Meaning of espelma

espelma: It means melted or warmed candle wax. It is used to keep the jams current for longer. It is also the popular way the word sperm is pronounced by many inhabitants of the Caribbean region.; The word espelma itself is part of the Spanish language, it is used as a synonym for vela. Some people would think that "espelma" is the way to pronounce "sperm" typical of Puerto Ricans and some inhabitants of Venezuela, but it is not so, sperm is something else, which is defined as follows: 1- Fluid husband and whitish in which sperm are in suspension. 2- Melted wax that dries from lit candles. By this last definition is that gaps people mistakenly call "sperm" to candles, instead of "spelt".; Also in Tenerife it is a word that my older relatives used to use to talk about the liquid wax of candles. My grandmother always told me:; Espelma: melted wax that drains a candle when lit. The melted wax that will harden to the sail round. Biology: Espelma stands for sperm.; Espelma: lactated candle wax. Used to keep the jams many months in the bottle and avoid that the air them pour aperder.; In Tenerife when wearing a candle in the candlestick is said: not you go to the burn if is you falls the sperm, referring is to the wax melted.; Object made of bait or wax, carries a wick in the Center to turn on. Candle.; Esterin; This Word does not exist in the dictionary of the RAE, the term sperm is correct.; Espelma is called to sail or spark plug. This term apparently comes from the catalan. Reading a small book on "Myths and tales of Moquegua " I found this term in reference to sailing, something like 34 monks in the procession wore candle " which I initially thought was an error instead of sperm; asking a person from Moquegua on the meaning of the word quickly he told me that it was sailing; This word is very old, we know it's our great-grandparents, who made their own candles with sebum and something more and when the candles is consumian him decian espelma to these drops that fell from the candles. ( this is only a comment to know how old is this 41 Word;; they are droplets that rolls the sail to be consumed