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An array of books for sale in the tianguis, a traveling Mexican market. © Daniel Wheeler, 2009

Albures, or Dirty Spanish 101

sergiogomez / Moderator / Jan 7, 2009 Puns are the staple of Mexican humor. People use them on a daily basis, and these puns, or albures, are almost always sexual jokes or disguised insults. Sometimes they consist of words with two (or more) meanings. Sometimes they are phrases whose meaning changes depending on where you […]

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What does it mean when someone asks “A que hora sale el pan”?

ana, Jul 2, 2002: what does it mean when someone asks “A que hora sale el pan”? I heard this in an interview and wasn’t sure what it meant. I understand the literal translation but I’m sure that’s not what they are really asking. Thanks. Jim en Cancún, Jul 2, 2002: ¿A que hora sale […]

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Working in Mexico

Posted by Bruce Cobb on November 07, 1996 Hi, My name is Bruce and I live in NE Washington State in a solar powered house. I work for the US forest Service at a Job Corps Center for youth 16 to 24 years old. Next year I will be able to retire and we (wife […]

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