Game: Everyday words with secondary meanings

Question

Yesterday I was doing the total immersion gig and I ran across this sentence "Son sus blancos!". 2 guys were being chased by a third. They are his whites? Nope, blanco has another meaning: target. What other everyday words have lesser known, but still commonly used secondary meanings?

PS No pronomials or reflexive meanings if you use a verb.

Answer 1

Manzana means apple of course.

However, it also means a a city "block." For example, in giving directions someone might say "sigue dos manzanas y doble a la direcha" (go down two blocks and turn to the right).

LOL.. that's so funny. I didn't know that. If I was told that, I'd be suppressing laughter. - lisa13, Dec 20, 2009

Where are you from Marianne? I told my boyfriend this and he is from PR. He said they don't use manzana, they use Pera. (just kidding) - 0021954c, Dec 20, 2009

Answer 2

lata:

a can/tin such as might contain food/drink

a pain/nuisance/bother

Answer 3

"Andar"

Of course "andar" means "to walk" but I have never used this word in this context.

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I use "andar" to mean "to go around" like driving around; and also for "to hang around or hang out" Also for sure "¡Anda!" for "Get a move on!" or Hurry up!"

Answer 4

harto, adj. fed up, tired

In Latin America, harto before a noun means a lot of.

Habia harta comida. There was a lot of food.

Hay harto ruido. There is a lot of noise.

Answer 5

Es una chica fresa. She is a stuck-up girl.

Answer 6

marrón - situación desagradable

¡qué marrón! -- what a pain!

Answer 7

Manzana. Vamos a comer la manzana. Let's go eat the apple. Let's go have sex.

Answer 8

Mandar (v) to order, to send (plus other meanings)

Its imperative mande is very often used to signal that someone is "at your service."

Address someone and the response can be a question: ¿Mande?

Or, an exclamation: ¡Mande!