FML : Today, I am studying abroad in Mexico and someone asked me what it's like to be from Minnesota. I responded in Spanish, in front of thirty people, what...

Today, I am studying abroad in Mexico and someone asked me what it's like to be from Minnesota. I responded in Spanish, in front of thirty people, what I thought translated to, "If you get cold, you can just put on a jacket." Apparently, what I thought meant "jacket" actually meant "masturbate". FML

I agree, your life sucks

You deserved it

By Sally / Monday 26 January 2009 00:06 / United States

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By devela | 0

#52801 - Monday 23 March 2009 06:29

Actually, you are all missing the FML here. She used the word 'chaqueta' wich correctly means jacket in Spanish but in Mexican slang, 'chaqueta' means to masturbate. So in all fairness your spanish was correct but while in Mexico you may want to stay with 'Chamarra' instead of 'Chaqueta' when referring to your jacket.

By SamFromAccountin | 0

#52459 - Monday 23 March 2009 03:37

I live in Minnesota it got to -40 here this year for almost a month solid fuck your jacket

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By mikerod | 0

#9279 - Saturday 28 February 2009 04:13

Too many negative votes, comment buried. Show the comment

trollsemen | 8

#3510256 - Saturday 29 October 2011 10:55

Your a little bitch.

kittykail13 | 2

#4851045 - Thursday 23 August 2012 07:40

I feel like I wasted five seconds of my life reading that..seriously.

FoxHunt9119 | 19

#6157708 - Tuesday 30 December 2015 07:26

I know...

By SamFromAccountin | 0

#52459 - Monday 23 March 2009 03:37

I live in Minnesota it got to -40 here this year for almost a month solid fuck your jacket

speedracer_1 | 0

#425089 - Friday 24 July 2009 03:49

in texas, we got to 105 degrees. the humidity is so bad, were actually hotter than the deserts of arizona. it's summer, and my summer job consists of going outside. so don't complain.

VolleyballSMASH | 0

#1087580 - Wednesday 14 July 2010 06:27

I live in Wisconsin. we get over our weather issuses or move.

hahafylop | 4

#1220875 - Wednesday 11 August 2010 05:50

YEAH WISCONSIN SAME HERE!!!!

luna_y_mar | 0

#1320774 - Monday 30 August 2010 07:42

I'm from and was born in Minnesota but I am Mexican. and yes I still speak Spanish I have not forgotten it

Suicidalpotatoe | 0

#1926143 - Tuesday 4 January 2011 08:10

Come up to Minnesota I dare you if u thinks it's nice up here think again

DaniPandi | 22

#5028078 - Wednesday 10 October 2012 10:17

Jacket=/=Masterbate

Link5794 | 16

#5074653 - Wednesday 24 October 2012 03:52

Jacket ~ Jack it/Masturbate

By devela | 0

#52801 - Monday 23 March 2009 06:29

anonymous_user | 0

#315843 - Thursday 18 June 2009 03:36

really? you learn something new everyday ;). i really think they should teach you a different word for jacket, then, in spanish class, they tought me the same word...

TheRealEllieSan | 9

#3497921 - Thursday 27 October 2011 09:59

Same here! But the best part about this is that my best friend is mexican and helps me practice my Spanish, and hasn't corrected me' once on this.

danrad4life | 1

#4569203 - Friday 15 June 2012 07:16

I live in Mexico andhad no idea that word was slang for masturbate.. FML

Mischief109 | 11

#5130545 - Friday 9 November 2012 07:08

I was taught that chequeta and abrigo were both words for jacket

Likian5 | 26

#6054181 - Monday 1 September 2014 09:50

Not kidding, I just found that out the hard way at work just about a month ago haha

GirasolNegro | 22

#6127052 - Monday 24 November 2014 03:21

#67, chaqueta means jacket, abrigo means coat

TheAspieDork | 26

#6526295 - Tuesday 2 February 2016 01:50

Thanks for the warning, dude, I'm currently learning Spanish and didn't realize that (to make matters worse, I live in Texas, so most Spanish speakers here use the Mexican dialect)

19jburner | 15

#6549535 - Tuesday 1 March 2016 04:42

I'll have to tell my Spanish teachers about this, cause they've been teaching 'Chaqueta' for a while now.

By xsydbabyx | 0

#55942 - Tuesday 24 March 2009 09:41

Well... masturbating does heat things up. So you were right too! No worries. - S.

By mister_moops | 0

#59533 - Thursday 26 March 2009 09:05

how do you mess that up? why do you know what masturbate is in spanish?

Dylan94_fml | 8

#981587 - Monday 19 April 2010 01:53

he didnt intentionally mean to say masturbate that's just what the word translated to

purplebluetattoo | 3

#1010573 - Friday 28 May 2010 11:07

Like "Jack it" . lmao

PhishloverA | 14

#4972947 - Wednesday 26 September 2012 05:10

LOL

By retoxified | 0

#61830 - Friday 27 March 2009 05:03

Too many negative votes, comment buried. Show the comment

brand125 | 17

#6079617 - Friday 3 October 2014 01:51

are you?

By Argh_fml | 0

#125997 - Monday 20 April 2009 03:49

yeah dude "masturbarse" means "to masturbate", you must have definitely said "coger"

Paradoxx5 | 8

#2496859 - Thursday 12 May 2011 05:12

That's what I was about to say. Or maybe he said "chingar"?

By rednals | 0

#138028 - Friday 24 April 2009 01:02

so any way i conviced this girl today who is studying abroad that we all thought she said masterbate, even though it was quite clear she was meaning jacket. she was so embarased.

By joh04667 | 0

#155636 - Thursday 30 April 2009 04:17

ya i'm from minnesota......why does everyone think its so cold here? i mean, it's not exactly warm....but its not like peguin and igloo cold.....

UmbreonKirby | 14

#5947828 - Saturday 17 May 2014 05:55

Folks, pay no attention to this person. They are the person who walks around in four feet of snow in shorts and a t-shirt. In other words, they are the lucky type of minnesotan native