Posts tagged words.

What word would be better then? (Serious question. I didn’t know this was an offensive term).

It depends how people identify. Some prefer country of origin (Mexican, Puerto Rican etc), others prefer latino, latina or latin@…. others use chicano, chicana, or chican@. It’s all very specific. They’ve all got their own histories. They’re used interchangeably but they’re not identical. 

It’s just definitely not the word for me.

The word Hispanic

literally gives me chills. I hate it so so so so much.

Just one of those things.

Queer Language Words (Mexico City) ›

Some useful Mexican words.

TFI Daily News: Word of the Day ›

newstfionline:

spiel \SPEEL\ noun
 : a voluble line of often extravagant talk : a speech delivered especially to sell or promote something

Example:
Jonathan called the wireless company with a question about his bill; he was not expecting a spiel from a representative trying to sell him on a more expensive data…

Sorry, my mind was just blown because I thought this word only had one pronunciation annnddd it definitely has two.

pousser ›

ilvadesoi:

to push, to move (something)

Exemple: Le vent poussait le bateau vers la côte.

The wind was pushing the boat towards the shore.

Compound forms

  • Pousser un peu
    To overdo it/go too far
  • Pousser une gueulante
    To shout one’s head off
  • Pousser quelqu’un à fair quelque chose
    To…