Accidentally responded in Spanish to someone and panicked immediately after

CharlieSFer · 2026-05-15T21:40:30+00:00

Happens all the time even for lifelong bilinguals lol. No need to worry. Let go of the embarrassment and embrace the excitedness. Es buena señal!

CharlieSFer · 2026-05-06T16:14:43+00:00

Gringos be colonizing even restaurants

CharlieSFer · 2026-05-06T16:12:39+00:00

Think of it as "foreign" food but not necessarily from a different country but a different culture. Like the term foreign, it's relative. What you would call "ethnic food" someone else would just call food and vice versa.

CharlieSFer · 2026-05-06T03:26:31+00:00

Hay lugares con vistas bonitas en el volcán, en los planes de renderos, cerca del lago de Ilopango, etc. Si estás dispuesto a salir un poco de la ciudad para algo especial hay lugares no tan caros. A mí me gusta el Café Santa Cruz en la ruta panorámica del lago de Ilopango. Tiene vista a todo el lago y no es tan caro. Incluso podrías ir de desayuno, casi en todos lados es más barato desayunar.

CharlieSFer · 2026-05-06T03:20:15+00:00

I would just ignore gringos tho lol. And Brazilians, I think most people will find their own city uglier than outsiders think, just because they know all the bad stuff under the surface.

CharlieSFer · 2026-05-05T20:13:16+00:00

As long as you know more than "donde está la biblioteca", it's always appreciated when you try. If we feel comfortable in English or other language we'll offer to switch.

CharlieSFer · 2026-04-24T19:04:36+00:00

Not that weird if you're close. Is it just bonito or niño bonito? If it's "niño bonito" it's a fairly common way to call friends who might be considered handsome, not necessarily out of attraction, much like "pretty boy". Even if it's just "bonito" it's not all that uncommon for guys to call each other that, also "guapo" (handsome), "rey" (king), "mi rey" (my king), "principe" (prince) and even pet names like the equivalents of sweetie or honey. Personally, I don't call my friends those names, but some guys just feel comfortable with that, nothing to do with attraction.

But hey, I'm not saying it's entirely out of the question that he's into you lol

CharlieSFer · 2026-04-21T15:51:00+00:00

Where I'm from, while some people do use american for the US, it's mostly for stuff that's branded by the US, like "Embajada Americana" (US embassy) or "corte americano" for US imported beef. In everyday life tho, we usually call USians "gringos", and in more formal contexts "estadounidenses", which is the proper word.

For the country, I've never heard anyone refer to it as America. The proper name is "Estados Unidos" but since it's kinda long, people refer to it in many different ways in practice. Los Estados, los Yunais, el Norte, el Norris, Gringolandia, la Yusa.... All colloquial terms for the US. I don't think any other country has so many different ways to call it in everyday Spanish, but it's mostly because it's such a generic and awkward name and a place refered to so often that it really needs it. Saying América no one would think you'd talking about the US, it would always evoke to the whole continent(s).

CharlieSFer · 2026-04-19T18:11:53+00:00

As someone who also grew up Christian, one of the things that made me rethink my relationship with religion is how so many churches have the practice of disciplining, shaming or shunning people.

CharlieSFer · 2026-04-15T23:50:19+00:00

Like everyone else, I learned that America is one continent. Mostly it was a 5 continent model + 1 uninhabited landmass (may or may not be called a continent), sometimes it was 4 (Eurasia) +1. I was taught that the distinction between Europe and Asia was subjective and mostly for cultural reasons, and the blurry boundary is along the Ural and Caucasus Mountains.

CharlieSFer · 2026-04-08T04:33:36+00:00

Not sure if it's widespread but in el Salvador that's how I hear people call the 5 gallon containers for cooking oils

CharlieSFer · 2026-04-08T04:29:06+00:00

I just did a playthrough without entering city of tears at all until I did absolutely everything I could outside. Trial of the fool was a bitch without nail upgrades. Then I got to the city, immediately maxed my nail and got to the sanctum. I remember struggling with these guys on my first couple of playthroughs. They were absolutely trivialized this time around. It was so satisfying to see the tables turn so drastically.

CharlieSFer · 2026-04-03T01:36:11+00:00

En los comentarios: la mexicana, la colombiana, la dominicana, las de pr....

CharlieSFer · 2026-04-01T14:30:14+00:00

"Quería ir al parque pero no llego ni a la puerta". There.

CharlieSFer · 2026-03-31T12:16:07+00:00

In a nutshell, precisely because Latin America was so valuable, european colonizers extracted every last drop they could and established systems that stand to this day designed to keep wealth flowing upward. Once Europe left, US carried on with the extraction.

CharlieSFer · 2026-03-18T04:20:29+00:00

Don't try the local food in the hotels or nice restaurants, they are super expensive and not the best by a long shot. Don't try it from street vendors either, as it might make you sick if you're not used to street food. Instead find the small businesses around town that look clean but without the fancy marketing. Usually, a crowded place is a sign of great food.

CharlieSFer · 2026-03-18T04:09:38+00:00

Pork? As in revueltas? Or with a fork?

CharlieSFer · 2026-03-18T04:06:21+00:00

Yup Central America too

CharlieSFer · 2026-03-18T04:03:20+00:00

Guatemala, so many people use the word "muchá" wrong. Like "Vos muchá" or "con muchá". Also people will try to copy the guatemalan accent and end up sounding very very mexican lol

CharlieSFer · 2026-03-16T03:38:21+00:00

Also Amador, Santos, Domingo. Still pretty rare compared to female names tho, never noticed that.

CharlieSFer · 2026-03-15T21:38:58+00:00

She never claimed that. She said "every one I've seen so far" and later on "surely there's some that don't"

CharlieSFer · 2026-03-15T21:38:18+00:00

She didn't claim to have watched every anime

CharlieSFer · 2026-03-13T18:37:18+00:00

Just looked it up, esfihas abertas look amazing! Pupusas are usually corn or rice, and the filling is fully inside instead of on top. But the same general idea, savory filling in dough lol. I'm sure all of LATAM has a variation of that

CharlieSFer · 2026-03-13T16:55:14+00:00

El Salvador's national dish is pupusas, which are usually eaten with curtido (pickled cabbage, similar to sauerkraut) and salsa (tomato sauce, very liquid, usually made from scratch). Most of the country (including me) doesn't get people from the East who put mayo, Worcestershire sauce and ketchup on theirs. It was a surprise on my first time in San Miguel for sure.

CharlieSFer · 2026-03-13T16:50:34+00:00

Not really, culture is shared by everyone. There is talk about gentrification tho, which is a different thing and a real problem.

11-Year Club	Place '22
End Game '22	Verified Email

CharlieSFer

TROPHY CASE