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Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “the elderly woman, the old hag”.
Noun
la vieja f (uncountable)
- (El Salvador, derogatory, vulgar) A three-note melody, often made up of a base note, then a higher note, and finally a middle note, usually produced by whistling or beeping, or percussively, used to insult another person.
1990, Colectivo Huitzilipochtli, Cipitío en El Salvador Sheraton: Un round de 11 días de 10 años de guerra: crónica-collage literario sobre la ofensiva del FMLN en San Salvador, del 11 al 21 de noviembre de 1989, Editorial Universitaria, page 35:Todos a la expectativa: unos bajo la cama, dentro de un armario, o del baño, porque los cachimbazos pasan chiflando "la vieja" y en el techo y la fachada de mi casa están cayendo varios balazos...- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2005, Óscar Martínez Peñate, Lidia Flores Montalvo, “La complicidad”, in El Salvador, violencia intrafamiliar: testimonio de un grito silencioso, 1st edition, Editorial Nuevo Enfoque, page 24:[…] y el hermano de mi papa ni lento ni perezoso le lanzaba piedras, ademas le silbaba a todo pulmon “la vieja”. Virginia le dio la queja a mi papa que mi mama la agarraba a pedradas y que le silbaba “la vieja”.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2018, Beto Sánchez CH., Anónimos: Relatos Y Versos Comprometidos Con "El Pulgarcito De América", Palibrio:A ti, que se te identifica por chiflar la vieja, / y que por instinto respondes con la tuya.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)