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Frizztext Story Alphabet M, Learning Spanish, mal, Maracuya, muy, muy bueno, muy malo, spanish alphabet
Frizztext’s alphabet challenge rolls on to the letter M. Shall we roll through a few words that I often hear in Latin America?
The road is muy malo!
Anyone who has lived in Latin America will often hear the word “Muy.” “Muy” (Moo-ey) means ‘very,’ as in this food is ‘muy bien’ or ‘muy bueno’ or ‘muy rico.’ In any language, good food is good food!
Pitalla-tomato sauce over chicken & pasta – Mola textiles add color to the table!
Muy Rico – Sopa de Mariscos
Sopa de Mariscos is a hot soup filled with seafood, and yes, it’s muy rico/very rich!
Malo is never a word one enjoys hearing because it means, ‘bad.’ The food (comida) tastes mala. The watch battery (bateria) is mala. The little child’s temper is malo, or the road (camino) is malo.
This was a muy mal momento!
When a mechanic tells you that the part is malo, prepare for a lengthy wait until the new part arrives. If he says, ‘Muy malo,” prepare for a trip to the bank to pay for the repair! Another word often heard in Latin America is “Manana,” which to me means, “Not Today.” (See: Manana Means Not Today & Postscript: Manana Means Not Today
Here’s Barb’s tiara-winning stunt!
A muy linda tiara for a muy mal momento!
The Spanish word for passionfruit is maracuya, one of my favorites to use for drinks and desserts. I’ll close with a few maracuya images.
A Maracuya Farm
Sip a cool “Maracu-ita” and float your worries!
Time-Out Maracuyitas with Laura and Barb
John, a new friend in Mindo, served Maracuya Curd – Wow! What a treat!
“Have A Maracuya Day!”
Z
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What an interesting life you live.
thanks! i’m very lucky to be able to have so many creative options each day! grrrrracias! z
mmmm….maracuya!
we would like to have one of your carpets 🙂
i’ll see if playamart does over-seas deliveries!
I think I need some maracuya! 🙂
maracuya trumps lemons for sure! it’s one of my favorites for drinks, and the flowers are lovely as well!
Muy bueno!
Su vida es muy rica Lisa! 🙂
thanks, luAnn! yes, i am very lucky! z
Ummm. Maracayitas! Muy bien!
si, muy bien is right! we had maracuya and banana drink for breakfast! have a good day, amiga nueva
Muy bien chica! Felices Pascuas! – B
We live on a gravel road and it gets really bad——————–not this bad. My husband tells about the roads out here before gravel and they would be compared to your pictures.
hey from ecuador!
barb is delighted to see your comments on these posts! thank you so much, and i’m glad that you both have empathy for these horrid roads!
we’re heading to town soon for dinner/lunch…
thanks again!
lisa y barb
Muy bueno Maracuya. 🙂
thank you! yes, i love maracuya!
Muy cool post! 😉
thank you! it hatched late last night when the internet was working well! z
The “may mal momentos” involving the vehicles remind me of when we met in Bejuco!
hey! you are so right! i will never forget that moment and will always treasure the memory! z
Happy Easter. Is that a passion flower in the last photograph?
yes, that’s one of those exotic lavender passion flowers!
Muchas gracias Z!!
da nada!
Lisa – I love your posts and all the creativity that you possess! I am passing along to you another award! It is “The Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award!” Here is the link to my post:
Hugs and congratulations! Well deserved! – B
Another muy bueno post!
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Could do with a Maracu-ita right now 🙂 Brilliant post Lisa.
those maracu-itas are quite tasty! thanks! z
I saw it! I saw it! Muy linda! And are those lizards hovering around a bottle of bubble-blowing solution? It surely does look like it. Let those troubles float away into the ether!
These alphabet posts are so delightful. A few words here, a few words there, and we begin to get a real taste for your life there. I don’t think we have passion fruit in our markets here, but the flowers are around, and they’re beautiful.
I can’t wait to see what you come up with for “N”!
hey! how great that you liked the post! yes, that was a bottle of bubbles on the balcony – carry over from B&B days in natchez ms when the guests blew bubbles from the second-floor veranda. “NUNCA” will be one of the words for this next week! i’ll bet that you know what ‘nunca’ means!
I’d really like to try the fish soup.
I served an old grandpa from Ecuador at my cash register last week. He had such a kind sweet face. I
i am sure that old grandpa (abuelo) had a certain elegance; most ecuadorians have a high code of honor and present themselves well to strangers.