# La Cucaracha

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-cucaracha/738117>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [November 20, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-cucaracha/738117 "2015-11-20T22:40:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![fredricwilliams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fredricwilliams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fredricwilliams)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-cucaracha/738117/1 "2015-11-20T22:40:54Z")

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Great piece – just came upon it after google suggested maybe this wouldn’t be the little children’s version, which I knew to be deception practiced on the young.

Only one minor point.

Porque no tiene, porque le falta

That’s LA falta, señor.

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**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-cucaracha/738117/2 "2015-11-21T00:11:50Z")

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I think this is the column referenced.

[What are the words to La Cucaracha.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2315/what-are-the-words-to-la-cucaracha)

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**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-cucaracha/738117/3 "2015-11-21T00:24:33Z")

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> [@fredricwilliams](#):
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> Only one minor point.
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> Porque no tiene, porque le falta
> 
> That’s LA falta, señor.

le falta is correct, hombre.

[http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/iopro1.htm](http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/iopro1.htm)