Sheilagh
Cuban Spanish question I have some specific questions about Cuban Spanish: 1) A friend who lives in south Florida, who is not Cuban, told me that Cubans do not say "hola." Is this true? What would be the most common way that Cuban friends or family members greet each other--"hola," "buenos dias," just "buenas" ? 2. Do Cuban Spanish speakers say "mijo/mija"? Thank you!
Dec 18, 2015 2:38 AM
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Hi Sheilagh! What an interesting question! I'm Cuban so it'll be easy to answer it. We Cubans do understand "hola" but we barely use it. Instead, we have a very very common phrase that is "Qué bolá!?" which I would dare to translate it as "what's up!?" But this is, say, something young people say... My parents would say "buenos días" and stuff like that. There is another version of "Qué bolá" that goes like "Qué vuelta!?". There are many other ways to say hi in Cuban slang just those two are very common. About "mijo/a" we do use it, sometimes we change it for "mio/a" PS: VERY IMPORTANT, "Qué bolá" is only followed​ by another "Qué bolá" or maybe by a "Qué bolón" don't you ever say "bien", "mal", etc hahaha common mistake.
March 27, 2016
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En Uruguay se usa mijo,mija,mijito,mijita. Es la contracción de "mi hijo". También, se lo puede ver escrito como : M´hijo: "M'hijo El Dotor ",es una obra teatral de un dramaturgo uruguayo,Florencio Sánchez,de comienzos del siglo pasado. Según el diccionario: Mijo,mija:Vocativo afectuoso que emplea un padre o una madre para dirigirse a su hijo, o una persona mayor a un niño o un joven.
December 21, 2015
¡Muy buenas ! Te puedo decir que en España, más concretamente en Galicia, sí se usa mucho la forma de saludo "hola", aunque sí que es cierto que entre gente joven cada vez menos se saluda o se saluda de tal forma que no aparece en ninguna parte (la jerga juvenil). Lo normal, sin embargo, y esa es mi opinión, es saludar a gente según qué situación. entre los hablantes de mediana edad lo típico son saludos formales. Muchas gracias.
December 18, 2015
Here in Argentina is used "Buenas" as a short form of "Buenos Dias/Tardes/Noches". Also you can say "Buenos dias" too. And "mijo/mija" is something like "mi hijo" / "mi hija"... Often old people use it in affective way to a boy or a girl.
December 18, 2015
In a lot of countries in Latin America use "mijo/mija" as a form of affection, in Chile it is very used, the same for the word "buenas" instead "buenos días/tardes/noches" or "hola". Here we say "weeeeeena" as "buenas". I hope it is useful.
December 18, 2015
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