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May 27, 2009, 11:50 AM

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I learned a new word today

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Paludo. Apparently it means hard and dry, like food you don't want to eat any more because it's all...well, like a stick. Sticks are hard and dry, so I guess it makes sense in a way.

It was Memorial Day and there wasn't much to do, so I was cleaning the garage and the boy was sitting on the couch playing video games. I pop in the house, and he comes up to me with puppy dog eyes and does his honey-i'm-starving-will-you-fix-me-lunch thing. Me being me, I snap at him with my of-course-not-i'm-busy-cleaning-can't-you-see-leave-me-alone thing. So he grabs the half-gallon container of beans I had in the fridge and shoves the whole darn thing in the microwave. Upon which I start shouting again that you can only heat the beans so many times or they get hard and inedible and God knows what else. I can practically see the light go on in his head as he says, "Sí, sí, se hacen paludos."

I guess I know how to get my point across next time.

raferguson

May 27, 2009, 9:12 PM

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I tried a couple of dictionaries, and there was no reference to paludo. Might be local slang? Or just a local food word.

Richard

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Papirex

May 27, 2009, 10:34 PM

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Paludo, as applied to plants means fibrous. I suppose that word could be used to mean tough, or hard.

http://www.academia.org.mx/dicmex.php

Rex
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jerezano

May 28, 2009, 11:26 AM

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Hello,

The dictionary of the Royal Academy of Spanish (RAE) states for paludo:

paludo, da.

1. adj. El Salv. y Méx. Dicho de una planta, de un fruto o de un tubérculo: fibroso.

It is an adjective used in El Salvador and Mexico. It is said of a plant or a fruit or a tubercle which is very fibrous.

jerezano