Someone that works in a kitchen

Question

This is the same word as the bad word that starts with P? They used it that way in the show, and our dictionary pans it out. Is it widely used like that? So it's not exclusively a bad word? Gracias.

Answer 1

"Pinche" is the technical word for a kitchen assistant and in this case it is not a "palabrota".

Answer 2

Wow, jejeje, I thought you meant pu...again, and thought, well, what has that got to do with cooking?

Pinche de cocina is a normal and regularly used word here in Spain

Spaghetti a la putanesca. (it's Italian and I'm unsure of the spelling). - samdie, May 1, 2011

Answer 3

Is that a spanish word? I thought you were refering to an english word "pot" which isn't really bad.

Ha, but pots don't work. Is it because I said "pans it out"? ;) - jeezzle, May 1, 2011

Je je je . . . in my day, that bad word was KP duty . . .Kitchen Police. - GaryT, May 1, 2011

Answer 4

Thanks Agora, I've been scolded a few times for using palabrotas without knowing that they were bad so I try to be careful. I assume it's used in Mexico too then, isn't that where you are from? Your location says, Mexico and USA.

Gracias

I am mexican. I moved to USA a few years ago. I spend part of the year in México. - Agora, May 1, 2011