what does the phrase, "que si pita, que si flauta" mean
someone once said to me, "que si pita, que si flauta". what is the significance of this phrase?
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It's more likely "que si pito, que si flauta", and it means basically that it doesn't matter, or it's the same.
It's basically the Spanish Latin American equivalent of the Italian-American bada bim bada bop. In a casual conversation, you'd use it roughly as follows:
You know, yesterday I was talking to Jamie, and she kept going on and on about her grandmother's illness and the issues with the hospital, "que si pito que si flauta", and I said to her, look, I get it, I do, but please handle it yourself, because I got my hands full at work with the new Johnson & Johnson campaign.
Come to think of it, Seinfeld's yadda, yadda, yadda bit also comes close, although that one is a bit more dismissive of the underlying subject matter.
Jaja, I just read guillermo2's post, and he put it overall perfect and simple. But I thought about it, and it's more like "it is what it is". =)
I believe the meaning intended is, "if it whistles, it's a flute". Kind of like if it barks, it's a dog. One of those weird wisdom phrases. Understand now? Those phrases are odd even in english so if you need a further explanation, just let me know.
que si pita, que si flauta - that if whistles, that if flute
I don't understand what this means.
But I looked at multiple translation sites and this is the closest phrase that I got. x.
