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The meaning of “La Pobla”

Posted: February 2nd, 2009 | Author: Rodrigo | Filed under: La Pobla | 4 Comments »

You’re going to read the words “La Pobla” a lot in the coming months (years?), so I thought I’d give a brief definition.

“La Pobla” is short for “la poblacion,” they both mean “the populace” or “the people.” The term is also used to mean “barrio” or “neighbourhood.” In the context of the book I’m writing it means both. Ha.

But most importantly it’s the name we gave to the co-op I grew up in. Rodrigo “Negro” Clavero is the one credited for its use and popularity. He even had a little song for it:

La Pobla

La Pobla

Big it up, big it up!

Sometimes we’d be in a bar or a club and someone would start chanting it and everyone would join in. It was hilarious. Especially since half the people doing it didn’t even grow up there. Such was the allure of the co-op.


4 Comments on “The meaning of “La Pobla””

  1. 1 J said at 1:31 pm on March 3rd, 2009:

    la pobla .. la pobla !

  2. 2 Name said at 3:37 pm on June 2nd, 2009:

    La Pobla. The best place to growup, that is where all my family (the peps I love most) are from. I keep it close to my corazon para seimpre.

  3. 3 Alex Gordon said at 11:20 pm on April 1st, 2010:

    Я думаю, что Вы не правы. Пишите мне в PM, обсудим….

    Мастер-багетчик “La Pobla” is short for “la poblacion,” they both mean “the populace” or “the people…..

  4. 4 Kylie Batt said at 12:52 pm on April 20th, 2010:

    Замечательная идея…

    руководитель отдела по подбору персоналу ” In the context of the book I’m writing […….


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