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SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA There are 140 cities in the world that are called Santiago. 8 of them are called Santiago de Compostela, the main one, and for which the other 7 were baptized, is the capital of the region of Galicia, northwest of Spain. It is the culmination of the route of Santiago or Jacobean Route, and where it is said that the remains of the apostle Santiago lie (in the cathedral of Santiago, obviously). Compostela was a word that intrigued me since I was a child, because I live in Santiago de Nueva Extremadura and at school we were always taught the most outstanding Santiago on the planet, but never their meanings. Compostela may come from the Latin expression. campus stelae meaning 'field of stars' by the legend that supposes that a star appeared to the Hispanic Visigothic nobleman Teodomiro (s. VIII) who pointed out that place to him. Second option, unlikely to be derived from dust, 'debris' and steel, 'iron or mining', i.e. iron debris. Another possibility is the diminutive -ella, as in civitatella (citadel) on the word compost (put totally, also fertilizer). The other 7 Compostela are in one in Portugal, 3 in Mexico and 3 in the Philippines
BROQUELEJO is a redundant term derived from broquel, i.e. a small broquel. But BROQUEL is, in itself, a small shield, of iron or steel, and more commonly of wood, covered with suede and with its edge garnished with iron, which has in the center a bowl of the same metal, hollow so that the hand can wield the clutch or handle, placed inside.
AYALA PINGA As we said yesterday, AYALA PINGA is an expression that denotes surprise or disgust. In Mexico : expression of displeasure , anger : Ayala pinga! Do it yourself if you are so expert. In Panama : . Ayala (also pronounced "áshala") = interjection of surprise or anger. Adapted from "Vaya la" . Usually used with curious and profane words. E.g. : "Ayala Peste" , "áyala máquina" , "áyala vida. Pinga means penis in Col. , C . Rich , Ec . , Guat . , Hond . Nic. Bread. , Peru and Come. , so it is a foul expression, although it is not used in Chile.
MALE FUNGUS IN MEXICO: The pochote (Ceiba aesculifolia subsp parvifolia) is a wild tree species whose seeds are consumed and marketed by the communities of the Tehuacán Valley, Puebla. But this activity has been reduced due to the presence of trees with flower proliferation, rot and fruit deformation, which are recognized as male pochotes. The cause would be the dsporas of a reddish-brown fungus, which probably call it a male fungus.
ALMONDIGAS "Almóndiga" with accent in any case, is an ancient variant, present in the academic dictionary of the RAE since 1726. In the current edition, it is marked as vulgar, because today it has that consideration and the only valid form in the cultured language is "meatball". Now a meatball is a ball about 2 to 5 cms in diameter, which are made from ground and agglomerated meat or fish with bread zests, beaten eggs and spices, and which are eaten stewed or fried. And almóndiga refers to this word, so to look at "meatball" please.
ALMA DE BAYETA The cloth is a fabric of wool suffice, little bushy and with some hair: stockings of cloth. In Spain: Piece of plush wool fabric or other thick fabric, usually square or rectangular, which is used to clean surfaces or absorb liquids. He passed a damp cloth to the counter cover" From there we could deduce that a cloth soul is someone who has a dirty or rudimentary spirit, like the cloth.
MCCARTHYISM in English Mccarthysm; Current of thought and procedures that led to the American senator Joseph Mccarthy between the years 50 to 56 in the United States, as a by-product of the cold war between that country and the Soviet Union, where communists were persecuted with unfounded accusations, denunciations and interrogations against people who were suspected of being communists, coming to investigate and accuse various sectors and people, such as Hollywood artists, in the form of blacklists and procedures that violated human rights, which were called 'witch hunts' The influential writer and playwright Arthur Miller, husband of Marilyn Monroe, wrote about it the book The crucible (The crucible) in 1952, which was brought to the theatre as The Witches of Salem, in 1953. The term is used today to accuse any government that persecutes an opposition group or of not respecting human rights and persecuting them for the sake of national security. Some synonyms, words or similar expressions may be McCarthyism, McCarthyism, McCarthyism