What does la biana mean? Or is it la vaina?na vaina? i hear people using it alot
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Vaina can mean anything....This is how I use Vaina
"Deja la vaina!" ("leave it alone, I'm done talking about that")
"Me gusta esa vaina/ Me encanta esa vaina!!" ("I like that!! I love that!!")
"Mira esa vaina" ("Look at that")
"Yo no hago esa vaina" ("I don't do that sh*t")
"Ese hombre que vende chancleta y vaina" ("That man that sells sandals and stuff")
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SHALENA
"Deja la vaina!" ("leave it alone, I'm done talking about that")
"Me gusta esa vaina/ Me encanta esa vaina!!" ("I like that!! I love that!!")
"Mira esa vaina" ("Look at that")
"Yo no hago esa vaina" ("I don't do that sh*t")
"Ese hombre que vende chancleta y vaina" ("That man that sells sandals and stuff")
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SHALENA
Maybe like "that crap" in English.... not really dirty talk but crap the nun's don't like to hear.
How's that for inserting it in a sentence ??!!
How's that for inserting it in a sentence ??!!
Just "stuff", or "sh?t", depending on context. SKing's examples pretty much sum it up. Note - it is slightly vulgar, not to be used in formal, polite settings - as I learned to my cost
I gotta hear this!! Spill it!! lol
Colombians, possibly also Cubans and Puerto Ricans?
Could have been worse, I could have used it in a corporate presentation or in a speech welcoming dignitaries... luckily it was only a workplace conversation with a drama queen co-worker, but he took offence and said I shouldn't use 'vulgarities' in the office.
Vaina originally is sheath in English and it's being used all over Latin America just like Shalena explained.
He's got a stick up his a$$ then, because I have heard Dominicans from all walks of life and classes use "vaina". Not in speeches or anyhting but it was definitely not considered "vulgar". I have a tendency to overuse "co?azo!"....now thats vulgar.
SHALENA
Chiri; Cubans dont use that word. On mega tv.(direct t.v.) miami there is a program called esta noche tonight, they have a personaje "jejo vargas" that is a white cuban inpersonating a dominican with a painted face very un- p.c. he always use the words as is dominicans use ,but i found dominicans dont use it that much.
He most certainly did have a stick up his arse, but my husband - who doesn't - confirmed that there are times and places when it's not considered polite or refined.
It may not be ruder than the word "crap" in English but you wouldn't make a point of using it during a visit to Great Aunt Ethel either.OK, now I'm going to blame my husband again - he was the one who said it was used in Cuba, and he has lived there. I wasn't so sure, as the only non-Dominicans I know for a fact who do use it are Colombians.
Frank - isn't it more "pod" than "sheath"?
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He most certainly did have a stick up his arse, but my husband - who doesn't - confirmed that there are times and places when it's not considered polite or refined.
OK, now I'm going to blame my husband again - he was the one who said it was used in Cuba, and he has lived there. I wasn't so sure, as the only non-Dominicans I know for a fact who do use it are Colombians.
Frank - isn't it more "pod" than "sheath"?
It's sheath were one puts in his sword or machete
And it also means "vagina" or crudely--c**t--again, depending on usage. Which is not something to be used in formal or "proper-stick-up-arse" settings.
It is a word which I have heard used in academia, but it seems to bring the conversation down to the street level more than convey a sense of "belonging" to the latest vocabulary usage.
It is also a word that substitutes for vocabulary. If you only have 500 or 600 words in your useable vocabulary, the use of "vaina" comes in handy, as indicated by SKing's post. P?same la vaina esa! will work in most cases.
Avoid it, you won't impress anyone with its usage except the less educated and they are impressed by your very presence.
HB
It is a word which I have heard used in academia, but it seems to bring the conversation down to the street level more than convey a sense of "belonging" to the latest vocabulary usage.
It is also a word that substitutes for vocabulary. If you only have 500 or 600 words in your useable vocabulary, the use of "vaina" comes in handy, as indicated by SKing's post. P?same la vaina esa! will work in most cases.
Avoid it, you won't impress anyone with its usage except the less educated and they are impressed by your very presence.
HB
Then there's una vaina bien in response to a favorite bachata and una vaina normal to a friend informing you that he's eating dinner or having a couple of cold ones. Hahaha. They do strange things with Spanish.
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