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Is Uruguay Spanish so different?

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muy salado?

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updated Feb 10, 2014
edited by --Mariana--
posted by kevafenn
Bienvenida al foro. Welcome to the forum. - 0074b507, Oct 9, 2010

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muy salado in this case is probably ´very expensive´ or ´too hard to learn/ understand/ etcetera.

Hard to swallow? Unpleasant to digest? You're probably correct: too hard to learn. In English, however, salty language refers to language peppered (to go with salt) with expletives. And the sailor part comes from "cursing like a sailor". Not idea of the origin of the phrases.

curse like a sailor

salty language

Salty language is language salted with profanities or obscenities.

I like the very expensive comparison, however.

updated Oct 20, 2010
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
As the son of a career sailor who grew up around sailors and marines I can vouch for the creative profanity and obscenity they are capable of when the mood strikes them. ;-) - KevinB, Oct 20, 2010
Although a little salt in speech can be a good thing Colossians 4:6 :) - Kiwi-Girl, Oct 20, 2010
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Actually, muy salado, has 2 meanings. Here in Uruguay means something that is difficult to overcome, when a person has a hard situation to overcome you say "Muy salado!" "Que salado!" Or it can also mean, like when you say in english "cool!" you say in Uruguayan Spanish "Salado!". Also, here in Uruguay, the some people skip the "d" and day "Salao!", or "Salau!" We also say "Sato!", wich comes from "Exacto!" Hope my answer cleared your doubts!. Grettings from Uruguay wink

updated Feb 10, 2014
posted by alfoirazabal
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Weekend night threads can be SO bizarre!!

updated Oct 10, 2010
posted by Gekkosan
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Spanish in Uruguay is not necessarily different, but slang and colloquial Spanish there could be quite distinct, though. Yet, I don't understand your question.

updated Oct 10, 2010
posted by lazarus1907
By muy salada (vey salty) I think they mean all Uruguayans talk like sailors (off-color vocabulary) - 0074b507, Oct 9, 2010
what?? Onetti was uruguayo. Have you read Onetti? Galeano is uruguayo. sailors?? - mediterrunio, Oct 9, 2010
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"Muy salado" means "very expensive" in both Uruguayan and Argentine Spanish.

Uruguayan Spanish differs from neutral Spanish is more than just "slang and colloquialism". They use the voseo form for second person conjugations, which can be confusing.

I suggest you go to those links to find out more about it. Uruguayan Spanish is basically the same as Argentine.

updated Oct 20, 2010
posted by Patrick-Hernandez
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updated Oct 10, 2010
posted by lorenzo9
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muy salado in this case is probably ´very expensive´ or ´too hard to learn/ understand/ etcetera.

we need more context!!

always, always context.

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updated Oct 9, 2010
posted by mediterrunio