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native spanish speakersw

Magical Mountain Dew
25-10-2004, 20:19
anybody know what this means
"Pillar el tronco" i know that literally it means something like to pillage the tree trunk...but its apparently a slang term from barcelona. nobody in the entire language department at UNC knows what it means, any help?
Iztatepopotla
25-10-2004, 20:57
No idea. I even asked a friend of mine who spent some time in Barcelona but she hasn't heard it either. This may be a very local expression.

EDIT: Although if you could include some context, maybe we can infer the meaning.
Majesto
25-10-2004, 21:34
anybody know what this means
"Pillar el tronco" i know that literally it means something like to pillage the tree trunk...but its apparently a slang term from barcelona. nobody in the entire language department at UNC knows what it means, any help?
Do you mean pillaje electrónico? Pillage Electronics? Did you just hear it wrong or something? I mean, if someone says electrónico fast... It's easy to see the similarites when you say the two fairly quickly.
Magical Mountain Dew
26-10-2004, 04:52
nope, it was definately pillar el tronco

it was actually from a personal ad from match.com we were using for some activity