BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agoTIL the word "vamoose" is an Americanization of the Spanish word "vamos" for "let's go".message-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-squareTIL the word "vamoose" is an Americanization of the Spanish word "vamos" for "let's go".BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLith@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months ago The Chevrolet Nova sold very well in Latin American markets; General Motors did not need to rename the car. While no va does mean “it doesn’t go” in Spanish, nova was easily understood to mean “new”.