Ya salió el peine.

Question

I saw this on Facebook and had no idea what it meant. During my research I found this website and want to share it with you all.

Effective swearing in D.F.

Peine sounds like another word referring to the male gender's plumbing,if you get my drift. :) - Daniela2041, Apr 27, 2015

No, it's comb. Thanks for the link, Jim! - sanlee, Apr 27, 2015

http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/comb - sanlee, Apr 27, 2015

http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=peine - sanlee, Apr 27, 2015

No Dani, just a comb. Check out the link. - gringojrf, Apr 27, 2015

I think Mexicans use more idiomatic expressions than most and they are hard to get a handle on. I thought this might help anyone going to D.F. or other parts of Mexico. - gringojrf, Apr 27, 2015

I know it means comb, but it S T I L L sounds like "pene" so there! Now apply the saying "now salio ---" If you think that it means the comb came out OK. Mexicans are good at "double ententre" - Daniela2041, Apr 27, 2015

They are fascinated with double ententres. - gringojrf, Apr 27, 2015

I'm with Daniela2041here "part your hair with a one tooth comb" said to a female. Hope this is not too indelicate. - Hankhankali, May 1, 2015

Answer 1

In Chilangolandia (México DF) it´s common to use words that can be easily confused with others, just as Daniela confused Peine with Pene. It´s easy to do. Also keep in mind that many expressions, such as those used in the wordreference example, use words from Nahuatl, the native language of southern Mexico of which various tribes including Aztecs, Toltecas, Chichimecas all spoke. IE: Escuincle in Nahuatl means a small dog, but in common slang in Mexico DF it means a brat kid, toe rag, etc

Thanks Julian. - gringojrf, Apr 27, 2015

Yes, I know what peine means. Women would be lost without them. but "The comb came out" doesn't make sense. and I know that Mexicans are good at "double entendre". - Daniela2041, Apr 27, 2015

Open the link Dani. - gringojrf, Apr 27, 2015

Dani, I don´t mean to say you don´t know the meaning but that when we read a word that´s similar to another it´s easy to think of the other word instead because that is the word we expect - 005faa61, Apr 27, 2015