Feb 5, 2020 09:59
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Spanish term
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Ira a quel tirando barrio
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I'm afraid I don't have any more context. I'm translating the MSN chat written by a Mexican woman. Any ideas for this? It's full of slang and spelling/grammar errors. I can only find one reference to Tirando Barrio, a song. Is it slang for something?
Thanks for your help!
Thanks for your help!
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Xenia Solís Fuentes
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Look at him just hanging around/kind of showing off
ira is the coloquial form for the imperative mira (take a look at him/ have a look at him (aquel). Y mirar a alguien lleva a eliminar la repetición de a- mira a aquel. Tirar barrio for a mexicana native has the meaning of: just hanging around, kind of showing off.
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Camila Garay Adriel
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To own the place/the neighborhood
Hi Sarah!
It seems it's a Mexican informal phrase that means to own your neighborhood, watch after it (mainly for young males).
This link may help:
https://ar.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201409291943...
Hope it helps!
It seems it's a Mexican informal phrase that means to own your neighborhood, watch after it (mainly for young males).
This link may help:
https://ar.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201409291943...
Hope it helps!
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S. Kathryn Jiménez Boyd
Spain
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he must/might be really involved in the neighbourhood life
This is what I found for "tirar barrio". It seems to be something like to be involved in the life of the neighbourhood, to run the neighbourhood (not in the boss sense, in the wild adolescent sense), to shoot the shit with your neighbours, walk around the neighbourhood, that really Mexican thing to do when you wander a neighbourhood talking to different people and seeing what there is to be seen in the area around your house.
https://twitter.com/miumikumiau/status/459079965619650560
https://eldeforma.com/2016/05/03/5-indicadores-de-que-te-fal...
A quel, I'm sure is simply a misspelling of "aquel", that guy.
Irá could either be suggesting that he does it or considering the possibility of him doing it.
I hope this helps. :)
https://twitter.com/miumikumiau/status/459079965619650560
https://eldeforma.com/2016/05/03/5-indicadores-de-que-te-fal...
A quel, I'm sure is simply a misspelling of "aquel", that guy.
Irá could either be suggesting that he does it or considering the possibility of him doing it.
I hope this helps. :)
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Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
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The best I can come up with is "Wow, he's looking good!" or "Yo, check out that dude!", something along those lines.
I wonder if any of you ever saw the "yea yea la muñeca fea" video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yUi3zaG1FE
That's "tirar barrio".
Here's another example:
https://trance-it.net/2016/09/expresiones-para-tirar-barrio-...
As for "Ira", that means "Mira". People here often drop the "m" on it and say "'iralo" (miralo).
So it would be something like "Look at him, acting all 'street'".