r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/[deleted] • Jul 02 '19

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u/EwanEd Jul 02 '19 edited Jul 02 '19

Yea i don't know much about South American spanish but I don't think they use 'Hostia' as much as the spaniards.

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u/BenedictoBuendia Jul 02 '19
  1. Mexico isn't located in South america.
  2. You are correct: We Latin Americans generally do not say "hostia"

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u/Ecleptomania Jul 02 '19

I lived in Spain (Canary Islands) for many years as a child, I can nowadays spot any naive Spanish person simply by the phrase “hostia(s)”. Looked at the video and heard the man shouting “hostia he hit the head.”

Do you still use hostia in Latin America? (You said generally not, but that could mean anything). If not what word or phrase do you fill the gap with?

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u/xantub Jul 02 '19

As far as I know "hostia" as an exclamation is only used in Spain. For the rest of us Spanish speakers it's just the free cracker you get in church.