giggirl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Narnia Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > > I hear that last word all the time when I visit > my > > Spanish outlaws. It may translate as being very > > rude but must be taken in context I think. > > > In exactly what context do you say the word @#$%& > without it being rude? Give me some examples of > non-rude usage? Please. Co?o is a vulgar word for a woman's vulva or vagina. It is frequently translated as "cunt" (and is, indeed, etymologically related) but is in reality significantly less offensive (it is much more common to hear the word co?o on Spanish television than the word cunt on British television, for example). In Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic it is amongst the most popular of curse words. The word is frequently used as an interjection, expressing surprise, anger or frustration. If you hit your finger with a hammer, ?Co?o! would be like "Shit!" or "Goddamn it!" It is also common to use the expression ?Pero qu? co?o? that could be translated as "What the fuck?" However, in Colombia it also means "diaper." Its usage was so common among Peninsular Spaniards in the Philippines that konyo became the Tagalog name for upper class people. Does this help?