"Las pelas no solucionan nada." Qué significa?

Question

De un estudiante de Mexico, en mi clase de Ingles como segundo lenguage; una respuesta en su diario sobre parte de un libro que el leyo.

Answer 1

I think in English it should be "spanking doesn't fix anything".

I am sure this is the correct meaning. - Gekkosan, MAR 9, 2010

No. The correct meaning is "Fighting does not solve anything". Heard it many times from my parents while growing up in the EEUU and have said it to my children. - MexGuy, MAR 9, 2010

"Te voy a dar una pela" no es "I am going to fight with you", it is "I am going to spank you". - LuisaGomezBartle, MAR 9, 2010

I don't disagree with you on it's meaning is Spanish. But the meaning of this phrase in English is fighting, or in a more generic sense...hitting eachother. And if my bother and I did not stop "hitting eachother", we would get a spanking. - MexGuy, MAR 10, 2010

To get the meaning of this phrase in English...change the Spanish version to "Los golpes no solucionan nada" - MexGuy, MAR 10, 2010

O más bien...."Las peleas no solucionan nada"...(The fights....) - MexGuy, MAR 10, 2010

Answer 2

"Las pelas no solucionan nada." Qué significa?

The American version of this is "Fighting doesn't (does not) solve anything." And it means that fighting is not a way to resolve a problem, dispute, disagreement. Talk it out, debate it, even agree to disagree....but nobody really wins in a fight.

Answer 3

Pelas is also slang to refer to money only in Spain (pelas=pesetas, the ancient coin used before euro, but the expression is still working as pelas=money). That sentence could mean "El dinero no soluciona nada" but since he is Mexican, I guess is just peleas.

I guess it is ...te falta el sujeto, ves a los otros les sobra el sujeto! jeje - 00494d19, MAR 9, 2010

"ancient" seems a bit exagerated. I remember "pesetas" (and ""duros") very well. - samdie, MAR 9, 2010

Answer 4

This is a saying used in the EEUU. It means "Fighting doesn't (does not) solve anything."

Answer 5

Gracias! Probablemente, si. Entonces, es un dicho, talvez? Algo como, en Ingles, "Fighting never fixes anything"?

Answer 6

Creo que "pelas" aquí se refiere a pegarle a alguien. Muchas veces los padres lo usan para los niños, pero también puede tener un contexto más pesado. Hope this helps.