What does "viejota" mean?
My friend in Colombia says they use the word 'viejota' to mean someone is voluptuous but she may not quite have it right. Has anyone else used this?
6 Answers
Suffice it to say that I cannot think of any polite words that I can conjure that would adequately translate the term.
Well, look... 
This is a complex question.
First of all, understand that this is slang, and somewhat crude at that. Definitely you would not under any circumstances refer to a woman you respect or appreciate in those terms, not to her face anyway. You have been warned.
So, we start with "vieja", with means "old woman". In some, but not all countries, that can be a slang term to refer to any woman, regardless of age, with whom you have, or would like to have, some sort of boyfriend/husband relationship.
I know that in some English speaking countries it is also relatively common to refer to the wife as "my old woman".
So, from that starting point, we go to the augmentative "ota" - viejota. This can be used to mean that something is large(er) or very large (a very large old woman), but also something that is impressive.
Therefore, "viejota" as slang can be used to mean "an impressive woman (of any age) that is interesting because of her physical attributes, and/or because she's "good mating potential".
The equivalent terms in English that come to mind, I cannot write in here because it probably would not pass the censorship rules. Suffice it to say that I cannot think of any polite words that I can conjure that would adequately translate the term.
OK. After reading between the lines and using the picture, I finally got it through my thick head. While it would be inappropriate to say the English equivalent, I do want to thank everyone for explaining this. My friend in Bogota is a bit of a free thinker (she teaches at the secondary level). She is great at helping me with Spanish. I can imagine her using this (and, of course, she did).
,Must be Colombian slang with this meaning.
Is it the same thing as a "cougar" in English?
Hi creagan, welcome again , and I am glad I found this picture , it did clear things up.
I am not used to the expression myself, here in Spain we don't use viejota at all, maybe to call somebody really old....but not necessarily as a bad insult, like gekko was saying.
As you can see, other countries, other customs.
We hope to be seeing you around. You can see there are lots of native speakers here, and from all kind of different countries. You will eventually always get the right answer. 
