AsburySkinsFan Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Experiment time: "What does the Spanish word taza mean?" It's as simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 cup Beware of the length filter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKINS@THEGOALLINE Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Don't taza me, amigo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skins_Fan82 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Don't taza me, amigo! I see what you did there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 Don't taza me, amigo! Well played!!:rotflmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 cup Nope. Good try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vilandil Tasardur Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 It means mug; not cup. It's more specifically used for coffee mugs and is differentiated from "Baso, or Vaso" to mean cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Nope. Good try. Please. Do tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Like all things Spanish there are many meaning depending on where you are. Taza at the most basic means a bowl or cup like object that holds liquid. In common use it refers to a handled cup (tea cup or mug). Then again it could mean anything. For instance guagua in Puerto Rico means bus or van while in Chile it means baby. So for all I know in Puerto Rico taza might mean rice pudding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I spoke to a colleague from Puerto Rico who said it means cup. :whoknows: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.T.real,lights,out Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 taza [tah’-thah] noun1. Cup. (f) 2. Cup, the liquor contained in a cup (contenido). (f) 3. Basin of a fountain (de fuente). (f) 4. A large wooden bowl. (f) 5. Buttocks, breech. (Colloquial) (f) 6. Bowl (de retrete). (f) 7. (Cono Sur) Washbasin (palangana). (f) 8. Taza de noche, (Cono Sur) Chamberpot Am i right?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shk75 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Like all things Spanish there are many meaning depending on where you are. Taza at the most basic means a bowl or cup like object that holds liquid. In common use it refers to a handled cup (tea cup or mug). Then again it could mean anything. For instance guagua in Puerto Rico means bus or van while in Chile it means baby. So for all I know in Puerto Rico taza might mean rice pudding. In Cuba it means cup or mug and we also call buses guaguas but the larger ones are called camellos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 Here's a hint: if I asked "what does the English word cup mean?" Who would answer "taza"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teller Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Here's a hint: if I asked "what does the English word cup mean?" Who would answer "taza"? Illegals? :whoknows: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I'm going with Destino on this one. With many languages there are not exact translations between languages and there are culture specific meanings. What's your point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addicted Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 taza [tah’-thah]noun1. Cup. (f) 2. Cup, the liquor contained in a cup (contenido). (f) 3. Basin of a fountain (de fuente). (f) 4. A large wooden bowl. (f) 5. Buttocks, breech. (Colloquial) (f) 6. Bowl (de retrete). (f) 7. (Cono Sur) Washbasin (palangana). (f) 8. Taza de noche, (Cono Sur) Chamberpot Am i right?? All were about the same but that one, wth? hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjTj Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 All were about the same but that one, wth? hahahados chicas, una taza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teller Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 dos chicas, una taza. :ols: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boofMcboof Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Here's a hint: if I asked "what does the English word cup mean?" Who would answer "taza"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 What does the Spanish word taza mean? The reason I asked is because I think I've found one of the reasons why it is so difficult to learn a foreign language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnhay Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 It's not that hard to learn a foreign language if you immerse yourself in it. If you move to a Spanish speaking country and speak every day you'd be pretty good within a few months, and fluent within a year. I think it becomes difficult when you aren't consistent with it, and are afraid of sounding stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grhqofb5 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 A piece of chalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
addicted Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 dos chicas, una taza. So wrong on so many levels, hahahahahahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I think its the equivalent of "no speaka ingles" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 It's not that hard to learn a foreign language if you immerse yourself in it. If you move to a Spanish speaking country and speak every day you'd be pretty good within a few months, and fluent within a year. I think it becomes difficult when you aren't consistent with it, and are afraid of sounding stupid. Exactly, I've been self teaching Spanish for about a year and I've figured out where I've gone wrong, I keep going from the Spanish word to the English word and back instead of just learning Spanish like a child learns Spanish. If you ask a Spanish speaking child what a taza is they don't tell a cup, instead they get you a taza, but we end up translating Spanish to English and then our English to Spanish and wonder why we don't speak it well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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