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I Have 3 Words For You: Pin Pan Pun

October 12, 2019 By Marta Darby

Growing up in our Cuban household, we entertained regularly and always ALWAYS! had overnight guests. Anyone visiting our area code for any reason meant that an invitation was extended for them to stay with us.

Of course. It’s the Cuban way. 

The invitation to stay with us came with unspoken instructions: You kids will have to bust out the folding rollaway bed pin-pan-pun. The pin-pan-pun gets its supremely entertaining and automonopia-like descriptive name from the ease of the set up – Three easy steps! 1) Pin! 2) Pan! 3) Pun! (Phonetically, it sounds like this: peen-pahn-poon.) Now isn’t that just so much fun to say? 

Pin. Pan. Pun. And you’re ready for your overnight guests! 

Today I’m delighted to introduce clever Cuban designer and new friend, Denise Miqueli the genius mind behind Pin Pan Pun & Co. a beautiful book full of our favorite Cubanisms. 

Her designs are clean and speak to the very heart of our Cubanity. Each one of the “dichos” in her book are perfectly illustrated and well-translated. And believe me, translating Cuban dichos is a little crazy-making. “

What do you mean, ‘it matters three cucumbers?’“

Okay, so, my people, ‘ponte las pilas’ as I prepare you for what’s coming up next. 

Pin Pan Pun & Co is sponsoring today’s giveaway:

Here’s how to enter the giveaway for a chance to win One (1) Pin Pan Pun and Other Cubanisms Book and One (1) 11×14 ‘you’re the espumita to my café’ unframed print.

Two ways to enter – here on the blog or over on Instagram. 

  1. To enter the giveaway, click over to the Pin Pan Pun & Co site – come back and leave a comment ON THIS POST and tell me which of the adorable Cubanisms is your favorite. Or, bounce on over to my Instagram account, follow MyBigFatCubanFamily and PinPanPunCo. Tag a friend on Instagram who needs more Cubanity in their lives. 

  2. I’ll be choosing the winner on Friday, October 18th, 2019 at 11:00 am PST. You have until then to enter. 

  3. If you’re getting impatient and you’re so inclined, PinPanPun & Co is offering a wonderful promo code just for MBFCF readers: You can take 10% off your order today with the promo code MBFCF10. (I’m thinking it’s not too soon to start your Christmas shopping. Ya tu sabes.) Tell them Marta sent you!

ALABAO! 

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UPDATE: OCTOBER 18, 2019 

Thanks to everyone who entered! All the comments from here and Instagram went into a Random Number Generator and that’s how we chose a winner. 

Congratulations to @just.anamaria – send me a DM with your shipping address so I can get your Porto’s goodies out to you ASAP! 

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  1. Isa says

    October 12, 2019 at 4:57 pm

    Ponte las Pilas

  2. Jason kwalwasser says

    October 12, 2019 at 5:03 pm

    Hola Martha!
    It’s Jason
    My favorite cubanism is “come mierda!” Because my mom will say that when someone makes a wrong then in the car or when someone is being really annoying!
    Thanks so much
    Jason
    P.S.- my other favorite which my abuelo always says is “ Algeria de la casa!”

  3. Carmela C says

    October 12, 2019 at 5:11 pm

    My favorite is “ese huevito quiere sal” because my Dad always would say it and of course “come meirda#. Lol.

  4. Ody Fabregas says

    October 12, 2019 at 5:41 pm

    ALABAO!!!!!
    what Cuban hasn’t said this!!!!!
    Lol!!!!!

  5. Karla Delgado Avera says

    October 12, 2019 at 5:52 pm

    Alabao!
    Tengo memories de mi papi siempre diciendo “Chico, pero alabao!” a mi hermano. 😂

  6. Damaris Segura says

    October 12, 2019 at 6:26 pm

    Love love love this! Will buy so that my grandkids never forget all about “cocotazos”!

    Bastante cocotazos me dio mi abuela 😂

  7. Renee Duque says

    October 12, 2019 at 6:27 pm

    No tiene Pelo en la Lengua 👅.. was one of my Mother’s favorites to say… se falliaso el 16,de Augusto 2019

  8. AnaMaria P says

    October 12, 2019 at 6:50 pm

    Comemierda is my favorite because it’s my dad’s most used expression, esp when one of us kids did something stupid. As in “Quééé come mierda!” 🤣

  9. Carie says

    October 12, 2019 at 10:42 pm

    “Te la comiste” My dad would say it in some way on a daily basis. He would say it in a positive way “Ño te la comiste mi hermano” or on the other hand he would say it in the negative “Ño pero te la comiste mi hermano” Either way it still brings back amazing memories. Thank you.

  10. Maday says

    October 13, 2019 at 12:30 am

    Alabao .. your either Cuban or have lived in Miami all your life if you say this!

  11. Maday says

    October 13, 2019 at 12:33 am

    Alabao .. you’re either Cuban or have lived in Miami all your life if you say this!

  12. Miggie Suarez says

    October 13, 2019 at 3:23 am

    My favorite Cubanism is “tirarse un peo mas alto que el culo.” You know someone in your family who is constantly doing this!!

  13. Margie Connors says

    October 13, 2019 at 5:15 am

    “Me importa tres pepinos” reminds me so much of our dear Tati!

  14. Vivian says

    October 13, 2019 at 6:00 am

    Tough to pick a favorite. We Cubans have our own language. Comemierda is a fantastic way to tell you what you think of someone with one word. I also love “a esa se le fue el tren”. Lastly, I heard this one from recent arrival from Cuba. Lady works at the ALF where my parents live in Miami and she was referring to a gentleman who is not “fanático del baño”, and she said that he had “peste a perro lloviznao”! Hysterical 😭
    Besitos
    Viv

  15. Chris Quigley Aquino says

    October 13, 2019 at 7:01 am

    “ Ay Dios Mio”
    Memories of my grandmother saying this all the time when I was a kid. I haven’t lived in Miami since I was a teenager. Love this blog. Makes me feel connected to the people and the food, of corse😊

  16. Tatiana Palma says

    October 13, 2019 at 7:27 am

    No tiene pelo en la lengua…reminds me of my Dad.

  17. Nancy says

    October 13, 2019 at 8:03 am

    This is so clever! My favorite is “le sumba el mango”, always heard that in my house growing up.

  18. Natalie says

    October 13, 2019 at 8:47 am

    I have so many favorites “Cubanisms” but my favorite is definitely “come mierda”! I hear it in my mom’s voice as she got frustrated with Miami traffic and used it to refer to people she didn’t like 😂Thanks for the chance to win the book! I think it will be great to pass around when family gets together over “Sangiving”!

  19. Gina says

    October 14, 2019 at 7:25 am

    Comemierda is just soooo Cuban! As is “comiendo mierda”. Took my American husband years to get used to me saying “I’m just eating sh*t” to mean I was “doing nothing” 😆 Another favorite Cubanism around here is exclaiming CARAJO – especially when our toddler is up to no good!

  20. MARY VEBER says

    October 14, 2019 at 1:42 pm

    hi friends, inquiring on items ordered # R487423342 (3 candles) WHEN DO YOU THINK THEY WILL SHIP…THANKS

  21. Viirginia Kirk says

    October 14, 2019 at 8:11 pm

    Alabao, is definitely my favorite

  22. Elenita Duelo says

    October 15, 2019 at 7:09 am

    Pin, Pan Pun has brought back many wonderful memories. Our house was very small but when family came, most weekends , my Mom would get out the cots and in Pin,
    Pan, Pun she was ready!

    What a wonderful childhood I had with my Cuban family in Southern California.

    Muchísimas gracias,
    Elenita

  23. vickie johnston says

    October 16, 2019 at 8:20 am

    AY DIOS MIO the only Cuban i know….. except the food….the food i know very well! LOL

  24. Steph says

    October 16, 2019 at 1:41 pm

    Alabao as a non Cuban miami-an

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