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Definition:Namely shouting out compliments or flirtatious remarks to a passing girl.It may involve crude metaphors referring to certain body parts, or all sorts of double entendres.
It also involves skills such as creativity.http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=PB2aMtHbCiU
Piropeando: “piropoing”
Setting
Must be in public with a crowd. Most commonly in the streets.Always in day time.
Expirential Piropoing #1Chelita, si tus piernas fueran los rieles, no me imagino como será la terminal.
Chelita, If your legs were the train tracks, I can’t imagine the train station.
#2Muñeca, cantarito de arroz, si me das un beso, me caso con vos.
Muñeca, little bowl of rice, if you gave me a kiss, I will marry you.
Act Sequence
Tirarse un piropo: throw a piropo at her
A man spots a womanHe performs cues
He would approach her
He delivers the piropo when they cross paths
The crowd observes
Act Sequence (cont.)
Accept Reject No Respon
seSmile orAcknowledge him
Turn around Keep walking
Keep walking Cross the street
Ignore him
Yell/try to hit him
Act Sequence (cont.)
Crowd ReactsApprove, positive commentsDisapprove, laugh/ instruct him/ look away
Participants return to what they were doing
interaction and
interpretations
Andar piropeando: to go saying piropos
to married or unmarried women
delivered as close to her as possible
Acceptance v. rejection behavior said it loud enough for the crowd he sneaks up on her must be said when side by side
Norms (cont.)
touching might be involved non-standard Spanish exclamations as an introduction foreign women could be targeted the perception of offensiveness varies by social class
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXfczqCioyI
it can be said to a group of women
Ends: outcomes/goalsMan: outcomes approval from crowd prove his macho status show off his creativity
Man: goal get his piropo accepted
Key
Hacerle caso a un piropo: listen to a piropo
romantic
loud and clear
sexy
singing or poetic tone
Ignorar un piropo: ignore a piropo
Instrumentalities orally
most frequent chunks with some rhyming
whistling / exclamation as an introduction
Quasi piropo
Piropo clásico: a classic piropo
the goal is to impress a woman said to a friend or a girlfriend in private, never in public
romantic and classic, no vulgar speech