# Any Spanglish speakers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 2, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145 "2003-06-02T16:01:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kydavis\_md](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ad7895/32.png) [@kydavis\_md](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kydavis_md)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/1 "2003-06-02T16:01:50Z")
I recently acquired a hat that reads, “No Mas TeVeo y Palpito”. I know that that means “No More \_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_.” I’m wondering as to what is means…Somebody help! ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/2 "2003-06-02T16:03:44Z")
As soon as I see you my heart starts throbbing (so much I can’t keep it inside my pants). ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/3 "2003-06-02T16:06:42Z")
“I won’t beat you or see you any more”? Got me, and I speak pretty good Spanglish. My Spanish is subpar, by my Spanglish is excellent. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/4 "2003-06-02T16:12:35Z")
Not sure about TeVe, but I believe “palpito” means "heartbeat. ---
**Author:** ![bayonet1976](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bayonet1976](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bayonet1976)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/5 "2003-06-02T17:34:47Z")
Sailor got it 100% right, except for the keeping it in his pants part. Or in keeping with the spanglish themed OP: Sailor adivinó, menos the part de keeping it en his pants. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/6 "2003-06-02T17:50:26Z")
So shouldn’t that read “Quando te veo” and not “no mas te veo”? ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/7 "2003-06-02T18:04:04Z")
I don’t know about “teveo.” Border Spanish for the English word “television” is “TV”, pronounced as “tay-vay.” I got hundreds of hits for “teveo” in Google, all pointing to a variety of things from software packages to a Paraguayan television magazine. I suspect that it might be a TV show or magazine featuring _muy senoritas caliente_. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/8 "2003-06-02T18:08:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > So shouldn’t that read “Quando te veo” and not “no mas te veo”? Those darn Mexicans can’t even speak their own language and they don’t understand English even when it is shouted at them. ---
**Author:** ![Omar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f0a364/32.png) [@Omar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/9 "2003-06-02T18:23:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > \*\*So shouldn’t that read “Quando te veo” and not “no mas te veo”? \*\* Quando to veo = When I see you No mas te veo = I just see you “No mas” generally does mean “no more”, but it depends on the context of the sentence. English is no different. Depending on the context, words have different meanings. Hell, the are even pronounced differently according to context. And sometimes, even, a different pronunciation can lead to a different meaning. I know many “damn english speaking people” that can’t speak it right themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/10 "2003-06-02T18:33:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Omar \* > \*\*Quando to veo = When I see you > > No mas te veo = I just see you > \*\* Ahora lo entiendo. “No mas” as in “nothing else”. ---
**Author:** ![DonJorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/47e85d/32.png) [@DonJorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonJorge)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/11 "2003-06-02T18:41:42Z")
My guess here is something to the line of " My heart used to beat faster whenever I saw you, but not anymore". More than spanglish, it looks like usage of mexican idioms. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/12 "2003-06-02T18:41:58Z")
It is Cuando, not quando. No sooner do I see you, I throb, ---
**Author:** ![CBEscapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CBEscapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBEscapee)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/13 "2003-06-02T18:44:15Z")
Another way to translate the “no mas” part is: _I no more than see you…_ which is synonymous with Sailor’s “as soon as I”. ---
**Author:** ![DonJorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/47e85d/32.png) [@DonJorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonJorge)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/14 "2003-06-02T19:07:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DonJorge \* > \*\*My guess here is something to the line of > " My heart used to beat faster whenever I saw you, but not anymore". More than spanglish, it looks like usage of mexican idioms. \*\* Sorry about that previous translation. That was for a similar phrase, “No Más TeVeo y Palpito” (note the accent in the a). The right translation for “No Mas TeVeo y Palpito” would then be: No Mas: As soon as TeVeo: I see you y: (connector) Palpito: my heart beats hard As Sailor mentioned at the start. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/15 "2003-06-02T19:09:21Z")
“Palpitar” literally means “to beat” or “to throb” (as a heart). Figuratively it means “to quiver, to be aflutter.” So it could be translated as “I no more than see you and I’m aflutter.” But **sailor** basically had it right (though the “pants” part is not necessarily implied). In any case, it’s not Spanglish, it’s just Spanish. I just got out of a two-hour meeting that was conducted in Spanglish. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/16 "2003-06-02T19:24:49Z")
“te veo” is two words. ---
**Author:** ![No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/no_me_ayudes_compadre/32/5224_2.png) [@No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Me_Ayudes_Compadre)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/17 "2003-06-02T20:31:16Z")
I’ll go with something along the lines of **Sailor** ’s first stab, including the parenthetical statement of pants. Any use of “palpito” is an _albur_ waiting to happen. Palpito = pa’l pito, hilarity ensues. All I do is see you, and my heart throbs (with oblique dick reference). Also, nomás is often expressed as one word, esp. in literary or folkloric contexts. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/18 "2003-06-02T22:27:05Z")
Well, I think it would be far raunchier if it were on a pair of boxers instead of a hat, unless that’s a REALLY oblique pun on “head.” ---
**Author:** ![xicanorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a88e57/32.png) [@xicanorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xicanorex)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/19 "2003-06-03T00:14:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Mariachi Loco \* > \*\*I’ll go with something along the lines of **Sailor** ’s first stab, including the parenthetical statement of pants. Any use of “palpito” is an _albur_ waiting to happen. Palpito = pa’l pito, hilarity ensues. > > All I do is see you, and my heart throbs (with oblique dick reference). > > Also, nomás is often expressed as one word, esp. in literary or folkloric contexts. \*\* El Mariachi Loco (chorus: Quiere Bailar) has it right! Palpito=heart beat, palpitation. Para el pito/Pa’pito/Pal’pito= for the d\*\*k. So o o o o, to be pedantic: I just lay my eyes on you and heart palpitates double entendre: I just lay my eyes on you and to the d\*\*k. Here are a sample: [http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Bleachers/8867/albures/albures.html](http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Bleachers/8867/albures/albures.html) Cuantas venas tiene el pene? - Setecientas. En que partes se divide la espalda? - En lomo, lomito, y lo mio. En que partes se divide la parte frontal del cuerpo? - En pecho, pechito y lo tuyo. or here is a whole dialogue in _albur_: Juan:Oye colega, y como estan tus hermanas? Antolin:Cual de todas? La pelona, la cabezona, o la peluda? J: Ahora si ya me la pusistes dura. A: Pues sientese, no se vaya a desmayar J: Pero tu hermana me cura. A: Barbas tengas en la abertura. J: Me pegas. A: En las nalgas. J: No salgas yo te chiflo. A: Chiflame en este. J: En la lumbre se te tueste. A: No lo tuestes, cometelo crudo. J: Chi como no. A: Comete este. J: Me agarras cuando te acuestes. A: Con tu hermana. J: Otra vez? No mamenaces. XicanoreX ---
**Author:** ![tastycorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@tastycorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tastycorn)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-spanglish-speakers/179145/20 "2003-06-03T06:02:24Z")
According to SO from Mazatlan… “Means, when I see you , I want your pu **y for my d** k” Her words, not mine.