My word-of-the-day calendar has an interesting example phrase

R.I.P. Biggie Big Pun (damn, my bad)

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sepi@piefed.social · 27 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Aplasto is not the correct verb to use. It is a direct translation of crush, in the sense of crushing a can or a tomato or something and implies flattening. "No soy jugador, simplemente gano frecuentemente". Source: am native spanish speaker who did all my schooling in LATAM.

Lonewanderer@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I think more appropriately would be. "No soy jugador, me encapricho frecuente." I wanted to use enamorar but that's more passionate than crush.

Edit: autocorrect

anonymouse2@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I'm not a Spanish speaker, but I think Pun's meaning of "crush" is getting lost in translation. I would say definition 3 from this slang dictionary is the most accurate.

Edit: Now that I think about it, "crush" was the lyric in the radio edit. In the unedited version he says outright "... I just fuck a lot."

mrbeano@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

I was only familiar with the edited version for years & was a little disappointed when I heard the original. "Crush" is a better lyric. It's a double entendre and doesn't sound so... thirsty? I'm also not a Spanish speaker, but would think a proper translation should infer the playfulness of that double meaning.

driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br · 1 pts · 1y

Me trago en español de Colombia.

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

*RIP Big Pun

kersploosh@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Thanks. Corrected. I want to give some excuse about my memory not being what it used to be, but I should have gotten that one right.

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

No sweat, it happens. For what it’s worth I miss em both

heavy@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Ayo im still not a player but you still a hater

hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Elevator to the top, haaa see ya later