Que aquí estamos de prestao,, what is prestao

Question

Tried to look up "prestao" here in Spanish dict and even in the huge EU dict, that only came up with: Portugese:prestao; installment (US), instalment (UK)..

When jarabe de Palo sings: Que aquí estamos de prestao que el cielo está nublao que uno nace y luego muere y este cuento se ha acabao depende

I know it translates to: Let us be here, Let the sky be cloudy today... etc

But even I know the translation, why wont this "prestao" be translated?

own comment; the word " acabao ", does not make it better, it's the same.. does he ue a dialect? - sondersk, Oct 20, 2011

Answer 1

It's probably an andaluz guy changing "prestar" into local pronunciation

this is a very "madrileño" thing actually, we, not me, mind you, seem to have forgotten the d's altogether in participle endings. Muy mal hecho!

Answer 2

"En esta vida, todos estamos de prestado" is similar to "life lasts little time. For that reason, we are nobody. Life doesn't belong to us".

Thanks, but here you use the spelling "prestado", with the "d" that are missing in "prestao", but maybe it's the same word, just this mucisian uses slang spelling..? - sondersk, Oct 20, 2011

Prestado = prestao - nila45, Oct 20, 2011

Is that allowed, regular? - sondersk, Oct 20, 2011

Yes, a lot of people say that: prestao, bailao, educao, limpiao, .... and so on. It is correct but some people could consider it isn't so correct. But.... - nila45, Oct 20, 2011

Of course, it is not correct when you write that. The best way of writing this is: prestado, bailado, educado, limpiado... - nila45, Oct 20, 2011

smile, nice thanks.. - sondersk, Oct 20, 2011

Answer 3

It's probably an andaluz guy changing "prestar" into local pronunciation, he needs it for that rhyme scheme the idea seems to be something like "life is on loan" ie: as nila says it doesn't last for long. They don't just drop the "s", here the "d" gets the chop.

So prestado becomes "prestao". Click here: prestar