Can someone translate this for me?

Question

"Ta lindo es muchacho pero toca meterno en una camara de papel periodico". It is Colombian and I am having difficulty finding an accurate translation. Can someone help me?

Answer 1

I would translate this as somebody saying "this kid is cute, but play mother with him in a room filled with newspapers " maybe because he is making a mess.

Yeah I think this also is a pretty good translation. Thanks. - coleboy11, Jul 11, 2010

Answer 2

I too wonder about abbreviations/typos.

Could it be: está lindo ese muchacho pero toca meterlo en una cámara de papel periódico

That guy's gorgeous, but up to you to put him in a newspaper camara/room? Could it be an idiom of some sort? Putting someone in his/her place?

¡Ay, no tengo ni idea¡

Yeah you may be on to something with this, although I won't be satisfied until a true colombian gives a real answer. - coleboy11, Jul 11, 2010

Answer 3

Is it camara or cámara:

Camara - is chamber or small room whereas the all important tilde changes it to 'camera'

Answer 4

cámara can be a cameraman or woman of a newspaper according to this dictionary. I am wondering of meterno is a misspelling.

Answer 5

I'm not really sure. Ta could be one of two things, short for está or a typo of tan. I can't find the word meterno, and I'm not sure what a camera of newspaper is.