Guess what that word/phrase means in English

[jynnan tonnix]

I missed the new word as well...

I don't think "Fa" as the musical note is an Americanism. I've heard it in other languages as well.

There's not an option for only 1 being the right answer, neither is there one for only 3 being correct, and as you say, it doesn't make sense for "fan" as a contraction of fanatic to be the right answer either, so I'm going with "none of the above"

[One Above All]

There's not an option for only 1 being the right answer, neither is there one for only 3 being correct

Yes there is, for both of them. Each option is an individual answer. If you want to say that just the first option is correct, simply say "the first option is correct". If you want a combination of the individual answers, you're going to have to choose from the combinations listed. If the correct answer is a combo of the individual answers, then one of the combos I provide will be correct. All this, of course, is assuming I don't make a mistake.

[jynnan tonnix]

Ah...ok, I misunderstood.

I'll go with option 3, then. It probably could be option 1, but I have no idea of the etymology of fan as a cooling device, and I just feel like going the musical route instead

[One Above All]

Didn't think you could, but you can let us know after the answer is revealed.

I almost forgot about this. "Azedo" is not used in any expression regarding people, as far as I know. "Podre" is used in "podre de rico" ("filthy rich"), but that's it, AFAIK.

[One Above All]

The correct answer was "Fan (as in someone who likes something)".
The word for "fa" (also called "F") is "fá", and the word for "fan" is "ventoinha".

Next word: Rápido

Meaning in English:

• Quick (male)
• Quick (female)
• Quickly (male)
• Quickly (female)
• The first and second options
• The third and fourth options
• The first and third options
• The second and fourth options
• The first, second, third and fourth options
• None of the above

[nogodsforme]

Quickly, male.

[One Above All]

Second trap you've fallen for, nogodsforme.
"Rápido", in Portuguese, means "quick (male)". "Quickly" is "rapidamente".
The suffix "-mente" is the Portuguese equivalent of the suffix "-ly". Also, words with the suffix "-mente" never have acute accents.

Next word: Cartão

Meaning in English:

• Card
• Cardboard
• Carton
• Cart
• The first and second options
• The third and fourth options
• The first, second and third options
• The first, second, third and fourth options
• None of the above

[nogodsforme]

Uhhh. Carton? My language mojo is blown....

[One Above All]

The correct answer was "The first and second options".
"Cartão" is used for both cards (in which case we say "Um cartão"[1], or "O cartão"[2]) and cardboard (simply "Cartão", without any articles).
Don't feel bad, nogodsforme. I know the English, Portuguese and Spanish languages well enough to be able to trick you.

Next word: Do

Meaning in English:

• Do (imperative; third person; singular)
• Do (imperative; third person; plural)
• Of
• The
• Of the
• The first and second options
• None of the above

1.	One/A card
2.	The card

[Mrjason]

I think first and second options, I'm sure thats what it is in spanish and I'm guessing its similar in portuguese

[One Above All]

The correct answer was "Of the". "Do" is a contraction of "de" and "o", where "de" means "of" and "o" means "the (male)". I omitted the male/female answers for the sake of brevity, but I'll try to include them when possible from now on.

Next word: Ganga

Meaning in English:

• Ganja
• Jeans
• Genes
• Denim
• Gangue
• The second and third options
• The fourth and fifth options
• None of the above

[One Above All]

Just trying to see if I can get some guesses before moving on to the next word.

[nogodsforme]

Ganga as in marijuana?

[One Above All]

The correct answer was "The fourth and fifth options".
Ganga is mostly used for "denim", but it can also be used for gangue. There is no direct translation for the word "jeans". We call them "calças de ganga" (literally: denim pants).

Bonus round: What gender is "ganga"?

• Male
• Female
• Genderless

[nogodsforme]

Trying logic, I will guess male gender, pants being more male attire?

[Mrjason]

Female, it ends in an "a"

[One Above All]

Mrjason wins.

Female, it ends in an "a"

Next word: Duche

Meaning in English:

• Douche (male)
• Douche (female)
• Shower
• The first and second options
• None of the above

[Mrjason]

shower. is my immediate thought. but thats french isn't it? Maybe its the same.

[Mrjason]

Mrjason wins.

Female, it ends in an "a"

And hell yeah, I've learned a rule of thumb about a language! never expected that here.

[LoriPinkAngel]

shower. is my immediate thought. but thats french isn't it? Maybe its the same.

I'm back, and I thought the exact same thing on this word.  So if it's right I guess we tie MrJ.   

[jynnan tonnix]

I thought the same, but didn't get a chance to respond.

As for the next word (duche), my guess would be shower.

It is kind of similar to the Polish word for "soul", as well, but I very much doubt they are etymologically connected.

[Quesi]

May I throw in a slightly different version of the game?

I'd like to give several Spanish words for a common item.  Different countries have vastly different words for this same item.

Here are some of the words:

Popote
Pitillo
Sorbete
Bombillo
Canita
Pajilla

What is the English word for this item?

[One Above All]

May I throw in a slightly different version of the game?
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Sure.

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What is the English word for this item?

My guess would be "sorbet".

[Quesi]

My guess would be "sorbet".

Good guess.  But that is not it.  I left off the word that (I'm pretty sure) they use in Spain.  But if I'm right about the word they use in Spain, the last one on the list is close to it.

[Mrjason]

May I throw in a slightly different version of the game?

I'd like to give several Spanish words for a common item.  Different countries have vastly different words for this same item.

Here are some of the words:

Popote
Pitillo
Sorbete
Bombillo
Canita
Pajilla

What is the English word for this item?

I think Sorbete is a plastic drinking straw. but Isn't Pitillo a cigarette?
I'm not sure. cigs or straws is my answer.

[Quesi]

MrJason wins with drinking straw.

All of these words mean straw in different parts of the Americas. I've never seen the word pitillo used to describe a cigarette, but they are both narrow things that one sucks on.  So is canita, like sugar cane. 

I'm pretty sure the word in Spain is paja. 

But things that came into existence after the colonization of the Americas usually share some sort of commercial name or scientific name, like televisor or astronaut.

Not really sure how each of these words developed so independently.  Maybe each society had a name for something that they used in the way a straw was used, and when plastic straws were invented and distributed, each region stuck with the name that they had used earlier. 

[jynnan tonnix]

I'm pretty sure the word in Spain is paja. 

The Polish word for a pipe (as in smoking a pipe) is fajka...and even though they are pronounced very differently (fai-ka vs pa-ha), they appear to me to have some etymological similarity as p's and f's are among those letters which tend to mutate into each other.

[nogodsforme]

Let me jump in with the espanol; what's a guagua?

[Quesi]

Let me jump in with the espanol; what's a guagua?

I googled images looking for a controversial sign that was advertising beer during the PR Day Parade in NYC.  Didn't find it, but I found this one. 


This is something you would NEVER SAY in Mexico