In Spain, “coger” is “to take”, and “pistola” is “pistol/gun”.
In Argentina/Uruguay, “coger” is slang/vulgarism for “to have sexual intercourse [with]”, while “pistola” is also slang for penis. Literally “fuck that cock” or “have sex with that penis”
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In Spain, “coger” is “to take”, and “pistola” is “pistol/gun”.
In Argentina/Uruguay, “coger” is slang/vulgarism for “to have sexual intercourse [with]”, while “pistola” is also slang for penis. Literally “fuck that cock” or “have sex with that penis”
Ah, so it’s kinda like “smoke a fag” in English / English (simplified)
never knew that
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You’ll be
gladpleased to hear that “concha” (“shell/conch”)…NSFW
…is also a very vulgar form of calling the female genitals (akin to “cunt”)
A common insult in Ar/Uy when you are really pissed off is “la concha de tu madre” (“your mother’s conch/cunt”)
OK but in South America and Mexico, literally everything also means clock or duck.
They must be a very timely people!
Dam autocorrect