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RE: El Jefe Arise!

in #life2 years ago

With "El Jefe" you reminded me one kinda awkard situation I made. Was used to use "el jefe" in spanish on informal basis, while addressing somebody (latinos usualy use something as a refference to a person they are addressing and I really never got into using "bodily" description as they use pretty much - Hola chico/chica/flaco/gordo/moreno/rubia/... or typical hermano/amigo/hijo/...) and never realised they don't use it in Dominican republic - they use "lider" for example.

I was using blah blah blah tu sabes jefe! and I was receiving mixed reactions. So anyway later I found out that "El Jefe" was a nickname for one and the only Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo who is still a topic here, although he was assasinated in sixties as a result of his more and more bloody regime. Still feeling embarrassed from the mess I made with this and I won't lie, that "El Jefe Arise!" worked like a clickbait for me :D Take care and stay safe in office world!

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Hehe, I didnt know that about the term "El Jefe"! I mean I knew about the boss bit but not about the dictator bit!

Its funny how Spanish changes in many places so that it is quite easy to make these kind of mistakes!

Take care mate!