Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
quitarle lo "chiquión"
English translation:
to set him/her straight
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May 15, 2006 20:38
18 yrs ago
Spanish term
Mexico
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 3 more.
quitarle lo "chiquión"
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Chiquión is equal to "chiquiado", mexican slang for a "spoiled" or "over protected" kid, I guess comes from chiquito or chico. I understsand this is not profane, only vulgar and uneducated; the term contains some irony too.
I look for the equivalent english slang.
Thanks to all in advance!
Mike
I look for the equivalent english slang.
Thanks to all in advance!
Mike
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May 16, 2007 13:01: trans4u Created KOG entry
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Spanish term (edited):
quitarle lo
Selected
to set him/her straight
To toughen him/her up
“To set a person straight” is to clearly explain to them the choices
they have, or perhaps the difficult situation they find themselves in.
“To set a person straight” is to clearly explain to them the choices
they have, or perhaps the difficult situation they find themselves in.
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Comment: "Thank you very much. Although there are other excelent answers this is the one I judge comes closer to a slang equivalent. Other suggestions were probably even more proper, but this sounds like a close fit."
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María Teresa Taylor Oliver
Panama
Panama
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Panama
Synesthete with a flair for tasty words!
Native in: Spanish (Variants: US, Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Latin American, Colombian, Costa Rican, Panamanian, Nicaraguan, Mexican, Peruvian, Venezuelan, Cuban, Honduran, Argentine) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
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Spanish term (edited):
quitarle lo
make a man out of him
Probably?
If I understood correctly, it's supposed to be a way of expressing the act of someone doing something so that a "mama's boy" isn't a "mama's boy" anymore...?
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Note added at 8 mins (2006-05-15 20:46:48 GMT)
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Main Entry: mama's boy
Variant(s): or mamma's boy
Function: noun
: a boy or man whose behavior is unnaturally good or overcautious; especially : one who is delicate, unaggressive, or overdependent on others
"mama's boy." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002. http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (15 May 2006).
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http://www.jergasdehablahispana.org/index.php?pais=M�xico&pala...
chiqueón: (sust./adj.) (pronunciado "chiquión") exigente, al que no se le puede dar gusto. A la perra chiqueona de mi tío Rafael no le gusta la carne cruda. / Tengo un jefe bien chiqueón para las cartas comerciales--nunca queda conforme con como las hago yo y las tengo que escribir tres o cuatro veces. / Esta planta es bien chiqueona, no le gusta estar en la sombra.
Nadie los va a perdonar - [ Translate this page ]
Alejandrina, en tanto, lo evoca como el niño enfermizo y “fuñío” que provocaba la atención de los “viejos”, el más “chiquión” de la casa. ...
www.escambray.islagrande.cu/esp/ss/ECrecencio.htm - 44k - Cached - Similar pages
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Or, since it's about a "spoiled person", then it could be "(to) despoil someone".
10 a : to impair or injure the disposition or character of (a person) usually by overindulgence, excessive adulation, or praise <spoiled by the high status accorded to them in their communities -- Will Durant> <our only little girl, and ... we spoil her -- Margaret Deland> b : to pamper excessively : CODDLE
intransitive verb
"spoil." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002. http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (15 May 2006).
If I understood correctly, it's supposed to be a way of expressing the act of someone doing something so that a "mama's boy" isn't a "mama's boy" anymore...?
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Note added at 8 mins (2006-05-15 20:46:48 GMT)
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Main Entry: mama's boy
Variant(s): or mamma's boy
Function: noun
: a boy or man whose behavior is unnaturally good or overcautious; especially : one who is delicate, unaggressive, or overdependent on others
"mama's boy." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002. http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (15 May 2006).
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Note added at 13 mins (2006-05-15 20:52:02 GMT)
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http://www.jergasdehablahispana.org/index.php?pais=M�xico&pala...
chiqueón: (sust./adj.) (pronunciado "chiquión") exigente, al que no se le puede dar gusto. A la perra chiqueona de mi tío Rafael no le gusta la carne cruda. / Tengo un jefe bien chiqueón para las cartas comerciales--nunca queda conforme con como las hago yo y las tengo que escribir tres o cuatro veces. / Esta planta es bien chiqueona, no le gusta estar en la sombra.
Nadie los va a perdonar - [ Translate this page ]
Alejandrina, en tanto, lo evoca como el niño enfermizo y “fuñío” que provocaba la atención de los “viejos”, el más “chiquión” de la casa. ...
www.escambray.islagrande.cu/esp/ss/ECrecencio.htm - 44k - Cached - Similar pages
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Or, since it's about a "spoiled person", then it could be "(to) despoil someone".
10 a : to impair or injure the disposition or character of (a person) usually by overindulgence, excessive adulation, or praise <spoiled by the high status accorded to them in their communities -- Will Durant> <our only little girl, and ... we spoil her -- Margaret Deland> b : to pamper excessively : CODDLE
intransitive verb
"spoil." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002. http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (15 May 2006).
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Juan Arturo Carbajal Manjarrez
Mexico
Mexico
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Mexico
Juan Arturo Carbajal Manjarrez
Juan Arturo
Native in: Spanish
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Spanish term (edited):
quitarle lo
to unpsoil him
To unspoil him.
"Chiquión", de donde yo vengo, es lo mismo que chipilón, o sea consentido.
"Chiquión", de donde yo vengo, es lo mismo que chipilón, o sea consentido.
Note from asker:
| Muchas gracias. Si chipilon o chiqueón es lo mismo en varios lados, y quizà unspoil sea la màs propia, pero no es slang... es decir no imagino fácilmente a una persona de clase baja usando este termino. |
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Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Native in Spanish
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Quality Above All...Calidad Sobre Todo
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
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Spanish term (edited):
quitarle
make him stop being so picky
make him stop being so picky. Chiquión can also mean "picky". Hth
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Spanish term (edited):
quitarle lo
to wise him up
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