Spanish translation
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What does 'Ala chingata !' mean ?
Could be some sort of Mexican dialect.
It comes from one of my favourite films 'Desperado', here's the quote in full..
After the guy at the bar says it everyone erupts into hysterics.
Buscemi: That's my brand. [He takes a drink] Mmmmm...this is damn good. In fact, I'd say this is the best beer I ever had. Actually, I'm glad to be alive right now. I was up a few towns away, you know, Saragosa? I was visiting a bar there, not unlike this one. They serve beer, not quite as good as this, but close. I saw something there you wouldn't believe. Now this bar, it was full of real LOW-LIFES. Not like this place here; no, I mean bad, like "up to no good," do you know what I'm saying? Anyway I'm all by myself. I like it that way. Meanwhile things are going on, under the table kinds of things. Not obvious, but not too secret either. So, I'm sitting there...and in walks the BIGGEST Mexican I have ever seen. Big as shit, just walks in like he owns the place. Dark, too. I don't mean dark skinned; no, this was different. It was as if he was walking in a shadow. I mean every step he took towards the light--just when you thought his face was about to be revealed, it wasn't. It was as if the lights dimmed, just for him. So, this guy takes a seat at the bar, asks the bartender for a soda pop sits back and pays nothing.
Mexican [to bartender]: Ala chingata!
Could be some sort of Mexican dialect.
It comes from one of my favourite films 'Desperado', here's the quote in full..
After the guy at the bar says it everyone erupts into hysterics.
Buscemi: That's my brand. [He takes a drink] Mmmmm...this is damn good. In fact, I'd say this is the best beer I ever had. Actually, I'm glad to be alive right now. I was up a few towns away, you know, Saragosa? I was visiting a bar there, not unlike this one. They serve beer, not quite as good as this, but close. I saw something there you wouldn't believe. Now this bar, it was full of real LOW-LIFES. Not like this place here; no, I mean bad, like "up to no good," do you know what I'm saying? Anyway I'm all by myself. I like it that way. Meanwhile things are going on, under the table kinds of things. Not obvious, but not too secret either. So, I'm sitting there...and in walks the BIGGEST Mexican I have ever seen. Big as shit, just walks in like he owns the place. Dark, too. I don't mean dark skinned; no, this was different. It was as if he was walking in a shadow. I mean every step he took towards the light--just when you thought his face was about to be revealed, it wasn't. It was as if the lights dimmed, just for him. So, this guy takes a seat at the bar, asks the bartender for a soda pop sits back and pays nothing.
Mexican [to bartender]: Ala chingata!
www.answers.com/topic/spanish-profanity
here you go
a bit hard to directly translate, just a random curse
here you go
a bit hard to directly translate, just a random curse
where's the edit button gone?
the updated wikipedia page is better
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Profanity
the updated wikipedia page is better
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Profanity
although wikipedia says it's to do with this woman, la malinche
"In Mexico today, Malinche remains iconically potent, seen in various often conflicting aspects, including the embodiment of treachery, the quintessential victim ("La Chingada"
, or simply as symbolic mother of the new Mexican people."
it seems to be about betrayal or being f**cked up
it's def. mexican as opposed to spanish
"In Mexico today, Malinche remains iconically potent, seen in various often conflicting aspects, including the embodiment of treachery, the quintessential victim ("La Chingada"
, or simply as symbolic mother of the new Mexican people." it seems to be about betrayal or being f**cked up
it's def. mexican as opposed to spanish
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