What is the meaning of "babita"?

Question

In the lyrics of Buena Vista Social Club's Chan Chan song there is the line:

Se me sale la babita

What does babita mean? And the sentence altogether?

Welcome to SpanishDict. - rac1, Feb 9, 2017

Answer 1

"La baba" is "drool" "Ita" is the diminuitive ending.

So, "Me sale la babita" means "I'm drooling" (lit. the drool is coming out of me)

When you want to insult someone, you call him/her un(a) baboso(a). The kids in Mexico use this all the time. It's like you're calling them a "drooling idiot."

Answer 2

I agree with Daniela.

Baboso also means slug.

coincidentally this week I am doing a talk on 'caracoles' at my Spanish class and 'baba' the slime is sold for use in cosmetics! - Mardle, Feb 12, 2017

Answer 3

Daniela2041 Is absolutely right, her explanation is perfect, but you have to take into account that sometimes words have two or more meanings and Buena Vista Social Club's are well know for the sexual innuendoes in their lyrics, and "Se me sale la babita" is a huge one, Spanish native speaker would understand it right away.

I'm from Spain but I live among Mexicans and although I can see the sexual connotation there, It's not used very much. - Daniela2041, Feb 10, 2017

a typo - known - Mardle, Feb 12, 2017

Answer 4

I believe it means little baby girl. If it were bebito it would mean baby boy. In this context it is similar to calling a boyfriend or girlfriend 'baby.' The whole sentence would mean 'My baby left me.'

The question was "babita" not "bebita". :) - bosquederoble, Feb 10, 2017

Answer 5

Thank you for your responses.

DoctorSpanish you mean any native speaker or just Cuban one?

I believe many connotations of BVSC songs are far more sexual than they would be put in words in real life. Or at least not as vulgar as they use to translate them. Thoughts?

Well, I am Venezuelan and I think am able to understand many of them, maybe I am missing some because of local culture and idioms. They are not vulgar at all, they manage the language in very clever way. - DoctorSpanish, Feb 10, 2017