Just the name of the program and lead character, El Chavo, is the best example I can use to illustrate those language differences.
The best Mexican Spanish slang example is the name of the program Photo: DVD Lo Mejor del Chavo del 8 Volumen 1 So, last week I was watching a couple of episodes again, but now with the motive of appreciating how much non-Puerto Rican Spanish vocabulary I learned as a kid without knowing it. This program is still so popular that reruns still appear 40 years after it was created. Those who were kids in the 70’s and 80’s received massive dosages of this show (and others by Chespirito such as El Chapulín Colorado) after school and on Saturday mornings. In Puerto Rico, El Chavo del 8 was also well recognized. Adults played all these characters, and it was incredible how they created the illusion that some of them were 8-year-old kids and others not. The adults of this comedy were Don Ramón, Doña Florinda, el Profesor Jirafales, el Señor Barriga, and la Bruja del 71, the solterona or old maid whose “real” name was Doña Cleotilde.
The proclaimed programa número uno de la televisión humorística (the number one comedy program in television) was staged in a Mexico City neighborhood or vecindad where kids get in trouble while adult neighbors deal with their daily issues.Įl Chavo, la Chilindrina and Quico were kids that always appeared in each episode sometimes Ñoño and la Popis joined the crowd. This Mexican sitcom was created by comedian Chespirito (real name Roberto Gómez Bolaños) on June 20th, 1971 for his own show (watch the very first episode here), and in 1973 became a separate program that continued until 1980. In this case I am talking about Mexican Spanish.Įl Chavo del 8 was one of the most popular television family programs in Latin America. At the time I didn’t realize that watching El Chavo del 8 would expand my Spanish vocabulary and make me understand that there was regional or country differences within the same language. You wouldn’t think that a Spanish-speaking girl, watching a television program in Spanish would learn more Spanish.
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