I recently heard a bartender ask a female customer:
¿Usted quiere un jugo de latita o de latota?
The customer got very upset and threw a glass of water at the bartender and then she left.
Why did she get upset?
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2Note the way he was playing with the sounds: latita means "little can" (do you want a juice in a little can?), while latota does not mean anything but la tota does, as Gorpik nicely exposed. When pronounced, the intentious misunderstanding arises.– fedorquiCommented Jun 6, 2017 at 6:33
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You do not mention where this happened, but in some places (Puerto Rico comes to mind) la tota is slang for a woman external sexual organs. So the bartender was indeed very rude.
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1Sure the bartender was rude. @FrankR check this out asihablamos.com/www/significado/palabra/tota– DGaleanoCommented Jun 5, 2017 at 18:52
According to the Diccionario de americanismos, "tota" (also "toto") is a taboo word used in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic meaning "pussy". So yes, the bartender was asking her if she wanted juice from her pussy.
Latota is a word play. Latota could mean big can, as opposed to latita, which means little can. Latita, latota, same as in mamacita, mamasota. Or it could mean pussy juice, as in “de la tota”. Toto or tota is a vulgar name for vagina, in Caribbean spanish or argentine spanish slang
