Chinchon and Chueca

Does anybody knows the meaning of those words?
I speak Spanish, I was born in Peru, South America.
In Peru those words are slang

Chinchon is a swelling in the forehead by a blow

and Chueca or Chueco is a person who has bow legs, who walks like a cowboy.

Rafael

I was told by some madrileños that Chinchon was a slang term for a female's mammary glands. Maybe they were just joking with me.

Saludos, MadridMan

I sure hope you're wrong MM. Since I have been asked to purchase six bottles of it!!If I mispronounce it when buying it, I'll die.

Hahahaha.... Okay. Okay. NOW I know what you're talking about. You were asked to purchase 6 bottles of Chinchon for someone.. was it our message board member in Missouri (or was it Omaha??), by chance?? I recall he was looking for that many too. Chinchon IS an old town (as if there is any other kind in Spain) near Madrid, but it's also a strong, clear/colorless alcohol of the same name.

Hopefully you weren't asked to make 6-purchases of/in Chueca too. You never what you're going to get there if you're not specific. hehehe... Chueca is a neighborhood in Madrid.

By the way, I spent 2 weeks with my ladyfriend (from Madrid) traveling through your fine homeland. JUST BEAUTIFUL!!! It was an eye-opening experience in many ways. I'm sure you're very proud. If interested/curious, you can view my 85 trip photos at the Club Photo website.

Saludos, MadridMan

(edited later) P.S. Oops. Sorry Nic. I did accidentally combine my answers to you and Rafael. Sorry. hehehe.. Yes. Lima, Ohio and Lima, Perú are very different.

[ 04-04-2001: Message edited by: MadridMan ]

I sure hope you're kidding about my homeland. Lima, Peru and Lima, OH. Not quite the same. I've never heard anyone call Lima OH, beautiful....
ooops, you were talking about Rafeal

[ 04-04-2001: Message edited by: Nic ]

Interesting to know about the variations of Spanish language both sides of the pond.

In Spain is "chichón" (without the n) and the person with bow legs is called "zambo".

I know this is totally off topic, but those Peru pics are beautiful! Some of them are so incredible that they don't even look real - the Machupichu ones in particular!
Amazing!!!

And to add to the original topic, I don't know if anyone knows about this, but my parents play a card game with Spanish cards called Chinchon... Does anyone know of this game?

SusiLaGallega

Sure it exists, EL chinchon is also a card game.

Okay! Now we have the Lima situation straight. But which of the two is the home of the lima bean?

Wolf

Well lima bean is a tropical american plant.
it grows from Southern Mexico till Peru and Brazil. According to the dictionary it was named after Lima, Peru.
In Peru a person who is a mix of black and native american is called "zambo"
Nice pictures, yes Peru is a beautiful country, next time go to the north of Peru and to the Amazon Jungla.

Rafael

Chinchon, the card game is a 7-card Gin (card game )

Rafa,

Thanks! I always wondered where those little green buggers were raised. I had no idea they came from that region. My gardening skills go as far as being able to pick up veggies at the grocery store for my wife, and half the time she thumps a melon, or squeezes a tomato and says I screwed that up too

When I was young (that was last century), I enjoyed skiing. I always wanted to carve a trail down the side of a Peruvian mountain but to be honest, I would have probably ended up rolling 90% of the way down after falling.

Now what does this have to do with Chinchon? Nothing.... But when you get old like me.... your mind wanders.

Incidentally, I am kind of partial to lima beans.

Wolf

Chinchón is a town, the liquor from there is also called chinchón (like Cognac, Champaigne or Jerez are from those towns) it is a drink very similar to anissette.
In Spain, we call chichón to that swelling.
Chueca is a sirname, there was a compositor of zarzuelas very famous in which honour there is a square in Madrid.

I'm sorry, I have just remembered that chueca has also a meaning, I couldn't look for it in the RAE dictionary but this is what it says in the vox one:

chueca (orig. desconocido; cat. soca; fr. souche)
1 f. Tocón (parte de tronco).
2 Juego entre dos bandos, cada uno de los cuales procura que una bola impelida por el contrario no pase la raya que señala su término.
3 fig. Burla, chasco.

II) chueca (v. chuca)
1 f. Hueso redondeado o parte de él que encaja en el hueco de otro en una coyuntura.
I forgot to repeat that chinchón is also a card game as Susi said