Teacher Trey
What is the grammatical meaning of "pa" in Spanish? I've heard "pa" in expressions before like "lo mandó pa´l carajo" (sent him to hell), but I've never seen it before in any of my spanish textbooks so I'm confused about its exact meaning. Gracias!
Aug 12, 2010 11:52 PM
Answers · 4
Lovely question! haha "pa" is apocopate from "para" . Vamos pallá= Vamos para allá. Vamos pal fondo = Vamos para el fondo" Is like in English, when you say: I wanna learn or wassup Regards María
August 13, 2010
pa = para (used in informal speech)
August 13, 2010
for example here in south america we cut the word ¨para¨ in ¨pa ¨ so in that way you can talk quikly
August 13, 2010
" lo mandó pa´l carajo" hahaha... yeah, this expression is some difficult to find in a textbook.. Hi Trey, "Pa" is slang: It means "para" , but we are a little bit lazy, so we just say "pa" sometimes :)
August 13, 2010
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