Andrea hails from Mexico City and lives in the Mission where she works as a community interpreter. She has been involved with Mission Local since 2009 working as a translator and reporter.
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I would have used ‘mijar,’ to piss, to match with the English ‘pee’ instead of ‘orinar’ that means ‘to urinate.’
Maybe if it were a Brazilian restaurant! “Mijar” is Portuguese for “to piss”. MEAR is Spanish for “to piss”.
Let’s just say that I hear it more than I read it.