¡A buena hora mangos verdes!

Question

¿Qué significa esta frase? en ingles por favor

Answer 1

I suppose another meaning could be "locking the barn door after the horse has bolted"

Answer 2

A Good time green mangos. It´s looks like it´s also the title for a Cuban play.

Answer 3

And the answer is "Too little, too late" go figure

Answer 4

meter la pata, or to mess up (to stick your foot somewhere).

that would apply when you simply mess up something, like 'dude, i messed up and told my friend i liked her' or... i don't know. when do you mess up?

Answer 5

sticking his foot in his mouth

but I've heard that as sth like meterse las patas

Answer 6

motley, as i was saying it is not a proper saying like a maxim or a proverb, but more of a witticism or a quip.

i've heard it in different contexts, but always when someone is remarking that 'so and so said something in the wrong moment, delayed or way too early'.

let me think for a moment....

Answer 7

Now we're getting somewhere.

Would you say the English equivalent is?

Being in the wrong place at the wrong time

Answer 8

it is actually correct, a buena hora mangos verdes. it is a cuban play, completed in 1982 by a cuban playwriter too.

it is also a cuban expression that roughly translates into 'doing something in the wrong moment' (now please, don't ask me where the etymology for this comes from, but i know enough cubans to be very familiar with this expression)

one more thing... it is not called a saying or an expression, but a dicharacho, something more popular than a proper saying.

Answer 9

MOtley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How nice seeing you

Well, you got this wrong:

a buenas horas mangAs verdes

You can see what a small vowel can do to you!!

Have a look at some threads on this site.

this means something like: You are too late !

correction below! - zenejero, Oct 7, 2009

Answer 10

¿No hay cubanos aquí?

I can't believe I have you guys stumped!!

Answer 11

Too funny Heidita, now tell me how I can tell my teacher she made an error?????

buuut in googling it's mangos

mira aqui

http://scholar.library.miami.edu/archivoteatral/review/viewPlay.php?play_ID=835&playTitle=A+buena+hora+mangos+verdes

Answer 12

Hi Eddy, Tks for your efforts. It was a fill in the blanks question, I found the blank to be hora by googling but not what it means. It is probably Cuban. I've searched all my resources & this is my last hope. Someone here ALWAYS knows the answer. I'll find out in class tomorrow if not before & let you know the answer.

I rarely go to Cherry's site. I'm still trying to learn but there is only so much you can do in a day. I've gotten hooked on novelas.

Answer 13

Hi Motley

Searched various locations but couldn´t come up with anything. Could this be something like "when the time is ripe".

Nice to see you here again, by the way, how´s Cherry?

Answer 14

But what is the modismo?