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My word-of-the-day calendar has an interesting example phrase (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by kersploosh to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 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

[–] anonymouse2 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks 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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