Apunto alto me lo guiso
I don't understand what they mean with guiso here. I think it means some kind of stew, or a verb that means cook like cocinar. I think apunto needs an infinitive to be like "estoy apunto de partir" otherwise it means point, so "I point high, I cook it"........?
Entire text of paragraph: Porque no, apunto alto me lo guiso, apuesto, por la noche, Oyendo ruidos que hacen los animales y los coches, Hago piezas de coleccionistas y broche, Sin palabra no hay persona, Sin reputacion no hay respeto, Conozco esta zona, Esta mona no se anda por las ramas, Hablo claro, Consecuencias llegan, Si me necesitas, llama.
This line also is wierd to me: Hago piezas de coleccionistas y broche. I make pieces of collectors and broche (clasp, fastener, what does this word mean here?)
Gracias.
8 Answers
Gekko said: ...if you're going to start listening to rap / hip-hop, you're going to come across some very difficult slang.
I agree. Most of it makes no sense.
Heidi said: To get clear answers, and not make us just guess, you must give context!
Exactly!
Jeezzle said: It's hip hop type music with a good beat.
I agree! Hip Hop music can be very enjoyable...it's VERY different than the street rap (crap) that some people are listening to today.
Julian said: I have absolutely no interest in understanding this garbage
Try listening to some Hip Hop music rather than Rap -- they are very different types of music. This will get your toes tapping.
I don't enjoy rap, and this isn't rap, you don't even know what it is,
Jeezle, Julian does not know, neither does anybody who has answered on these incomprehensible threads as you did not say!
Like I said on the other post, if you're going to start listening to rap / hip-hop, you're going to come across some very difficult slang.
I thought gekko knew, obviously he was wrong.
I asked this on another of these threads:
Was that heard or did you see it written? You might be confused with brindar canciones.
The question was not answered. To get clear answers, and not make us just guess, you must give context!
"Apunto alto me lo guiso" -> En principio no es nada abusivo, seguramente quiero decir algo como " Esta vez voy a conseguir grandes cosas porque yo mismo las voy a provocar".
No entiendo lo JulianChivis, me parece muy bien escrito el párrafo... con valor literario incluso...
Like I said on the other post, if you're going to start listening to rap / hip-hop, you're going to come across some very difficult slang. Much of that may be very specific to certain Hispanic neighborhoods. To be truthful, I don't understand what they mean by several of the things they say there. One guess at your specific question would be that maybe they mean that because the singer is not aiming high, he's cooking someone (with a gun, presumably). Shoot and kill, perhaps. Or maybe it's something less violent. I really can't be sure.
According to the SD dictionary, guisar can also mean to cook up ideas, to make a plan. So I think it is " why not aim high when I make plans for myself through the night, listening to the noises made by animals and cars." Apuesto, giving the added meaning of envisioning herself well dressed with fine things.
"Hago piezas de coleccionistas y broche" confuses me too. I can't seem to figure a translation that feels right to me.
"Sin palabra no hay persona" of course literally means "Without word there is no one" but I think a better sense of what is meant is "If a person cannot be trusted on their word, then they are nobody." "Sin reputación no hay respeto" "without reputation there is no respect"
"Conozco esta zona," "I know this area, I know what I am talikng about."
"Esta mona no se anda por las ramas," " This monkey (meaning herself) doesn't beat around the bush" "Hablo claro, Consecuencias llegan" "I speak frankly whatever the consequences." "Si me necesitas, llama." "If you need me, call."
Some things seem to be said so much better in Spanish. Wouldn't you agree?
Oo oo I think I know a little part....
Esta mona no se anda por las ramas, Hablo claro
Irse por las ramas, como - Irse por los cerros de Úbeda - significa to beat about the bush o waffle en inglés
So I guess mona is slang for a girl, and it means this girl doesn't beat about the bush, she talks straight.
Hope that helps, jeezzle
I agree with Gekkosan. And call me narrow-minded if you will, but I have absolutely no interest in understanding this garbage - in any language.
Porque no, apunto alto me lo guiso, apuesto, por la noche, Oyendo ruidos que hacen los animales y los coches, Hago piezas de coleccionistas y broche, Sin palabra no hay persona, Sin reputacion no hay respeto, Conozco esta zona, Esta mona no se anda por las ramas, Hablo claro, Consecuencias llegan, Si me necesitas, llama.
Es herga total y no puedo comprenderlo, pero me gusta! I just like the sound of it. Sure sounds like rap. Apunto here isn't 'a punto' but the verb apuntar. Guiso here is guisarse, and he's definitely talking about making supper! Apuesto is like 'well-appointed', handsome. Broche refers to a girl's hair band which I have heard in Mexico. I looked up piezas de coleccionistas and it signifies 'collector's items', and I think what is meant here is he is just up in the night making random collections of 'stuff'. Necesitamos unos jovenes para darnos el sentido completo!
Because no, I aim high, I cook it, guapo, through the night, hearing the noises that the animals and cars make, I'm up collecting stuff, Without words there is no one, Without reuputation there is no respect, I know this zone, this monkey doesn't walk through the branches, I speak clearly, consequences happen, if you need me, call.
