What Does The Verb Chingar Mean In Mexican Spanish?

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1. La Malinche songs: Lila Downs, Ochoa (La maldición de Malinche) 2. Guamán Poma images: Atahualpa and Pizarro 3. Requerimiento reading 4. Discussion questions What does the verb chingar mean in Mexican Spanish? How does Octavio Paz explore the connotations of the word’s morphemes and why? How does it relate to the idea of the macho? How does these concepts relate to Mexican history and identity? - Is to do violence to another. Contain the idea of aggression in different levels. Denote violence. - A Word with innumerable meanings. They depends on the context and the voice inflection. Can be used in circumstances of happiness or sadness. - Chingon is the “macho” (male). Action/Power – produce violence / chingada is the female. Passive/subjugate- …show more content…

The mother is represent in the Malinche and the father in the Spaniards. However, the figure of the father disappear and the figure of the abandoned mother with her child’s is an image of the people. Remember the story about Martin son of Cortes’s son with Malinche. And the other son of his Spaniard woman. “The chingada is the Mother forcibly opened, violated or deceived. The hijo de la Chingada is the offspring of violation, abduction or deceit” (22-3) How is the veneration of Catholic religious symbols unique in Mexican culture? How are Christ and God the Father usually represented? What do Cuautémoc and the Virgin of Guadalupe represent? What is the connection between the Virgin and Tonantzin? - Transposition or displacement of the metaphorical Christian images: Father, Son and Mother. Father – God – dim …show more content…

Cortes encouraged Pizarro. The queen signed the capitulation and made Pizarro “Governor and Captain General of Peru” They found and advance civilization. Well Organized. Sophisticate. Regardless, Tumbez was only a glimpse. Quotation – Civil war has the country separate and exhausted. Maybe without this context the Spaniard could be have a hard time to subdue the Incas. Why does Atahualpa not seem preoccupied with the presence of the Spanish? How does Atahualpa enter the city of Cajamarca? How many soldiers did Pizarro have? What tactic did he have in mind and where did he learn this? - According some official text, he did not thought that Spaniard were capable of attack them. His impression were: they were less men and with low organizational capacity. So he allowed to Spaniard go further. He has more important thing to resolve. - Atahualpa was on the outskirt of Cajamarca resting after a battle. He made a performative entrance with five or six thousand men unarmed. He interpreted the image of the Spaniard as cowards

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