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con una mano atrás y otra adelante

  37

It is an expression that is used to describe a degree of extreme poverty, that you are without economic resources or that have been lost in a short time. It is a reference to nudity, an exaggeration for having lost even clothes and having to use your hands to cover the pudendal parts. In the dictionary there are other poorly worded versions, such as "with a rag behind and another in front in front", "with one hand back and another in front with one hand in front and another behind". See Quechua/chirisiki.

  

juana

  37

Female version of the name John.

  

amalia

  39

Woman's name of Germanic origin, where amal means "work, vigor, fertility". See Amelia .

  

úrsula

  36

It is a female version of the name Ursino, closer to the Latin original, where ursula, ae means "cub, little bear, daughter of bear".

  

embeli

  32

It is a feminine name, most likely inspired by the English embelish ("beautify"), because it sounds similar.

  

karely

  70

Karely is a feminine given name, sometimes used as a hypocoristic. There is no agreement on its origin, some theories assume that it is a female variant of Charles, so it would come from the Germanic cheorl or keorl ("person, in the sense of 'non-slave'"); for others it has a Latin origin in the adjective cara ("dear, beloved, valuable").

  

gail

  36

'Gail' is a rare woman's name in Spanish, where Gala is preferred. It is also the name of several companies that we will not mention so as not to make espam.

  

yorlenis

  54

It is a woman's name with some variants, such as Yorleni or Yorleny, and with a very dubious etymology; on the web there are sites that give it as Hebrew, perhaps Arabic, but I bet on some American language, Mexico or the Caribbean.

  

greysi

  42

It is a woman's name, but its etymology is more than doubtful. It looks like a variant of Grace, which in Spanish is used as Graciela's hypocoristic, just like Gray or Grey; the latter is a surname with variants in the British Isles (Greye; McGraw) who formed a patronymic as Greyson, and who could also end up in Spanish as the name Greysi. Most likely, it is a reference to gray hair, hair color. See English/grey ("grey").

  

canillas

  24

1º_ 'Canillas' is a neighborhood of the city of Madrid (Spain). It is also part of the name of several Spanish municipalities. 2º_ Plural of tap (in its different meanings).

  

jocoyo

  45

1º_ Jocoyo is a town in the Desaguadero District of the Puno Department, Peru. 2º_ 'jocoyo' is an apocope of jocoyote, "the youngest son, the benjamin", also "the most pampered"; although both may come directly from the Nahuatl xocoyotl. By some mistake see jocoyol (sorrel plant).

  

tarifa

  33

1º_ List of prices or preset values, usually for taxes or public services. 2º_ Tarifa is a municipality located in the province of Cádiz, Spain.

  

britannia

  35

1º_ Britannia was the name of the Roman province south of Albion Island, which in English is known as Britania and today is the island of Great Britain. The origin of these terms is in the Breton people, who inhabited it until the Anglo-Saxon invasion in the fifth century. See catfish . 2º_ It is also a name for the "metal of Britain", an alloy of tin (93%), antimony (5%) and copper (2%). 3º_ It is the name of novels, series, music bands, . . .

  

california

  35

1º_ Fictional island inhabited by Amazons mentioned in the novel Las Sergas de Espladián (Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, 1510). 2º_ California is the name of a state in the USA -inherited from the Mexican peninsula and Gulf of California- in addition to several cities and localities in this and other countries. The origin of the name is unclear, but it was surely brought to America by the Spanish. Perhaps from the Catalan calor de forn ("oven heat") that ended in California for the hot attics of the churches, and was associated with the heat of the peninsula; it can also be a literary reference for the previous meaning, or for the Califerne of North Africa mentioned in La Chanson de Roland, a poem of chivalry of the eleventh century.

  

sopa

  32

1º_ Name of a dozen cities in countries such as Zambia, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Mozambique, South Korea, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Brazil, Benin. 2º_ Food that is embedded or cooked and served in liquids such as broth, milk, cream. Solid food can be bread, noodles, meat, vegetables, . . . 3º_ Inflection of the verb sopar ("to imme, to soak") . See verbs/soup.

  

roma

  30

1º_ 'Rome' is the name of the ancient city-state formed by the union of several villages in the valley of the Tiber River approximately in the eighth century BC. C . , which would eventually become the metropolis of an empire, then seat of the Catholic Church and today is the capital of Italy. The name is an eponym of its mythical founder Romulus. 2º_ There are about thirty cities called 'Rome' in the world, most referring to the name of the Italian. 3º_ Feminine of romo ("without tip") .

  

ecuador

  36

1º_ Maximum parallel of the planet, separates the northern hemisphere from the southern hemisphere. 2º_ Ecuador is the name of a South American country on the Pacific coast. From the Latin aequare ("to equalize"), because through its territory passes the line that divides the world into two equal parts (or more or less). See Quito .

  

cívicomilitar

  30

Error by civicomilitary.

  

espíando

  24

Error by spying.

  

balónvolea

  30

Mistake by volleyball (sport) .

  

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