What do I know = search me....... registrar?

Question

Context...

they did not get their bounty due to a fault or error.

Girl A: Tanto trabajo para nada.

Girl B: ¿Es posible ganar dinero sin hacer nada?

Girl A: Regístrame....

When looking at the dictionary here "registrar" means both to register and to search (never knew that one).

Definately look like "search me" like the English idiom search me. Am I right and does it work in Mexico? Gracias. (oh yeah, seems like "Yo que sé" also)

wow - very nice and detailed context Jeezle lol ;) - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 19, 2011

Answer 1

Jeezzle:

Yes "Regístrame" = "search me"

And as in English, it can be used when you don't have the answer, so anyone can search you and you are sure you don't have it, whatever "it" is.

Good to know! :) - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 19, 2011

Hah, now I finally understand the English idiom. Thanks. ( ^ _ ^ ) - webdunce, Dec 20, 2011

I just honestly never thought about it, really, but what you say makes a lot of sense. - webdunce, Dec 20, 2011

Answer 2

The reference to "search" here is probably the word "examine." I have never heard "registrar" used as in "search me." In Mexico, the slangy ways are sepa la bola, sepa, sepa la fregada, sepa la chinchi.

I learnt something interesting recently about that saying 'sepa la bola' JC - that la bola has come to refer just to people in general because la bola means literally guerilla fighting and the term la bola has come to refer to the Mexican revolution - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 19, 2011

where all sorts of people joined in. I'm not sure if that's true but seems interesting. Have you heard that JC? - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 19, 2011

MC, I don´t know the origin, but the revolution senario sounds good. More commonly, "bola" also means "large amount/group of things/people," ie: "En el Pacífico, hay una bola de sirenas" - 005faa61, Dec 19, 2011

ja ja qué chistoso :) - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 19, 2011

Answer 3

Well it can mean 'to frisk someone' as well so possibly

Ellos registraron a Marcos. They frisked Marcos.

Although I guess it could mean - sign me up - too? As in, well if it is possible I'd like a piece of that action lol.

Whaaaa...? You really never use "search me" in NZ? - Gekkosan, Dec 20, 2011

Answer 4

I don't know much about this verb. I would think in this context it means "sign me up"

lol snap :) - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 19, 2011