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Old Mon Jun 22, 2009, 01:58pm
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From my wife...

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Originally Posted by Dave's Wife
We actually use "mi media naranja".
"Mi mejor naranja" suena como que tiene una mejor naranja y otra peor naranja; como si tuviera más de una esposa, me entendés? But maybe that's the only phrase they use in Panama. I personally never heard that one before, but "media naranja"... every Spanish speaker knows it
Use it with confidence.
The translation for the second sentence is: "Mi mejor naranja" sounds like one has a better spouse and another worse spouse; as if one had more than one wife, you know?

So there you have it. Thanks, Ronald... I learned something new.
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