# I can't find the meaning of " No Mas" **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 28, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-the-meaning-of-no-mas/247498 "2004-05-28T13:10:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-the-meaning-of-no-mas/247498/21 "2004-05-29T10:33:27Z")
> [@Snooooopy](#): > > Both Duran and Leonard were huge fans of the popular card game Uno. Duran later became a professional Uno player before being barred for life for palming extra “Draw Four” cards. “Say it isn’t so, Snooooopy!” 😉 ---
**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:** [May 29, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-the-meaning-of-no-mas/247498/22 "2004-05-29T16:08:50Z")
> [@Bad News Baboon](#): > > I’m not big into boxing, so I’ll take your word that they called it this. > Shouldn’t it be _Una Mas_? _Lucha_ is feminine. > > I can’t think of a single term in boxing that the _uno_ would be referring to. Nevertheless, that seems to be what it was called. Googling shows that the fight was indeed called “Uno más,” not “Una más.” It could refer to either _un combate_ or _un encuentro_, both of which are used to refer to boxing matches, although _una pelea_ is also common. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-the-meaning-of-no-mas/247498/23 "2004-05-29T16:46:13Z")
If you guys are trying to see if I do vanity searches on “Una”, it’s not working. 😉 [sub]\*and wouldn’t either since it’s only 3 characters.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-the-meaning-of-no-mas/247498/24 "2004-05-30T07:39:58Z")
In Latin, ‘no more’ would by ‘non plus.’ Nonplussed is an English adjective from the Latin phrase ‘non plus’ which means at a loss of what to say (due to being perplexed), speechless, can say ‘no more.’ I’m sure my erudition nonplusses y’all. Peace. ---
**Author:** ![RogueRacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RogueRacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogueRacer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-the-meaning-of-no-mas/247498/25 "2004-06-01T18:53:01Z")
> [@Bad News Baboon](#): > > 😕 > > Maybe I am being not understanding you. > > I am not understanding how “No me golpea más, no me pegue más, por amor de Dios, no más.” \* has anything to do with the use of Uno instead of Una. > > The phrase for the rematch **RogueRacer** used was “uno mas”. > It is my understanding that it should correctly read “una mas” because the term Lucha is understood. That is, unless there is another word (boxing specific) that the Uno is referring to. > > \*for non-speakers, translated it basically means: > Don’t beat me any more, don’t hit me any more, for the love of God, no more First, I’m not a Spanish speaker. I can ask for a beer and say thanks or that I don’t speak Spanish, but that’s about it besides a little counting. I’m guessing you are reading too much into this or I’m just not familiar enough with Spanish to understand a whoosh you are making. I think a lot of U.S. citizens can do a little counting in Spanish. Also, the card game “Uno” really was popular back around the time of this fight. I think most U.S. citizens translate “uno” to “one.” Fight fans were familiar with “no más.” meaning “no more.” So, the advertising for the rematch proclaims “Uno Más” in large print, which most fight fans can translate to “One More.” Also, doesn’t “lucha” mean fight? Someone would have to tell me how this has a feminine connotation. ---
**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 1, 2004, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-the-meaning-of-no-mas/247498/26 "2004-06-01T19:22:38Z")
> [@RogueRacer](#): > > Also, doesn’t “lucha” mean fight? Someone would have to tell me how this has a feminine connotation. Like most other Indo-European languages besides English, Spanish words have grammatical gender. “Lucha” is feminine, and has to take the indefinite article “una,” and would also be referred to by “una” in a phrase such as “una mas.” Same with “pelea,” which is a common word for “fight.” Masculine words referring to a fight or boxing match, such as “combate” or “encuentro,” would take the article “un” and be referred to by “uno” in a phrase such as “uno mas.” I hope that’s clear. Whether “uno” or “una” is used depends on what word the phrase is referring to. **Bad News Baboon’s** original confusion was because she could not think of a masculine word for “fight” or “match,” but there are in fact several. ---
**Author:** ![RogueRacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RogueRacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogueRacer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-the-meaning-of-no-mas/247498/27 "2004-06-01T19:52:47Z")
That does help clear things up a little, but it does leave me with some questions too. So the base word for one is actually _un_? So would “one girl” translate to _una chica_? How about one boy? One tree (ie. no gender)? As I said before, I don’t speak Spanish. However I am familiar with the word _lucha_ in association with _lucha libre_, which may not be appropriate Spanish, but it is a term for wrestling in Mexico. The word used for a wrestler is a _luchador_. It doesn’t seem to have a gender connotation since it is used for male wrestlers. So, I’m wondering is _lucha_ really feminine? ---
**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 1, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-the-meaning-of-no-mas/247498/28 "2004-06-01T20:23:03Z")
> [@RogueRacer](#): > > That does help clear things up a little, but it does leave me with some questions too. So the base word for one is actually _un_? So would “one girl” translate to _una chica_? How about one boy? One tree (ie. no gender)? The word “one” (the number) is “uno.” While the indefinite article for masculine nouns should be also be “uno,” like several adjectives (e.g. alguno), it drops the “o” in the singular (although not in the plural - un pajaro, unos pajaros). This does not happen in the case of feminine nouns (una lucha, unas luchas). a girl = una muchacha, una chica a boy = un muchacho, un chico a tree = un árbol ("árbol" being masculine) Note that grammatical gender often has little to do with the actual sex (if any) of the thing described by the noun. This is probably not the place to get into a discussion of grammatical gender at an elementary level - if you are interested you should have a look at any textbook on a Romance (or almost any other Indo-European) language. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Friday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@King\_Friday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Friday)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-the-meaning-of-no-mas/247498/29 "2004-06-02T01:14:49Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Hah. > > show you why I was lost in finding it. I’ve always thought it was latin. > I love this place. > > Thank you. I don’t think Roberto Duran would be screaming out Latin phrases when he’s getting his ass kicked. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-the-meaning-of-no-mas/247498/30 "2004-06-02T15:47:59Z")
> [@King Friday](#): > > I don’t think Roberto Duran would be screaming out Latin phrases when he’s getting his ass kicked. Are you sure? In his last match, I coulda sworn he was shouting “Ow! Quid it.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-the-meaning-of-no-mas/247498.md?page=1)