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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

El Pelavacas

English translation:

\"El Pelavacas\" (Cow skinner)

Added to glossary by Ellen Donohue
May 7, 2008 16:45
16 yrs ago
Spanish term

El Pelavacas

Spanish to English Other Slang
"Este se quedo en el cinco letras"
" El Pelavacas. nos cayo el Pelavacas"
then they change the topic. These are MExican Americans in the Midwest.
Proposed translations (English)
4 "El Pelavacas" (Cow skinner)
1 +1 Cow's Skin Peeler

Discussion

Ellen Donohue (asker) May 7, 2008:
Cinco Letras This is a transcript, and there is really no other context for these terms. I may post a separate question for "el cinco letras". but your note is very interesting.
Francisco Rocha May 7, 2008:
Para los que tienen la duda de qué es el "cinco letras", es como se les dice al hotel de paso en México, la palabra "hotel" tiene cinco letras.
Rosina Peixoto May 7, 2008:
Lo que no entiendo es por qué dicen: el cinco letras... pero en realidad no importa, lo que importa es la traducción de Smartranslators. Saludos
Rosina Peixoto May 7, 2008:
A narcocorrido is a kind of Mexican music which evolved out of folk corridos, using dance-able, accordion-based polka as a rhythmic base. Corridos have long described bandits and other criminals, as well as illegal immigrants to the United States, and the poor and destitute, but the focus on drug smugglers is a relatively recent phenomenon. Narcocorrido lyrics refer to particular events, and even include real dates and places[[1]]. The lyrics tend to speak approvingly of the criminal activities.
Giovanni Rengifo May 7, 2008:
Did you figure out what "cinco letras" refers to? And who are the speakers anyway? Is this the transcript of a telephone conversation?

Proposed translations

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"El Pelavacas" (Cow skinner)

I would put it just the way it is above with the English in brackets by way of explanation. As it is a nickname for someone, the Spanish name should be preserved. The correct term for someone who takes the hides off cows is "cow skinner". Hope this helps!

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Cow's Skin Peeler

In the 1980s, Rosalino "Chalino" Sanchez took up the composition of narcocorridos. Known throughout Mexico as "El Pelavacas" (Cow Skin Peeler), El Indio (The Indian, from his corrido "El Indio Sanchez"), and "Mi Compa" (My Friend), Sanchez was a Mexican immigrant living in Los Angeles. He created a business writing corridos about people he met in the cantinas and swap meets of immigrant Los Angeles -- many of whom were from the drug-drenched regions of northwest Mexico. Setting these stories to music, he put them on cassettes and soon was selling thousands of copies in and around Los Angeles. Chalino Sanchez was murdered in 1992 after a concert in Culiacán, Sinaloa. He was only 31 years old. In death, he became a legend and one of the most influential musicians to emerge from Los Angeles in the last quarter century. His death sparked a boom in narcocorridos and the rise of dozens of imitators, sometimes known as Chalinillos (Little Chalinos). [2]


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Peer comment(s):
agree Rosina Peixoto : qué investigación!
2 hrs
Gracias Rosina
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