# Que Pasa? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 27, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/que-pasa/541004 "2010-05-27T22:50:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Polly\_Glot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@Polly\_Glot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polly_Glot)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/que-pasa/541004/21 "2010-05-30T11:50:22Z")
Do the hipster Mexican kids still greet each other with “_¿Quiubole?_ (sp)” at all? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/que-pasa/541004/22 "2010-05-30T13:07:58Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > "¿Qué es temblor? " Un temblor is an earthquake. “Que tiembla?” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/que-pasa/541004/23 "2010-05-30T15:37:10Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Where is she from? My girlfriend is from Guatemala and she says “qué pasó” for “what’s up?” even though it doesn’t make sense to me, and actually sort of bugs me because I think of that in my head as “what happened?” and I always want to respond “nothing happened”. Not sure. I think she’s from L.A. And she’s in her 40s. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/que-pasa/541004/24 "2010-05-30T19:50:38Z")
> [@digs](#): > > “smok, smok.” 😕 Are you some kind of Polish dragon-hunter? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/que-pasa/541004/25 "2010-05-30T20:06:58Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > they look at me as if I’ve just suggested putting ketchup on a taco. You would use “que taco” in that instance. Use “que pasta” if ketchup is added to spaghetti. And “que 'pasto” if ketchup is added to a cured meat hors d’oeuvre. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/que-pasa/541004/26 "2010-05-30T20:39:20Z")
> [@The\_Controvert](#): > > You would use “que taco” in that instance. Use “que pasta” if ketchup is added to spaghetti. And “que 'pasto” if ketchup is added to a cured meat hors d’oeuvre. “Que talco” to greet someone who sells talcum powder. “Como te baila” to a ballerina. “Que acelga” to a farmer… ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/que-pasa/541004/27 "2010-05-30T21:05:45Z")
> [@The\_Controvert](#): > > You would use “que taco” in that instance. Use “que pasta” if ketchup is added to spaghetti. And “que 'pasto” if ketchup is added to a cured meat hors d’oeuvre. But do not bring the latter into contact with a cold-meat-and-peppers-containing green salad, or a massive explosion will result. What? Surely you’ve heard of a pasto-antipasto reaction? ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/que-pasa/541004/28 "2010-05-30T22:30:37Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Shouldn’t that be “_Was **ist** passiert_?” Ja. > [@Polly\_Glot](#): > > Do the hipster Mexican kids still greet each other with “_¿Quiubole?_ (sp)” at all? I’m pretty sure they don’t. It was cool somewhere before the '70s, I think, and was replaced by “¿Qué onda?” (This is judging by my family and friends in Mexico City. YMMV of course.) ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/que-pasa/541004/29 "2010-05-31T13:54:29Z")
> [@Polly\_Glot](#): > > Do the hipster Mexican kids still greet each other with “_¿Quiubole?_ (sp)” at all? That’s how Vicente Fox greeted me when I shook his hand on Christmas day in 2001! (It was easy, since we’re both considerably taller than all of the Mexicans that were gathered around him). Some of the hipster kids might say, “¿Que pedo, güey?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/que-pasa/541004.md?page=1)