NCASAUmp Welpe wroteMust've been a disturbance in the force. Doesn't naranja mean orange as in the fruit? Yeah, I was kind of wondering that myself... "Pareja" is "partner" or "pair." 🙂
ronald confirmed with my wife that it is media naranja not mejor. Yes, naranja is orange. In panama, though, the expression means your better half. Now it makes a little better sense. See you are the other half and are not as good as your sweet wife. Ron
NCASAUmp ronald wroteconfirmed with my wife that it is media naranja not mejor. Yes, naranja is orange. In panama, though, the expression means your better half. Now it makes a little better sense. See you are the other half and are not as good as your sweet wife. Ron Very interesting! I'll ask my wife if that expression ran all the way down to Argentina. 🙂 Hmm... ¡Que chevere!
NCASAUmp From my wife... Dave's Wife wroteWe 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. 🙂
NCASAUmp Tru_in_Blu wroteThere are tangents, and then there are Official Forum Tangents. Oh like this thread was really that crucial. 😉
Tru_in_Blu NCASAUmp wroteOh like this thread was really that crucial. 😉 Not only is it not crucial, it's not relevant, and it's not point specific. But it likely will live a long and twisted life. 😛
ronald bkbjones wroteAnd those of you who don't like this thread better not be a culo de caballo about it... That is a literal translation. I'd have gone with h.. de ... It is getting twisted.😃:cool:
NCASAUmp ronald wroteThat is a literal translation. I'd have gone with h.. de ... It is getting twisted.😃:cool: We're umpires. We're twisted by default. 😀