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04-18-2008, 01:43 PM
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En el D.R.A.E. aparece chele, de origen nahuatl (celic = 'cosa verde o tierna' ).
Según el D.R.A.E. en El Salvador y Costa Rica llama chela, a la 'persona muy blanca o rubia'. Quizás chela podría derivarse de esto, en alusión al color rubio de la cerveza.
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04-18-2008, 02:38 PM
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Apart from being a synonim for "cerveza", in México, "Chela" is also the nickname of Marcela or Graciela, so some guys use to say "Dame una Graciela bien muerta", which actually means "Dame una cerveza bien fría" (Give me a very cold beer).
Unfortunately, I have no idea how "chela" became a synonim of cerveza. Saludos |
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Jesús!!! NO se me hubiera ocurrido nunca que eso fuera cerveza bien fría!!
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cerveza - beer - birra - bière - cerveja - olutta...
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en el DRAE también está chelo/a, proveniente del maya "chel", que significa azul y se aplica en México a las personas rubias de ojos azules. creo q por ahí debe venir la similitud: rubia = cerveza (rubia, claro). me encantó lo de la "chela bien muerta". muy gracioso. en Argentina también le decimos "birra" (como en italiano)... de cualquier manera, creo q es información muy útil saber decirlo en varios idiomas -no vaya a ser q uno se encuentre en otro país y no sepa pedirla, y tenga q terminar tomando una gaseosa  ! jajaja |
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05-31-2008, 10:47 AM
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In chile chela also means beer I guess we copied from mexicans. It is called like this cause there was tv spot or somethig which said The blond that everyone wants....In méxico a blond girl is also called chela.....so that's why.I guess
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06-23-2008, 06:00 PM
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I have heard the term for chela meaning beer.
I have also heard the term chele for very light skinned. My uncle was always called "el chele", because although he had dark hair, his skin color was veeeeeeeery light!!!! Almost an albino, except for the dark hair.
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Tambien puede ser derivado del ingles "chiller" ... ¿no?
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06-24-2008, 07:56 AM
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Muy interestante Acme 54. Nunca pienso por este posibilidad.
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