Can you translate this quote in Spanish to better English than Google Translate please?

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I tried getting a translation for this in translate.google.com

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And got this:

Quote:

You say fat and quote you diet , but you say gross and I see that holds a book. ️Anónimo

Which almost hints at some sort of meaning. Can you do a better job?

muchos gracias!

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@hingehead,

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Which almost hints at some sort of meaning. Can you do a better job?

No sir, I can not do a better job translating that text than Google Translate.

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They tell you Fatso and you go on a diet, but they tell you Thick and I don't see you grabbing a book.

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@fbaezer,

Awesome! Thanks!

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@fbaezer,

Hey, am I right that 'gorda' means fat woman? As opposed 'gordo'; fat man.

So the quote is specifically aimed at women?

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@fbaezer,

And 'bruta' I thought meant 'ugly'. Or am I getting that from Italian?

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@hingehead,

It's not specifically aimed at women, but it is on the femenine form.

And yes, brutta is ugly in Italian, bruta means dumb, thick, stupid in Spanish.
One of the many false cognates between those two romance languages.

Just for kicks: largo means long in Spanish and it means wide in Italian.

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@fbaezer,

Dona is do-nut in Spanish, while donna is woman in Italian.

A fellow Mexican in Italy went to a coffee shop and asked for "un capuccino e una dona". The tender replied: "Well, the capuccino I can serve you, but the donna, you have to find her yourself".

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@fbaezer,

I have another one, that seems to be

I love the vacuum cleaner.
To whom?

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b8/ac/2a/b8ac2ab18ed4e901ab10fcf759985f68.jpg

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@hingehead,

It's Italian, and puny.

"Love, pass the vacuum cleaner"
"To whom?"

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I don't know if you pass, run or push the vacuum cleaner in Australia.

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@fbaezer,

Picturing this...
maybe it's one of those small sized vacuum cleaners.

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@ossobuco,

In Europe just about everything is smaller than in the US.

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@fbaezer,

ah a pun

punny

Honey, run the vacuum.

To whom?

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@fbaezer,

http://poppygall.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Jackalope4-1024x648.jpg

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Can you translate this quote in Spanish to better English than Google Translate please?

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