cuban slang I received the email from Cuba and now it's clear that it's address to sister-in-law. Thanks a lot.

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