"Adios, Panchita" - meaning?

Question

Hello, I am wondering what this phrase means, or what the closest equivalent in English would be. I'm guessing it would be something like "so long, pal", or "kiss your life goodbye, buddy", but I'm not sure. Google searches have not turned up any hits, only a definition of "pancho" as "buddy" or "pal". Am I on the right track here? Thanks!

Answer 1

Adios Francisquita?

Good bye little Francisca.

Definición de Pancho:

Es el alias de el nombre "Francisco".

Answer 2

A "panchito" is a little peanut. "Panchita" can be either the diminutive form of somebody's name, or the nickname "peanut."

Much like "pepita" is a pumpkin seed, or at least that is what I hear in these parts... :) - cristalino, Jul 18, 2011

Ok, but "Pepita" is also the diminutive form of Josefa, and Panchita is the diminutive form of Francisca. - LuisCache, Jul 18, 2011

Answer 3

"Pancha" is another way to call someone who is named "Francisca".

"Panchita" is like saying "Francisquita", I mean, it's its diminutive .

I hope it helped

Answer 4

There need be no Godfather overtone.

It could simply mean 'goodbye Frankie' or Frances, we don't tend to diminutise names so much in English...

Pancho, is, I think, a nickname for Fransisco, therefore it follows that Panchito would be a 'cute' way of saying that and Panchita the female equivalent.

Answer 5

So in English, would that be like "so long, little Francisca" or something like that? I just can't seem to figure out how that would be said in English. "so long, sam" "kiss your ___ goodbye, buddy"

something like that is what I think it would sound like. Or is there an idiom that uses food in English to say the same thing? "Good bye, peanut" doesn't sound like a usable idiom. Thanks!!

In French, a lot of foods may be used as diminutive nicknames, such as "my little cabbage." :) - randomaccount65, Jul 18, 2011