Someone once told me that it's Italian for 'friend.' I'm not sure if this is true though.
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Just simply asking what does his nickname mean
Someone once told me that it's Italian for 'friend.' I'm not sure if this is true though.
“There are no boundaries in this struggle to the death. We cannot be indifferent to what happens anywhere in the world, for a victory by any country over imperialism is our victory; just as any country's defeat is a defeat for all of us.” – Che Guevara
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"Nico...nicknamed him 'El Che Argentino'- for his friends stereotypical Argentine habit of using the Guarani word Che to mean 'Hey you'..."
-Jon Lee Anderson
"Hey you" is, from what mr.anderson writes, the best meaning of the nickname Che.
"...in our kiss we taste revolution." - The (International) Noise Conspiracy
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I quess che means other things in other languages
"Che" is the argentine equivalent to the american "yo". It's done to get someone's attention. Guarani? Por favor.....che is used mostly in Argentina and in any case is porteo (Buenos Aires), not guaran.
It's a habit of Argentines to say "che". Many from Argentina and Uruguay are critiziced and called "ches" because of their constant use of the phrase.
No hay que venderse al bajo precio de la necesidad.
We musn\'t sell ourselves to the low price of necessity.
José Gervasio Artigas
i was simply quoting anderson, and i do not know the background of the word past what he wrote. you my be correct, and if you are, good for you
"...in our kiss we taste revolution." - The (International) Noise Conspiracy
"The world is full of ideologies that claim to offer freedom, but in reality simply offer us bigger cages and longer chains. The demand for an end to cages and chains may seem idealistic to some people, but the real idealists are those who think we can carry on as we are." - Larry Law
Third World Forum
Students for Justice in Palestine - Davis
yea, its supposed to be slang for buddy in argentinian i think
I\'m ready for whatever they bring. I\'ll go against a tank with a shank for my dreams, and thats my fucking word. - Dead Prez
I had an Argentine girlfriend once who threw the word around. It's just like some Americans use "dude".
abstractmentality, I'm sorry I didn't mean to sound insulting. It's just I'm from Buenos Aires and the word is really used aroun all of Argentina. For a quote to say it originates in Paraguay, it made me angry i guess. In any case I apologize and realize you quoted someone.
No hay que venderse al bajo precio de la necesidad.
We musn\'t sell ourselves to the low price of necessity.
José Gervasio Artigas
appology accepted.
(Edited by abstractmentality at 7:30 am on July 9, 2002)
"...in our kiss we taste revolution." - The (International) Noise Conspiracy
"The world is full of ideologies that claim to offer freedom, but in reality simply offer us bigger cages and longer chains. The demand for an end to cages and chains may seem idealistic to some people, but the real idealists are those who think we can carry on as we are." - Larry Law
Third World Forum
Students for Justice in Palestine - Davis
...And isn't it so, that the foreigners call all Argenti.. argen... oh, fuck it, the people from argentina "Che?" That's what I heard...
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Che is Italian for "Chum" or "Buddy" Fuck capitolists
Fuck stalin
"Pizan" or "Pizano" is Italian for friend...
Hopefully I can add something to this. I lived in Paraguay for 17 years, and I learned Guarani while I was there. The Guarani word for "hey you" or "yo" is nde, not che. Che is also a guarani word, but it is pronounced with a "sh" sound and it means something entirely different. I've been all over Argentina and Uruguay, and they use Che all the time, the way people have already mentioned. In Paraguay, it is understood what Argentines mean when they say "Che", but to a Cuban or Mexican, it would sound strange. This was back in the 50s, when South American countries were more isolated from one another. Now, especially in the advent of Che Guevara and his nickname popularizing the word, it wouldn't sound that strange to a person from Central America. But at the time, the people that gave him the nickname probably found it funny because of their lack of familiarity with the word, and because Che probably used the word a lot. Some of this is me speculating, but I think the Argentines will agree.
