Comments on: Culture —– Visita personal http://www.spanishprograms.com/blog/2009/08/culture-visita-personal/ Spanish Learning Updates, Tips, and Tricks Tue, 15 May 2012 21:49:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: danwize http://www.spanishprograms.com/blog/2009/08/culture-visita-personal/#comment-1592 danwize Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:59:28 +0000 http://www.spanishprograms.com/blog/?p=136#comment-1592 It's a lot like that in Brazil too. Instead of yelling though, people stand outside their gate and clap. Thanks for the comment!<a href="#comment-612" rel="nofollow">@Laura Miller</a> It’s a lot like that in Brazil too. Instead of yelling though, people stand outside their gate and clap. Thanks for the comment!@Laura Miller

]]> By: Laura Miller http://www.spanishprograms.com/blog/2009/08/culture-visita-personal/#comment-612 Laura Miller Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:08:55 +0000 http://www.spanishprograms.com/blog/?p=136#comment-612 In rural parts of Costa Rica, they leave their doors unlocked. It is muy grosero (and illegal) to enter a home sin permiso. Instead of knocking on the front door, you yell out "¡upe!" (pronounced "oo-pay"; "anyone home?")or you might yell "¡hola la casa!" (hello, the house; less common). Either way, you will probably get a response from an adult. Most likely a curt "¿Qué quiere?" In rural parts of Costa Rica, they leave their doors unlocked. It is muy grosero (and illegal) to enter a home sin permiso.

Instead of knocking on the front door, you yell out “¡upe!” (pronounced “oo-pay”; “anyone home?”)or you might yell “¡hola la casa!” (hello, the house; less common). Either way, you will probably get a response from an adult. Most likely a curt “¿Qué quiere?”

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