I saw on Facebook today the sentence "Donde llega yessica se siente la para." There is also that rapper "Mozart la Para."
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Another meaning of "para"?
No idea about the rapper's name.
there is the verb PARAR, to stop, to detain. Possibly a shortening of the word parada, the stop, stoppage. "Where Yessica goes, the stoppage is felt". More context would be helpful.
la pala is the shovel, sometimes l's and pronounced as r's, but I don't make sense of it with that word.
there is the verb PARAR, to stop, to detain. Possibly a shortening of the word parada, the stop, stoppage. "Where Yessica goes, the stoppage is felt". More context would be helpful.
la pala is the shovel, sometimes l's and pronounced as r's, but I don't make sense of it with that word.
Wherever Yessica shows up, you feel everything stop (para = stop in this case too).
Coincidentally, I was into a hardware to exchange some cheap lock pliers that I hadn't noticed were rusted at the exposed adjusting screw end. It happened that all the pliers had this characteristic rust (except for two hidden and behind the more than twenty on display). I suggested that the store should take them all "off the rack." The rep responded that "Noooo. Eso se vende mucho. Al Dominicano no lo para eso"
Quite honestly the expression seemed like Dominican colloquialism when I first heard it. I thought about the different possible connotations, including that it takes a Dominican more than a rusty plier to get a "hard on."Of course, with "Al Dominicano no lo para eso" the rep was simply saying, a rusty plier doesn't stop a Dominican from buying cheap. I guess it doesn't "para" me neither. I exchanged the rusty one for one of the two I discovered w/o rust, and bought the second one too.
Para also means for. Now good luck w/breaking down "Mozart . . . ."
Coincidentally, I was into a hardware to exchange some cheap lock pliers that I hadn't noticed were rusted at the exposed adjusting screw end. It happened that all the pliers had this characteristic rust (except for two hidden and behind the more than twenty on display). I suggested that the store should take them all "off the rack." The rep responded that "Noooo. Eso se vende mucho. Al Dominicano no lo para eso"
Quite honestly the expression seemed like Dominican colloquialism when I first heard it. I thought about the different possible connotations, including that it takes a Dominican more than a rusty plier to get a "hard on."Of course, with "Al Dominicano no lo para eso" the rep was simply saying, a rusty plier doesn't stop a Dominican from buying cheap. I guess it doesn't "para" me neither. I exchanged the rusty one for one of the two I discovered w/o rust, and bought the second one too.
Para also means for. Now good luck w/breaking down "Mozart . . . ."
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You seem to have it. A better translation than mine.
When JFK founded the Alliance for Progress to offer an alternative to Fidel, the Spanish translation was "La Alianza para el progreso", which some cynics suggested meant "The Alliance STOPS progress". Which is actually did: shortly after it was founded, the Brazilian Army overthrew the elected government and ruled with a heavier hand than any previous government for decades.
Another fun play on words was the name Evita Peron, since in addition to being the name of Peron's wife, also translates "Avoid Peron". (evitar~ to avoid).
The Mozart thing is anyone's guess.
Still doesn't make sense to me. I've never heard a dominican say 'se siente la para' or anything like it to refer to 'everything comes to a stop'. The context would help to translate. Maybe it's something like: Donde llega Yessica y se siente, la para. (whereever Yessica arrives and sits down, he / she (someone else than Yessica) makes her stand up.
parar means stop of course, but as a noun I've only see it in the masculine form: el paro. Never 'la para'.
parar means stop of course, but as a noun I've only see it in the masculine form: el paro. Never 'la para'.
being verbs, yes. meaning stand up or stop. The stop, or the 'stopping' is 'el paro'. Not 'la para'
Singer Omega has a song that says something like "Me tienen para". Basically he talks about how great he is, how others can?t sleep because of him...... blah, blah, blah! So.....just from the lyrics you could tell that para is maybe some envy, commotion or some sort of reaction that this person causes???
According to Diccionario libre "para" means:
1. Someone who has influence on someone else?s life
2.A state of panic or paranoia, like when you?re under the effect of drugs, thinking that the police are out to get you.
Diccionario Libre: Para
According to Diccionario libre "para" means:
1. Someone who has influence on someone else?s life
2.A state of panic or paranoia, like when you?re under the effect of drugs, thinking that the police are out to get you.
Diccionario Libre: Para
para=paranoide, entonces.
The mystery is solved. Except for the part suggesting that rap has anything to do with Mozart.
The mystery is solved. Except for the part suggesting that rap has anything to do with Mozart.
My esposa says it means that everyone realizes someone important (yessica) just arrived and is from the song below.
But somehow I think this refers to the parando (standing up) of the male appendage. Just my 2cents
El Alfa Ft. La Nueva Escuela - Siente la Para - Dembow 2012 - YouTube
But somehow I think this refers to the parando (standing up) of the male appendage. Just my 2cents
El Alfa Ft. La Nueva Escuela - Siente la Para - Dembow 2012 - YouTube
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I suppose there will always be musicians that consider themselves to be geniuses, like Mozart.
Fir me, rap combines awful poetry with way more percussion than I require. Some rap is clearly designed to annoy anyone older than the rapper. But it is a matter of taste
Fir me, rap combines awful poetry with way more percussion than I require. Some rap is clearly designed to annoy anyone older than the rapper. But it is a matter of taste
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