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    Originally posted by Sam View Post
    Heh, you learn something new every day. My girlfriend just learned it as well, in fact, because she'd never heard it before. She had a look on the RAE dictionary website and came to the conclusion that it's incredibly archaic. I'd say the phone is just fine.
    Thanks for the info Sam. Looks like it’s outdated and rarely used in Peninsular Spanish too.

    http://www.puromarketing.com/3/22711...a-mercado.html
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    el hecho que la palabra no fuera de uso corriente y estuviese ligeramente desfasada. (I like the bit about the Pajero… Didn’t know it meant "wanker" but that’s hardly surprising as my colloquial Spanish isn’t much cop but I’m working on it! (could come in handy as I may well go and live there post Brexit)

    More on unfortunate car names here.

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