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Word of the day - ringorrango

Simon on 26 Mar 2006

Language and Words and phrases and Spanish | Comments (5)

5 Responses to “Word of the day - ringorrango”

1. Jsoeph Staleknight on 27 Mar 2006 at 12:58 pm #

   You know, I never knew _that_ was a Spanish word.

2. Omniglot on 27 Mar 2006 at 8:49 pm #

   I didn’t know is existed either until I came across is while looking through my Spanish dictionary. This word just caught my eye, and it’s such a satisfying word to say, though quite a challenge if you have trouble rolling your Rs.

3. Angel on 29 Mar 2006 at 4:43 pm #

   I had never heard such a word! Well, there’s no doubt that one NEVER stops learning even one’s own language! I am a native Spanish speaker.

4. Lector Constante/Constant Reader on 27 Apr 2006 at 1:18 pm #

   Typical spanish folk song, from Asturias, the north:

   Por decir Viva San Roque
   me metieron prisionero,
   y ahora que estoy en prisiones,
   ¡Viva San Roque y el perro!

   A tu mandil échale UN RINGORRANGO,
   que retumbe el agua en la arena,
   qué triste se despide llorando
   la mi morena.
   que me diga que sí, que me diga que no,
   a la mi morena la camelo yo.
   la camelo yo, la he de camelar
   a la mi morena la saco a bailar.

   Need a traslation? :)

   Constant Reader.

5. Joey Parry on 19 Dec 2006 at 11:42 am #

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