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lentejuelas

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SEQUINS Sequins are small shiny lamellae, usually lentil-shaped or circular, used for decorative purposes. They are often made of metallic material so that they reflect light powerfully, causing flashes in the suits to which they are sewn. They are found in a wide variety of colors, sizes and shapes, both geometric and square or starry. Typical of party costumes, artists, bullfighters, dancers and people who perform under the spotlight

  

canguingos y patas de peces

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CANGUINGOS AND FISH LEGS In Spain: what mothers and grandmothers tell children when they ask what to eat. CANGUINGO or candingo is a fictional dish invented by Don Miguel de Unamuno y Juno. Things that I have read, about this sentence: "On a couple of occasions Unamuno refers that when someone pointed out that some word used by him did not appear in the dictionary of the Academy his reply was: "They will put it already" . Very pertinent reaction, which implies a tacit coda ( « . . . and if they don't put it, it brings me carelessly") and demolishes the crude and widespread belief that what is not in the dictionary simply does not exist. --In Unamuno, "tragedy in twenty paintings" that hopefully one day will take the stage, its author, Pollux Hernúñez, echoes in the last scene of that desplante of Don Miguel. Sequestered in his home in Salamanca after the painful incident of the "Day of the Race" of 1936, he receives on the last afternoon of his existence (December 31 of that same year) an old acquaintance, the Salamanca cacique Diego Martín Veloz. The picture begins like this: Martín Veloz (laughing) : Conque canguingos , huh? Unamuno : Yes, sir, canguingos, can-guin-gos. Martín Veloz: Well, that one doesn't come in the dictionary. Unamuno : They will put it on. --The word canguingo (s) is a rare salmantinism that Unamuno had used in Niebla: "for four pesetas you can not ask for gollerías or canguingos in mojo de gato, and he was very demanding". Elsewhere the Songbook employs Don Miguel himself a slightly different form, candingos. In any case, the word designates an indeterminate stew, in reality non-existent and more or less fanciful and exquisite, while bizarre (note, next to it, the "cat mojo"). In Béjar and other towns in the province, if someone asks what there is to eat they can receive as an answer: "Canguingos and fish legs". Naturally, canguingo (s) is not in the common dictionary, nor does it need to be (and even if other voices from the same province appear in it, transferred from the repertoire of Lamano). Some synonyms, words or similar expressions can be canguingos gisaos a la jota , si señor con las patas verdes y el culo colorao , canguingos and archifaifas

  

pusteque

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PUSTEQUE In Mexico: cunning, frustrated. Typically used to criticize children who don't eat food that has taken hours to prepare.

  

propedia

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AN introductory volume that was first published as part of the fifteenth edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica in 1974, whose format is that of small reviews or abstracts.

  

mala suerte

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BAD LUCK It's not in my repertoire. Bad luck does not exist. It's an excuse to justify failures.

  

guilda

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GUILDA of the former Dutch 'guilde'; a corporation of merchants or merchants; a common form of association of the Late Middle Ages.

  

maravilla del perú

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WONDER OF PERU tourist place of great attraction that is located in the Peruvian territory.

  

mirtha

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MIRTHA Mirtha is a proper name of Greek origin that comes from the shrub called myrtle, myrtle or murta, considered in ancient times a symbol of love and beauty since it was consecrated to Aphrodite, goddess of love.

  

esforzado en el ánimo

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STRIVING IN THE SPIRIT that is of striving spirit, fighter to achieve their goals.

  

bodrio

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BODRIO Well the comment of FUROYA . We could add that brodium was broth in Latin and led to the hodgepodge of the leftovers of the frailuna table that was given to the needy who went to the convents to ask for food was called brodium, par excellence. That led to broth in English and brühe in German, which means broth or juice (meat or similar, but not fruit). Bros, on the other hand, means bread and comes from another ethym. This meaning gender 4 different meanings, but that of the lunfardo, is the most commonly accepted and used, which is that of mamarracho, something poorly done, of very poor quality. Also called BODRIO is the blood of pork with onions that is used to make sausages, or prietas, as they are called in Chile.

  

chongazo

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CHONGAZO in Mexico : brutal coup

  

güegüense

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GÜEGÜENSE of the Nahuatl wewentsé, 'venerable old man' synthesis of Spanish and indigenous cultures that combines theater, dance and music. It is considered one of the most distinctive expressions of the colonial era of Latin America and is the first theatrical expression of Nicaraguan literature, and possibly of Latin America, as the first texts were composed in the early eighteenth century.

  

marroquinera

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LEATHER GOODS A person who manufactures or sells LEATHER GOODS. This term derives from the French Moroccan, 'Moroccan' since the great artisans of leather were formerly the Moroccans.

  

óptimo desempeño

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OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE behavior at the highest possible level.

  

homitologia

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HOMITOLOGY does not exist; it could be that you are asking about HOMOLOGY, which is the comparative study of living beings, very important in the analysis of the evolution of species. Or, it could be MYTHOLOGY, study of the beliefs of the different peoples of antiquity and the current primitives. Finally, it could be OMITTING, a technique used by politicians and lawyers essentially, and which consists of avoiding answers by answering something else, or omitting certain information in front of the police, the courts or another public.

  

lo verdadero

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THE TRUE what is true

  

baldanen

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BALDANEN spelling error by BALDAREN or BALDASEN , third pers . pl. from the verb BALDAR , to physically incapacitate . 2 . Another possible mistake is to write by BALDANÉS, a native of BALDAN, place in Matão, municipality of the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

  

pwd

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PWD short for Anglicism PASSWORD (keyword), 'key'

  

albahaca japonesa

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JAPANESE BASIL Shiso is the Japanese name of the Perilla frutescens, a plant currently highly appreciated for its culinary use, previously widely used for medicinal purposes by oriental culture. In Chile (and other countries, of course) it was very popular as an ornamental plant, because its leaves are colored in a kind of gradient, with an intense purple center in the case of red and a light green that forms a beautiful contrast with the tones that are darkening towards the periphery in the case of green, the two main varieties . .

  

isóptica gerencial

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ISOPTICA GERENCIAL The HORIZONTAL and VERTICAL ISOPTICA and PANOPTICON ARE TECHNIQUES TO BUILD BUILDINGS FOR AUDITORIUMS SUCH AS CINEMAS, THEATERS, STADIUMS AND THE LIKE SO THAT ALL SPECTATORS SEE AND HEAR WELL. The MANAGERIAL isoptic is a euphemism that aims to signal the management of direction so that all subordinates are comfortable and pleased.

  

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