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Even more of an Anglicism in Spain where a car park (parking lot) is el parking. Unusual because Anglicisms are more common in Latin American Spanish.
But maybe that is to differentiate it from aparcamiento which is a parking lot in the traditional sense.
Here is another word:
Jeans or Bluejeans
Bluejeans, jeans or bluyín (the phonetic spelling also accepted by the RAE)
Vaqueros
Mahones
Tejanos
Jeans or Bluejeans
Bluejeans, jeans or bluyín (the phonetic spelling also accepted by the RAE)
Vaqueros
Mahones
Tejanos
I've never heard mahones.
I came across another word for jeans in Cuba but can't remember it. I looked it up and found pitusa (after an old brand name from the 1950s) but still not sure it was the same word I heard.
Pantalones de mezclilla, tejanos and Levis (as in the brand name) are other words for jeans in different parts of the Spanish-speaking world.
Some of the many words in Spanish for beans. The ones in bold are used in the Dominican Republic.
Habas, habichuelas, frijoles, judias, caraotas, alubias, porotos, vainitas.
More names are listed in this thread.
Habas, habichuelas, frijoles, judias, caraotas, alubias, porotos, vainitas.
More names are listed in this thread.
I don’t think mahones is common but it exists. I don’t know how I know it either but I do.
Have a look here:
JEANS
La interesante historia del origen de la palabra JEANS. Aquí explicamos de dónde viene la palabra jeans.
etimologias.dechile.net
La computadora is most common in Latin America.
El computador you will hear in Colombia and Chile.
Yes, there are plenty of words for beans in Spanish. The ones you listed are quite common then there is the Colombian variation fríjol vs the standard frijol.
I have beans in my jeans. Sorry if it was too lame.
In English maybe but in Spanish.....that is the thing about languages. What rolls in one may not have same nuance in another (play on the words).
I have never heard of Mahones but have heard and know people that have said Mahon to describe jeans. It is used but not as common.
Wisin and Yandel had a hit song called Pegao where they use the word to describe tight jeans.
part of lyrics:
Ella lo baila pegao, pegao, pegao, pegao
Y el mahon bien apretao
Bien pegao, pegao, pegao (Ehhh...)
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Wisin and Yandel had a hit song called Pegao where they use the word to describe tight jeans.
part of lyrics:
Ella lo baila pegao, pegao, pegao, pegao
Y el mahon bien apretao
Bien pegao, pegao, pegao (Ehhh...)
Wisin & Yandel - Pegao lyrics | Musixmatch
Lyrics for Pegao by Wisin & Yandel. Ella me modela guilla′ (Ajá), me baila guilla' (Ajá) Me aloca cuando se quita la ropa y me...
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I thought of Mahón/mahonesa but wondered how could they possibly be connected. Azul mahón, makes sense. But I truly have never ever heard that word for jeans in the DR.
Here is a video to support the topic of this thread. Spanish is one language with a lot variety but mutually intelligible. It is unusual that Spanish speakers from different countries can’t understand each other. Words, expressions and pronunciation will vary and you can run into some challenges but considering how different it can be from region to region people understand each other.