As a seaman in the past, I travelled to several seaports in South American countries for a couple of years. I even travelled to Spain as well. I mingled with stevedores, longshoremen and cab drivers and learned some local slangs and phrases. I became more interested in learning new words and its etymology. This gave me the opportunity to enrich my Spanish slang vocabulary.
I jumped off my seat weeks ago the first time I heard an advertisement being played on the TV. The ad was paid by a senator aspiring to be president. The rapper in the commercial rapped the word "conyo" in his lines. Does he know what he's rapping about? I was really surprised.
Our country being a Spanish colony for 300 years, still has descendants of Spanish speaking families who preserved the language in their clan through generations. These people would surely understand what "conyo" means. (It is written coño in Spanish).
Coño is synonymous with concha, chucha in Spanish. For those who really wants to know, do some research. Start with yahoo's English-Spanish/Spanish English translator or dictionary. You'll be surprised.
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