Maracucho Spanish

Region where is spoken the Maracucho Spanish

The Maracucho Spanish (also called maracaibero, marabino or zuliano) is the variety of Spanish generally spoken in the Zulia state in the northwest of Venezuela and the west of the Falcón state (Mauroa Municipality). Unlike the varieties from Caracas or the Venezuelan Andean region, the maracucho is typically voseante. Preserves for this combination the shape of the second person plural familiar (vosotros), without apocope or syncope, which distinguishes it from the Chilean and Rioplatense voseo, respectively.

Ending	Peninsular plural	Voseo1 singular	Marabino singular	Chilean singular	Standard singular
-ir	vosotros partís	vos partís		tú partís	tú partes
-er	vosotros corréis	vos corrés	vos corréis	tú corrís	tú corres
-ar	vosotros cantáis	vos cantás	vos cantáis	tú cantái	tú cantas
-ir (Alternating)	vosotros decís	vos decís		tú decís	tú dices
-er (Alternating)	vosotros perdéis	vos perdés	vos perdéis	tú perdís	tú pierdes
Ar (alternating)	vosotros colgáis	vos colgás	vos colgáis	tú colgái	tú cuelgas
(imperative)	mirad vosotros	mirá vos		mira tú
1 General Voseo from Rioplatense to Central America

Besides, the maracucho is characterized by the use of many words and expressions different from the particular Spanish from Venezuela and an accent markedly different from those of other regions of the country. An interesting fact is that the demonyms of Maracaibo are due to the type of speech used by the people of Municipality. The maracuchos are characterized (in other states of Venezuela) for being foul-mouthed and sometimes cracked, but this depends on which part of the region they are in. The maracuchos are distinguished by the use of unique phrases in Venezuela, and the use of colloquial language, some examples of which are: ¡Que molleja!, ¡A la vaina!, ¡A la verga! that indicate astonishment, Mollejúo to mean something big.

Also used are expressions such as "Mialma" and "Vergación", for example "¡Mialma, no sabía esa verga!" and the "Vergación" when something seems surprising them also to emphasize that if in the size, color, odor and other characteristics of what they refer to, example; "Vergación de grande es tu casa" or "vergación, que molleja de calor hay" usually it is used by the maracaiberos as these expressions are seen as rude or vulgar.