Laura translates this sign: We are "renting" a "room" for a "lady". I agree with her assessment: sinister.
"Banheiro" "quebrado"
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2 comments:
As in, "lady of the night."
Is there a special meaning in Spanish for the extra set of quotation marks above "Dama"? I didn't think they used umlauts...
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