Que piensas/ que sabes del Botellón

Question

Can anyone explain to me the concept of Botellón??? I'm not sure if it's done in South/Central America as well. . . I know there is no direct translation because there is nothing quite like it in the States!!! I have to write an essay on it though that needs to include different ideas/opinions of el Botellón. Gracias!

Answer 1

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Botellón es un término que describe una reunión de gente, generalmente jóvenes, para el consumo de bebidas en la vía pública (en Cantabria y el País Vasco, a esta práctica se le conoce como "hacer litros" o "ir de litros" y en la Región de Murcia, se le conoce como "botelleo"). Botellón también es un término utilizado para referirse a una botella de gran tamaño generalmente a rosca (aunque puede no serlo)

El fenómeno ha sido estudiado por los sociólogos, que lo definen como:

Reunión masiva de jóvenes de entre 14 y 24 años fundamentalmente, para consumir la bebida que han adquirido previamente en comercios, escuchar música, y hablar.

I noticed several articles written on the subject if you care to Google.

Welcome to England, gfreed, we have it too. - annierats, Dec 9, 2011

And it's not limited to ' escuchar música y habla'r, '' it leads to a lot of serious crime. - annierats, Dec 9, 2011

Answer 2

Creo que es un problema grande, como en inglaterra. Los jovenes beben desmasiado...Un problema muy triste y muy grande, hoy en díá.

In England it's called binge -drinking. The type of person is often referred to as a 'chav', or in the photo, a chavette... The drunk persons later block the entire A&E Departments in the hospitals. It's sad, really.

I cleaned up your image link code. - pesta, Dec 9, 2011

Oh thank you pesta, My computer is teribly slow and , I fear, falling ill, virus warnings are blinking constantly. I have wrapped it up warm. - annierats, Dec 9, 2011

I think you may need to give it some shots as well, Annie. Just wrapping it up may not be quite enough in this case. :-( - Gekkosan, Dec 9, 2011

Answer 3

I have no idea what exactly you may have in mind, but to me a "botellón" is a large bottle, such as those typically used for water:

As far as I know, those are fairly ubiquitous in the US, too!

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Edit:

Ah! You mean this!

But sure they have those in the US, too:

They're called "Spring Break Parties"

But that's why I said I had no idea what you had in mind. As we see, even simple terms can mean vastly different things in different places.

Hahah no I guess you've never been to Spain :/ :/ - lunabella, Dec 9, 2011

But thank you this helps me realize that Botellón is not really heard of outside of Andalucia! - lunabella, Dec 9, 2011

it's what's in the bottles, gekkosan. And it'snot coca cola.. - annierats, Dec 9, 2011

No, gekkosan, this is ongoing, all the year round, it;'s called binge drinking. - annierats, Dec 9, 2011

¿Cómo se usa la expresión, Annie? ¿Me voy a un botellón? ¿Voy a darme un botellón? - Gekkosan, Dec 9, 2011

Of course binge drinking is also a big problem with the youth of the US. People drink a lot in Latin America, too, but I can't think of an equivalent expression. - Gekkosan, Dec 9, 2011

Yes that's it! But I still don't think it's the same as Spring Break parties. Botellón is done on a daily basis over here in the south of spain and it's done in the street! To me the most equivalent thing I can think of is "pre-gaming" - lunabella, Dec 10, 2011

But sometimes botellón is a night-long thing and also people can't pre-game in the public whenever they want in the US. :/ - lunabella, Dec 10, 2011