Here's a picture....

[Fridays Child]

There is a Spanish or Mexican term for a man who ravishes a beautiful woman and carries her away. Or maybe he rescues her. Or maybe the connotation of the term lies somewhere between "ravisher" and "rescuer." But, for the life of me, I can't remember the word. Any guesses? Here's a picture that illustrates what I'm talking about.

[datasuspect]

1. mexican is not a language.

[Duer 157099]

2. Well to be fair

neither is "Southern" but we often say things like "there's a Southern expression that means _____" so it's like that.

In this context, it's pretty clear the OP meant: a Spanish word, maybe used in Mexican culture...

[Fridays Child]

5. Really???

Duh.

Are you acquainted with the concept of the vernacular? My use of "term" was specifically intended to convey the premise that the word I'm looking for might be unique to Mexico or to Mexican culture.

So, beyond your ever-so-smart response, do you have anything helpful to contribute? Or did you just need a little attention?

[datasuspect]

6. seems like you need the attention

do you normally lash out at complete strangers?

don't get mad at me because you can't write english with precision.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

7. Dogs go mad, people become angry...speaking of precision.

Furthermore, while it is more commonly referred to as Mexican Spanish, it is recognized as a dialect of that language.

[datasuspect]

8. cool post bro

[In_The_Wind]

19. datasuspect

[img][/img]The bro is a woman.
just thought I'd point that out .........
cause a month ago a few DUers were confused. not you. but oh my.

[Fridays Child]

22. Charro!

See post #20.

[Kali]

13. in defense

ds doesn't know you are from the SW

[datasuspect]

24. practically everything i post here is tongue in cheek

[Kali]

26. I know

but you were right, Mexican isn't a language per se.

just me trying to keep everything friendly. I shoulda been a bartender or something

[Kali]

12. si, como no

there are lots of expressions that are Mexican and missing from European Spanish - some are aboriginal-based but some are just Mexican.

(disclaimer: my spanish is pretty damn shitty, but it is mostly Mexican Spanish - I can barely follow an actual Spanish person - for one thing they talk as fast as a NewYawker )

[Paulie]

28. My favorite one is "Tortilla"

In one dialect it is bread, and in other an omelet.

[AAO]

3. suerte?

[Fridays Child]

10. No. I'd know it if I saw it. I think the connotation is romantic and maybe forbidden...

...if that makes any sense.

[AAO]

4. Salvador?

[Fridays Child]

11. No. That's not it, either.

Thanks, though.

[datasuspect]

9. so in other words

mexican men are just swarthy rapists to you?

please clarify.

[Kali]

14. hmmm caballero doesn't quite seem to fit

more of a knight/cavalier ( the pic fits, but he isn't generally thought of as a ravisher)

[Fridays Child]

15. Yeah, that's not it. It on the tip of my tongue...

Damn!

[Kali]

16. I found this

sinvergüenza

seems to fit, but I don't know it as a Mexican term

[840high]

17. mujeriego?

[Kali]

18. I don't think so.

think of old style words like rake, cad, rogue

[Fridays Child]

20. I remember it, now!

The word is "charro." Mexican cinema, around the 1940s, transformed the image of the charro into a sort of swashbuckling version of the Mexican cowboy.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

23. Fantastic!

I am delighted you thought of it...I know how crazy it can make one, when the word remains elusive! At least there are "Rs" in it!

[Fridays Child]

27. I know!

I think that sort of brain lapse is a leading cause of temporary insanity.

[Kali]

25. hmmm

charro is even more specific than caballero to me

but yeah, swashbuckling - that fits more than a ravisher

[Fridays Child]

21. Got it!

See post #20.

[MiddleFingerMom]

29. One of my favorite books EVER is "Snowblind" by Robert Sabbag...

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... a fictionalized biography of an ostensibly REAL smuggler and his evolution from
a pretty naïve business type(?) around 40(?) who deals very smalltime in pot to
his friends and becomes a pretty major player in the pre-craze days of smuggling
cocaine.
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Someone explains to someone that their textbook Spanish would be largely
ineffectual in Mexico. The only thing I remember is that "two eggs" -- "dos huevos"
was actually pronounced more akin to "doze werewolves".
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Or was it a Hunter Thompson book?
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Those days were, by and large, a blur.
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