Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
tirarte de culipatines
English translation:
slide on your bottom
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margaret caulfield
Jan 7, 2010 00:22
14 yrs ago
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tirarte de culipatines
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Es el texto de un comercial para Argentina. Una madre le habla a su hijo mientras éste, juega con el barro:
"XXXX no te vas a ensuciar con barro, eh? Y sentir como se te escurre entre los dedos, o ***tirarte de culipatines***, resbalar kilómetros y kilómetros o ensuciarle a tu hermana su vestido nuevo, o fabricar bolitas para que se endurezcan y formen la munición perfecta o hacer tortas de barro para compartir con tus amigos."
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"XXXX no te vas a ensuciar con barro, eh? Y sentir como se te escurre entre los dedos, o ***tirarte de culipatines***, resbalar kilómetros y kilómetros o ensuciarle a tu hermana su vestido nuevo, o fabricar bolitas para que se endurezcan y formen la munición perfecta o hacer tortas de barro para compartir con tus amigos."
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Jan 15, 2010 08:42: margaret caulfield changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/131738">Katya Robledo's</a> old entry - "tirarte de culipatines"" to ""slide on your bottom""
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slide on your bottom
I found this on the following, rather nice link:
Aconcagua, Mendoza: Excursión al mirador del Aconcagua
Paseos y excursiones, English ... Paula y Ana aprovecharon el momento para deslizarse por la blanca ladera de la montaña haciendo “culipatín”, ...
www.welcomeargentina.com/.../mirador-aconcagua.html - En caché - Similares
I know "tirarse" does not particularly mean "slide", but I don't think any other word could describe it better in this context.
Aconcagua, Mendoza: Excursión al mirador del Aconcagua
Paseos y excursiones, English ... Paula y Ana aprovecharon el momento para deslizarse por la blanca ladera de la montaña haciendo “culipatín”, ...
www.welcomeargentina.com/.../mirador-aconcagua.html - En caché - Similares
I know "tirarse" does not particularly mean "slide", but I don't think any other word could describe it better in this context.
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Christine Walsh
: I think you've got it- unless there's a board between the mud and the child's bottom.
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Thanks, Chris! Going from the mother's conversation, I think exactly this!
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David Ronder
: A lot of this going on in London at the moment (snow + ice everywhere!)
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Thanks, David! I hope you don't have any small children!!!!
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Jenny Westwell
: With Margaret: this is all about what small children can do with mud (to annoy their mothers), in this case, get the seat of his trousers covered in it!
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Thanks, la acequiera! They love doing this!
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Wendy Petzall
: A veces en mi país le dicen "fundi-cross", por "fundillo" (trasero) y "moto-cross"...
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Thanks, wmpetzall!
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Thayenga
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Thanks, Thayenga!
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Comment: "Gracias a todos"
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Silvia Hanine-Studnicki
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snow sled riding
In fact it is not "culipatines" but "culopatines". These are the plastic sleds (sometimes nylon bags) which are used to go down hill on the snow.
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Leonardo Lamarche
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go down with a board slider
culipatines is a slide board (for snow and probably in muddy down hill) called like that in Argentina.
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buttboard downhill
I believe Margaret has the right meaning. This could be an option if there's a board between the child and the mud!
These boards were first made at home, but are now factory produced.
http://www.zonagravedad.com/modules.php?name=News&file=artic...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-01-07 03:26:19 GMT)
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OR:
-to buttboard your way downhill
-slide downhill on your butt(board)
-go buttboarding
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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-01-07 03:27:08 GMT)
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Photos of 'culipatines':
http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-57014584-culipatines...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-01-07 03:33:01 GMT)
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http://www.ezone.com/games/santabutt3d/gamecode.htm
These boards were first made at home, but are now factory produced.
http://www.zonagravedad.com/modules.php?name=News&file=artic...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-01-07 03:26:19 GMT)
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OR:
-to buttboard your way downhill
-slide downhill on your butt(board)
-go buttboarding
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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-01-07 03:27:08 GMT)
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Photos of 'culipatines':
http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-57014584-culipatines...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-01-07 03:33:01 GMT)
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http://www.ezone.com/games/santabutt3d/gamecode.htm
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go sledging
that's what my kids used to do in the UK when it snowed...Go sledging down the hills on the green.
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