"Vieja, Revieja, Requetevieja."
The search engines and dictionary on spanishdict.com could not translate this.
It is a line from BODAS DE SANGRE by Federico Garcia Lorca.
I believe it starts out "Old woman, Very old/withered branch, ???.
2 Answers
Adding "re" and "requete" to the beginning of words is like saying "really, really" in English.
She is really old. = Ella es revieja/requetevieja.
He is really mean. = Él es remalo/requetemalo.
From what I understand, the prefix 'requete-' is the prefix from which stem 'rete-' and 're-', with the meaning that unMica mentions, 'rete-' and 're-' being shortened forms of requete.
Where I live, in Colombia, you mostly hear 're-' used. I'd have though from that that making the effort to say 'rete-' and 'requete-' add extra emphasis to what is being said.
