k transa vatos locos

Question

ke kieren desir vatos locos k transa

Whoa! try proper english or spanish! - pacofinkler, Feb 16, 2011

Is this George Lopez, by any chance? ;o) - cristalino, Feb 16, 2011

REally. The mixture of Mexican slang and "texting" code is just a bit much. Essentially it means something like "s'up crazy dudes", but we do our best to stick to grammatically correct language here. - Gekkosan, Feb 17, 2011

Pleaser remember that correct spelling and capitalization are mandatory on this site, welcome to the forum:) - 00494d19, Feb 17, 2011

Answer 1

k transa vatos locos = ¿Qué tranza, vatos locos?

Like what Gekko said, it means "What's up, crazy dudes/homies?"

ke kieren desir vatos locos k transa

Oddly the asker followed how the phrase he is asking a definition for was written. Perhaps it's "¿Qué quieren decir : vatos locos, ¿qué tranza??" Or, for all we know, this could be just a prankster testing us if we can figure out what he wrote.

Working in a company for Spanish mobile chatting service where there is utter disdain for correct punctuation & spelling, I've encountered greetings of this type quite a lot, especially in the Mexico chat room. They also say "Kiubo" (¿Qué hubo?), "K onda" (¿Qué onda?), Ke pdo (¿Qué pedo?), among others.

"transa", with "s". Fine explanation otherwise. - Gekkosan, Feb 17, 2011

I see. The error on my part probably was influenced by how I've seen it written before. Well, they do seseo in Mexico, so to them it really didn't make a difference if it's written w/ s or z. What do you think? - Deanski, Feb 17, 2011

Absolutely! - LuisCache, Feb 17, 2011

I agree with Dean; if it's all gibberish to begin with, is consistency in spelling really a priority? - cristalino, Feb 17, 2011

Interesting argument. Nevertheless, we rescue what we can: "transa" is a Spanish word, "tranza" isn't. - Gekkosan, Feb 17, 2011

who's in charge of the texting dictionary :-) - Echoline, Feb 17, 2011

@Echo: Heidita, of couse. She just loves the stuff! ;-) - Gekkosan, Feb 17, 2011

Answer 2

Deanski nearly has it:

Oddly the asker followed the way how the phrase he is asking a definition for was written. Perhaps it's "¿Qué quieren decir : vatos locos, ¿qué transa??

The message, as hideously written as it is, is coherent and means:

"What do you mean, you crazy dudes, what's going on?"

I messed up on "the way" & "how". Jumbled thoughts & poor proofreading on my part, sorry. - Deanski, Feb 17, 2011

Excelente! - LuisCache, Feb 17, 2011

Another new gekko? You are turning into a chameleon!! - Echoline, Feb 17, 2011

Hey, Cathy! I was just wondering where the heck you might have gotten to ! Long time no see! - Gekkosan, Feb 17, 2011

Answer 3

Mexican slang bothers me to no end.

Answer 4

Gekkosan tiene razón.

vatos locos = crazy dudes, pals.

K transa ? = qué transa ? = what's up?

ke kieren desir ? = qué quieren decir ? = what's going on? what do you want to say?

Answer 5

Well it's obviously short-hand texting slang.

The first part is: ke kieren desir "Que quieren decir"

The second is a bit more confusing, and I believe it is some sort of saying: vatos locos k transa "vatos locos que transa"

I believe it would translate directly as something like:

"What they want to say is that crazy men can be traded."

But as Gekkosan said it might really translate to something a litte more, um... explicit.

Interesting guess, but incorrect on the last part. - Gekkosan, Feb 17, 2011