{"id":5630,"date":"2024-07-03T08:08:24","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T08:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marinapalamos.com\/?p=5630"},"modified":"2024-07-03T10:22:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T10:22:09","slug":"the-origin-of-vete-al-carajo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marinapalamos.com\/en\/the-origin-of-vete-al-carajo\/","title":{"rendered":"The Origin of &#8220;Vete al carajo&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1300px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The origin of one of the most used expressions in the Spanish language when we want to get someone away from our sight, either because it bothers us, or because he is lying or cheating, or for any other reason that bothers us, comes from no other place than the <strong>nautical world<\/strong>. So with this entry we want to refer to the meaning of the <strong>expression &#8220;<\/strong><\/span><strong><i>vete al carajo<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>&#8221; (got to hell)<\/strong>. Although it may sound vulgar, it would be unfair to pass up the opportunity to tell its origins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The definition of the word &#8220;carajo&#8221;, although according to mistrustful sources, not very accurate, referred to the <strong>small basket<\/strong> that was at the <strong>top of the main mast<\/strong> of the caravels and from where the lookouts -serviolas- spotted the horizon in search of signs of land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5631 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marinapalamos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/VETE-AL-CARAJO.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marinapalamos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/VETE-AL-CARAJO-66x40.png 66w, https:\/\/www.marinapalamos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/VETE-AL-CARAJO-177x106.png 177w, https:\/\/www.marinapalamos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/VETE-AL-CARAJO-200x120.png 200w, https:\/\/www.marinapalamos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/VETE-AL-CARAJO-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.marinapalamos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/VETE-AL-CARAJO-320x192.png 320w, https:\/\/www.marinapalamos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/VETE-AL-CARAJO-400x240.png 400w, https:\/\/www.marinapalamos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/VETE-AL-CARAJO-460x276.png 460w, https:\/\/www.marinapalamos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/VETE-AL-CARAJO.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we go back centuries, we discover when the expression began to be used. Given its location at the top of the mast, this basket was an unstable place, <strong>where the ship&#8217;s swaying was most intense<\/strong>. In addition, it was impossible to shelter from the rain and wind. <strong>When a sailor committed a fault<\/strong>, he was sent &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">al carajo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d (to hell) as punishment; sometimes he served only a few hours, sometimes days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hearing &#8220;vete al carajo!&#8221; must have been one of the phrases no one wanted to hear on the high seas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Next time you hear someone say &#8220;vete al carajo&#8221;, you know where they&#8217;re sending them \ud83d\ude42 .<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Origin of &quot;Vete al carajo&quot; 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