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Cal: A Borderland Dialect

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January 10, 2024 Did we pistear too much? January 10, 2024 • Órale, the feature of this week is the word pistear. It means to drink inebriant or become inebriated. There are close-sounding words in both Spanish and Nahuatl, pisto and pizoh, which mean a frittata and flooring respectively. But neither come close to the Caló meaning. There's also the related noun in Caló, pisto, which means a drink or sip of something or hard alcohol itself, as in, he bought of bottle of pisto for himself and a caguama (quart) of beer for his ruca. Read More...

How 'Yo! MTV Raps' helped mainstream hip-hop

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