DJPoLo Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 All throughout school, we were taught that the Spanish word for "Stop!" was "¡Alto!". Now, with a 19-month old daughter at home, Sesame Street and Dora the Explorer are teaching me that the Spanish word for "Stop" is "Para". What's up with that? -Chet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoMiE Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 (edited) ?que? Edited April 23, 2008 by HoMiE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFlowers Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 According to BabelFish, "PARA" translates to "It Stops". Given how my Para has been running lately, very appropriate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olp73 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 According to BabelFish, "PARA" translates to "It Stops". Given how my Para has been running lately, very appropriate! para=stop alto=tall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlmiller1 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I was in Mexico days before the Space City Challenge match & the big red octagonal signs at intersections of streets said on them "alto". They did NOT say "para". Not sure what you have run into. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olp73 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I was in Mexico days before the Space City Challenge match & the big red octagonal signs at intersections of streets said on them "alto". They did NOT say "para". Not sure what you have run into. Mark local differences, my spanish is from Argentina. I have lived there for 2 years. maybe it is different in "Mejico". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlmiller1 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 local differences, my spanish is from Argentina. I have lived there for 2 years. maybe it is different in "Mejico". Yeah, different countries, differences in language, sometimes dramatic. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve J Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 (edited) According to Cassell's Colloquial Spanish the universal word for to stop, to come to a standstill is parrar. Alto as said before is high or tall. It is also the military word for Halt!, thus it's usage on stop signs. The military usage is often borrowed in to civilian speech. Edited April 23, 2008 by Steve J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No.343 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Some stop signs use "Pare" instead of "Alto". I always associated alto with halt and pare with stop. At least that's what I remember from my youth in Puerto Rico. I haven't been to a Spanish speaking country that didn't use international road signs in 15 years though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 dunno about "para", but when you A/D in those countries, they yell "ALTO". here's an example: http://web.mac.com/speedoption/Capsl/Movie_ADs.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKSNIPER Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Outer, Now THATS comedy! JK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 dunno about "para", but when you A/D in those countries, they yell "ALTO". here's an example:http://web.mac.com/speedoption/Capsl/Movie_ADs.html Bottom left video is the funniest ...... bottom right video guy gets mad at himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 dunno about "para", but when you A/D in those countries, they yell "ALTO". here's an example:http://web.mac.com/speedoption/Capsl/Movie_ADs.html Bottom left video is the funniest ...... bottom right video guy gets mad at himself. yea, the truck one at the trophy challenge in Piru...now that was hilarious. soiled myself laughing, as you can hear in the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajarrel Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 The guy in the upper left video looks like he isn't certain whether or not he had shot 'big jim and the twins" looks like with the holster placement he had, he missed a good chance fwiw dj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlockSpeed31 Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 The guy in the upper left video looks like he isn't certain whether or not he had shot 'big jim and the twins" looks like with the holster placement he had, he missed a good chance fwiw dj If I remember correctly, that guy was from Japan. He had saved all year to be able to come over to the US to shoot this match (Steel Challenge) and I think it was his 1st stage. Sad thing about it, the same thing happened to him the year before. But he took it like a true shooter/gentleman and packed up with no arguement. That segment was from Michael Bane's "Shooting Gallery" TV show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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