"Goyas" - typo or alternative spelling?

Question

I was reading some reviews of my daily treat - Amar en Tiempos Revueltos, and came across this

esta seria se merece unos goyas a todo, como guion, como actores, como historia de la españa negra, me transporta a los tiempos de mis padres, como se sufria, y cuanto miedo existia en las gentes, este escritor realmente se luce, y todo el equipo,que compone esta serie, felicidades todos

I can't find the word anywhere, I'm wondering what it means? I thought it could be a typo, or a common mispelling, or Internet language. Seems it should mean something really good!

¿Podríais darme algunas opiniones por favor?

Gracias de antemano.

Answer 1

.. is granted the honorary Goya, that is the prize that the Spanish film industry gives an artist, be it actor, director, screenwriter, producer, etc..,

I found it!!!!!

Thanks everybody for trying.

that's right, goya is a kind of spanish "oscar" - srovietico, Jun 5, 2010

"They love me, they really love me!!!" :) Glad you found it! - Jason7R, Jun 5, 2010

Great job. - Goyo, Jun 5, 2010

Answer 2

My contribution is simply to mention that goyas is not pronounced the same as joyas. Goyas is pronounced with a hard g as in Spanish gol, similar to English goal. Joyas, on the other hand, is pronounced with a hard h.

I know, I know ... this doesn't answer the question! But I can't find a suitable meaning for goyas in the context, nor can I think of an appropriate "typo" alternative.

The appropriate typo would be hitting the "j" button instead of the "g" button! ;) - Jason7R, Jun 5, 2010

Oh yes of course - I'm more stupid in the mornings than at other times lol! - galsally, Jun 5, 2010

At least you have that, I'm stupid all the time!! ;) - Jason7R, Jun 5, 2010

lol - galsally, Jun 7, 2010

Answer 3

Es que me llamo cuando llevo una falda y altos talones.

Lol!!! jejejejeje - Jason7R, Jun 5, 2010

lol! - galsally, Jun 5, 2010

Answer 4

I looked both words up in the dictionary and found "joya", which as you already probably know means "jewel". Marianne, now when I took your "sabelotodo" and it meant simply "know-all", "smart aleck", or "smarty" and that would lead me to believe that the context was talking about a "jewel" or "gem" of a script. Now with that being said, I hope one of the gurus will weigh in on this.

Yes, I could see that gems/jewels could make sense here. :) - galsally, Jun 5, 2010

Answer 5

Well, I don't think it will suit the context but there is a word in English like "goy", which means the same as "gentile", which refers to people who are not Jewish. The word "goy" in English is essentially considered to be a disparaging term, as opposed to "gentile". In Polish the word "goj" is by no means offensive. As the word in question stems from Hebrew, I may presume that it will look the same in Spanish as well... Hm, that's all I can tell about it. But I don't think that this is the answer you're looking for :(

Answer 6

I found "Goya" in the RAE, but I still don't understand what it means.

goyo, ya.

1. adj. Nic. sabelotodo.

2. f. El Salv. resaca (? malestar por haber bebido en exceso).

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I'm sorry that I couldn't be of more help.

sabelotodo is know-it-all if that was throwing you off - 0074b507, Jun 5, 2010

Hm, interesting :) - bomberapolaca, Jun 5, 2010