{"id":79,"date":"2008-07-24T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2008-07-24T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=79"},"modified":"2008-07-24T10:00:39","modified_gmt":"2008-07-24T14:00:39","slug":"che","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/che\/","title":{"rendered":"Che!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a1Che! <\/em>is an interjection used mainly in Argentina and Eastern Spain (Valencia) and it’s often used to get attention or express surprise. It can be roughly translated as \u201cEh!”, \u201cWow!\u201d, or \u201cHey!\u201d. It’s also used as a discourse marker to initiate an utterance, or tagged at the end of a sentence.
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\u00a1Che, est\u00e1 buena la cerveza!<\/strong> \u2013 Man, this is some good beer!<\/span><\/p>\n

Vamos a buscar unas cervezas, che.<\/strong> \u2013 Let’s go get some beers, then.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In Brazil, che is used in the southern part of the country, especially by the ga\u00fachos (people from Rio Grande do Sul). Its origin may have derived from several native South American languages, but some people argue that it has its origin from the archaic Spanish word ce<\/em>, used in order to get someone’s attention. Another theory is that it is connected with the Italian word Ciao<\/em> (hello or goodbye) introduced in South America by Italian immigrants. Another version is that che<\/em> is a shortened version of the word escuche <\/em>(listen) , just like oye<\/em>, which also means listen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some interesting articles (in intermediate\/advanced Spanish) about the word Che<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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– Manuel Talens’ report <\/a>about Valencian and Argentinian che.<\/span><\/p>\n

– Etimology of Che<\/a>.<\/p>\n

– Che <\/a>in the website AsiHablamos (very good Latin American Spanish reference).<\/p>\n

Nos vemos prontito!<\/p>\n

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\u00a1Che! is an interjection used mainly in Argentina and Eastern Spain (Valencia) and it’s often used to get attention or express surprise. It can be roughly translated as \u201cEh!”, \u201cWow!\u201d, or \u201cHey!\u201d. It’s also used as a discourse marker to initiate an utterance, or tagged at the end of a sentence. \u00a1Che, est\u00e1 buena la…<\/p>\n

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