Video Title Mystery

Question

Here's the title of a hilarious video from Venezuela. Can anyone please provide a translation?

"'Como una Chavista se cala una esposita Escualida?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I don't know heidi, I got 'una' and 'esposita'

Answer 2

Hi eeker, how can I find this video?
I am glad you liked the investigation.

Answer 3

I said I would investigate and I did:

Para comprender la expresión, es necesario conocer algo del entorno político actual en Venezuela.
Los términos claves son los siguientes;
Chavista - Partidario de Hugo Chávez, actual presidente de Venezuela.
se cala - aguanta, tolera, soporta.
escuálido - es la palabra utilizada por Chávez para referirse a los grupos de oposición. Es lo contrario de chavista. Es un término despectivo. La Academia de la Lengua Española lo define de la manera siguiente: 1. Flaco, macilento. 2. adj. Sucio, asqueroso.
Además, es necesario saber que entre chavistas y opositores (escuálidos) existe fuerte confrontación. Son como perro y gato.
Para entender exactamente lo que se quiere decir sería necesario tener un poco más de contexto.
Sin embargo, en sentido general, lo que se dice es

'Cómo un chavista aguanta a una esposa de la oposición.

so, being this the final version the translation is:

How does a chavista (a Chavez supporter) bear a wife from the opposition'?

I must say, to understand the part of "escuálida" as being the opposing party...that's only for natives!! AS I said before, I didn't understand any of this sentence.

Answer 4

Thanks for your interest and assitance. I'll try 97.7 (fm, I presume).
Regards.
JA

Answer 5

Lo de calarse no lo tengo nada claro. Ni siquiera lo entiendo. voy a investigar.

Answer 6

One last thought: Without a real translation, am I correct that generally the girl on the beach is raising some irritating point about Chavez that motivates her date to, shall we say, deflate the girl rather than listen to her comments'

Answer 7

I notice that a meaning for calar in the Andes is "to humiliate" Could it be something like "Is this how a chavista humiliates himself by having a skinny scrawney wife"

Answer 8

Well, I'm very happy to meet you M. Eeeker. Do you think it would be wise for me to conjure up some tricked-up name for this web site instead of my own? Maybe I should have done that in the beginning.

I joined this site because I'm an ESL teacher here in Westchester, NY and I am closely tied to an NGO: "Bridges to Community" where we build small but completely adequate houses for the poorest of the poor in rural Nicaragua. At least once a year my wife and I go there with a small group of like-minded people and actually build one of these houses with our own hands and minimal professional help. You might be interested in looking at their web site .

My ESL students are all undocumented jornaleros who, as you might imagine, are struggling mightely to survive in an element which is often unfriendly.
My Spanish is pretty good for simple conversaton ( based on several years study a half century ago) but I am always trying to expand into proper conjugations, etc.

I'd enjoy hearing from you again.

Cordially,

JAA

Answer 9

My most sincere gratitude for your assistance! It's my first "success" with this web site, and I must say I'm really impressed. Thanks again