minus-squareLith@lemmy.sdf.orgtoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL the word "vamoose" is an Americanization of the Spanish word "vamos" for "let's go".linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·1 year ago The Chevrolet Nova sold very well in Latin American markets; General Motors did not need to rename the car. While no va does mean “it doesn’t go” in Spanish, nova was easily understood to mean “new”. linkfedilink