{"id":5324,"date":"2012-07-29T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2012-07-29T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=5324"},"modified":"2014-07-15T14:13:13","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T18:13:13","slug":"humor-tenia-dos-guaguas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/humor-tenia-dos-guaguas\/","title":{"rendered":"Humor: Ten\u00eda dos guaguas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some words have different meanings in Spanish and this is the case with the word guagua. In Cuba a guagua is a bus and in Chile it refers to a small baby. Read the following text:<\/p>\n

Una joven cubana que viv\u00eda en los Estados Unidos quer\u00eda casarse a todo costo. En una fiesta conoci\u00f3 a un chileno de mediana edad, calvo, gordo, peque\u00f1o y con un gran bigote. [A young Cuban woman who lived in the United States wanted to get married at all costs. At a party she met a middle-aged, bald, fat and small Chilean man, who also had a mustache.]<\/em><\/p>\n

Algunos d\u00edas m\u00e1s tarde el chileno se le declar\u00f3: [Some days later the Chilean declared himself:]<\/em><\/p>\n

– Tengo que decirle la verdad. Soy viudo. Lo \u00fanico que tengo son dos guaguas que me dej\u00f3 mi mujer al morir y me gustar\u00eda que usted se encargara de ellas. Quiero que te cases conmigo. [I have to tell you the truth. I’m a widower. The only thing I have are my two guaguas that my wife left me when she died and I’d like you to take care of them.]<\/em><\/p>\n

La cubana pens\u00f3 que aunque no era muy guapo, ten\u00eda dinero. Acept\u00f3 el pedido del chileno, pero algunos d\u00edas despu\u00e9s, muy curiosa, le pregunt\u00f3 a su novio si \u00e9l ten\u00eda alguna foto de las guaguas. [The Cuban woman thought that, although he wasn’t very handsome, he had money. She accepted his request but some days later, very curious, she asked her fianc\u00e9 if he had any pictures of the guaguas.]<\/em><\/p>\n

Al ense\u00f1arle el chileno la foto de sus dos hijitas, la cubana por poco se desmaya. Desde luego, no hubo boda. [When he showed the picture of his two little girls, the Cuban woman almost passes out. Of course, there was no wedding.]<\/em><\/p>\n

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Some words have different meanings in Spanish and this is the case with the word guagua. In Cuba a guagua is a bus and in Chile it refers to a small baby. Read the following text: Una joven cubana que viv\u00eda en los Estados Unidos quer\u00eda casarse a todo costo. En una fiesta conoci\u00f3 a…<\/p>\n

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