I'm selling hot dogs - how do I say that in spanish?

Question

Need to know how to say "hot dog" , as in, the food.

Answer 1

Vendo perros calientes--> I sell hot dogs. Estoy vendiendo perros calientes--> I am selling hot dogs.

What she said. If I sell hot dogs for a living, then I'm a "perrocalentero". :-) - Gekkosan, Jul 28, 2010

Yea -- cool new Spanish word you came up with -- see if you can get it on RAE. - Daniel, Jul 28, 2010

Heh-heh.. It's not there, but it's not a new word. That really is the name given to hot dog vendors in some Latin American countries. "Perrero" is another. - Gekkosan, Jul 28, 2010

Answer 2

A funny little side note:

Here in Pismo Beach California (big tourist spot) there is a guy who sells hot dogs from a hot dog wagon on the sidewalk for 9 months of the year and there is always a waiting line -- half a block from Harry's Bar (famous place here). He and his wife spend 3 months a year in Central Amreica or South America on what he makes selling hot dogs -- and they have done this for the last 12 years. Wow how cool and what a low pressure profession.

Also Pinks Hot Dogs in Hollywood. I think every movie and television star has eaten at Pinks. Pinks is little more than a elaborate hot dog stand. A limo may even drive up and the chofer gets out to get the hot dogs -- yea that's right. I have stood in line at Pinks for over 20 min. for a hot dog.

I knew I made a mistake being a structural engineer.

Answer 3

Salchicha is what I use for both hot dog and sausage. The dictionary here says "El perro caliente". That may be used, I don't know because I'm not a native, but I don't think I've ever heard it.

salchicha is fun to say xD - Debiera, Jul 28, 2010

Yeah I love that word. ;) - jeezzle, Jul 28, 2010

it's one of my fave Spanish words, besides zanahoria. - amykay, Jul 28, 2010

Answer 4

Yep Debs is correct. "perros calientes". However the native speakers where I live also say "hot dogs" in Spanish conversation.

"Salchicha" is used only for "sausage" around here (that is in a casing or in link form).

Note: I am not a native Spanish speaker.

Weird. Here in Texas it's used for Hotdogs. Last week we went to a Mexican Restaurant and my friend ordered a sandwich con salchichas thinking it was a sausage sandwich but it was just hotdogs, and boy was she upset. The waiter was like, si, salchichas.. - jeezzle, Jul 28, 2010

You got to be kidding! Wow what a disapointment. - Daniel, Jul 28, 2010

Answer 5

I think it just depends on where you are. I have friends who are natives of Puerto Rico and they just say "hot dog"...