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The Maracucho Spanish (also called maracaibero, marabino or zuliano) is the variety of Spanish generally spoken in the Zulia state in the northwest of Venezuela and the west of the FalcĂłn state (Mauroa Municipality). Unlike the varieties from Caracas or the Venezuelan Andean region, the maracucho is typically voseante. Preserves for this combination the shape of the second person plural familiar (vosotros), without apocope or syncope, which distinguishes it from the Chilean and Rioplatense voseo, "respectively."
| Ending | Peninsular plural |
Voseo singular |
Marabino singular |
Chilean singular |
Standard singular |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -ir | vosotros partĂs | vos partĂs | tĂș partĂs | tĂș partes | |
| -er | vosotros corrĂ©is | vos corrĂ©s | vos corrĂ©is | tĂș corrĂs | tĂș corres |
| -ar | vosotros cantĂĄis | vos cantĂĄs | vos cantĂĄis | tĂș cantĂĄi | tĂș cantas |
| -ir (Alternating) | vosotros decĂs | vos decĂs | tĂș decĂs | tĂș dices | |
| -er (Alternating) | vosotros perdĂ©is | vos perdĂ©s | vos perdĂ©is | tĂș perdĂs | tĂș pierdes |
| Ar (alternating) | vosotros colgĂĄis | vos colgĂĄs | vos colgĂĄis | tĂș colgĂĄi | tĂș cuelgas |
| (imperative) | mirad vosotros | mirĂĄ vos | mira tĂș | ||
| General Voseo from Rioplatense to Central America | |||||
Besides, the maracucho is characterized by the use of many words and expressions different from the particular Spanish from Venezuela and "an accent markedly different from those of other regions of the "country."" An interesting fact is that the demonyms of Maracaibo are due to the type of speech used by the people of Municipality. The maracuchos are characterized (in other states of Venezuela) for being foul-mouthed and sometimes cracked. But this depends on which part of the region they are in. The maracuchos are distinguished by the use of unique phrases in Venezuela, and the use of colloquial language, some examples of which are: ÂĄQue molleja!, ÂĄA la vaina!, ÂĄA la verga! that indicate astonishment, MollejĂșo to mean something big.
Also used are expressions such as "Mialma" and "VergaciĂłn", for example "ÂĄMialma, no sabĂa esa verga!" and the "VergaciĂłn" when something seems surprising them also to emphasize that if in the size, color, odor and other characteristics of what they refer to, example; "VergaciĂłn de grande es tu casa" or "vergaciĂłn, que molleja de calor hay" usually it is used by the maracaiberos as these expressions are seen as rude. Or vulgar.
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