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03-10-2009
crystalclr20

querida??

Hey,

Wanted to know if querida means 'dear' or does it really mean mistress in slang??

:)
03-10-2009
vicente

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Originally Posted by crystalclr20

Hey,

Wanted to know if querida means 'dear' or does it really mean mistress in slang??

:)

It means "beloved" as in mi querida amiga...my beloved friend...and in my experience is used as an affectionate term such as sweetheart, sugar, baby or honey, maybe dear, etc....but "amor" is more commonly used for dear. I suppose some people might use it to describe their mistress but I haven't heard it used like that.
03-11-2009
exxcéntrica

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HI crystal, it means both, depending on the context.
03-11-2009
mem286

Re: querida??

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Originally Posted by vicente

It means "beloved" as in mi querida amiga...my beloved friend...and in my experience is used as an affectionate term such as sweetheart, sugar, baby or honey, maybe dear, etc.....

Right Vicente! That's exactly the way it's used in Argentina, as "beloved". It's not common as mistress, maybe it used to be in the past in the 1900 but not anymore.

Hope it helps!
03-12-2009
SandraT

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Hello all!
Here the word has the two meanings but the mistress meaning is not too widely used anymore.
It is a meaning that my Grandma and even my Mom would use to refer to a man's lover but the younger generation would not.
HOpe it helps!
03-12-2009
Hebe

Re: querida??

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Originally Posted by SandraT

Hello all!
Here the word has the two meanings but the mistress meaning is not too widely used anymore.
It is a meaning that my Grandma and even my Mom would use to refer to a man's lover but the younger generation would not.
HOpe it helps!

The same goes for Veenzuela, Sandrita my friend !!! It has both meanings and it depends on the context. However, as you pointed out, young people do not use "querida" too often for referring to mistress. . They now use "amante" instead
03-12-2009
mem286

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Originally Posted by Hebe

The same goes for Veenzuela, Sandrita my friend !!! It has both meanings and it depends on the context. However, as you pointed out, young people do not use "querida" too often for referring to mistress. . They now use "amante" instead

That's exactly what I ment! :)

Now people say:
Tiene una amante o tiene un amante
Tiene un tipo o tiene una mina

Any other suggestions??

Best regards,
03-12-2009
Hebe

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Originally Posted by mem286

That's exactly what I ment! :)

Now people say:
Tiene una amante o tiene un amante
Tiene un tipo o tiene una min,

:D Ja, ja ja, that’s is exactly how they say it nowadays. You are absolutely right mem. Indeed, our dear Latin countries are joined by a cultural legacy that is thicker than blood
03-12-2009
exxcéntrica

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Lo de tipo y mina no se entendería aquí.

Aquí decimos amante, querida, lío......
03-12-2009
mem286

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Originally Posted by exxcéntrica

Lo de tipo y mina no se entendería aquí.

Aquí decimos amante, querida, lío......

Hola Exx!

Eso me recuerda la indignación que me causó leer "Crepúsculo" de Staphanie Meyer traducido por un traductor español... demasiadas palabras y frases inentendibles para nosotros! ¿Cómo una editorial como Alfaguara no contrata un traductor latinoamericano??

Best regards!
02-22-2011
maeflores

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querida actually means beloved.. however it has been associated w/mistresses because, BEFORE, arrange marriage is followed, wherein the guys who have been arranged to marry a girl is not really in love with his bride/wife.. so, even though they are married they keep on seeing the one they truly love when in some instance they make the other girl, whom they truly love, became their mistress