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My word-of-the-day calendar has an interesting example phrase (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Aplasto is not the correct verb to use. It is a direct translation of crush, in the sense of crushing a can or a tomato or something and implies flattening. "No soy jugador, simplemente gano frecuentemente". Source: am native spanish speaker who did all my schooling in LATAM.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I think more appropriately would be. "No soy jugador, me encapricho frecuente." I wanted to use enamorar but that's more passionate than crush.

    Edit: autocorrect

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I'm not a Spanish speaker, but I think Pun's meaning of "crush" is getting lost in translation. I would say definition 3 from this slang dictionary is the most accurate.

    Edit: Now that I think about it, "crush" was the lyric in the radio edit. In the unedited version he says outright "... I just fuck a lot."

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I was only familiar with the edited version for years & was a little disappointed when I heard the original. "Crush" is a better lyric. It's a double entendre and doesn't sound so... thirsty? I'm also not a Spanish speaker, but would think a proper translation should infer the playfulness of that double meaning.

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