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Luis Morales Pujals

zafacon
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When the Spaniards arrived to Puerto Rico, with them came a large number of Arabs in a clandestine way, just after the defeat of the Arab rule in the Iberian peninsula. Arabs supposedly greatly influenced the language on the island, as well as customs and some traditions. And, in particular, trash comes from a small container of mud or " zafaca " the Arabs had in the kitchen to take the wastes that were given to pigs. Over time the Puerto Rican becomes the word trash.

  




Anónimo

garbage dump

  


Anonimo

Basket or garbage basket. Rep. Dominican and Puerto Rico. There are two versions of the origin of the word zafacon. 1. In the English, " safety can't ". 2. Of the 34 Arab; it zafa " -bounce, as used in the South of Spain.

  



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