Hacker News Reader

This is my dialect! We’ve always attracted linguists because of our unique mix of cultures. For instance, we have lots of words for turkey - guíjalo/guajalote (and various combinations of the two), pavo, ganso real, cócono, and yes, even torque.

View on HN

guajalote is common with everyone I've meet from mexico and parts of central america, so is pavo

Huh... "pavone" is peacock in Italian.

they're related languages after all

close to Portuguese too, pavão

and to add to that, pavo is often used just to refer to the food, the cooked meat, and guajalote to the animal.

Same for pigs (Cerdo, chancho) and pork (puerco).

in Argentina pavo also is used to refer to someone that is not very intelligent.

In Spanish from Spain, both being a clown or just a random dude. (No seas pavo, don't be a clown), and "oye, pavo, ¿dónde vas?" (Hey, dude, where're you going to)?

Reply on news.ycombinator.com