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How do you say VESICULA BILIAR in English?

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When you 're really angry your Gallbladder looks much bigger (and greener)! The right term is GALL BLADDER or GALLBLADER. As you can see in the picture, the GALLBLADDER is a pear-shaped organ, right below the liver, whose only function is to store bile produced by the liver which later on will be released in the small intestine. It is the bile the substance that helps our body deal with the fat contained in digested food. Curiously. it is possible to live without a GALLBLADDER. If removed, the bile will simply go from the liver to the intestine. It is not advisable to do it though (since there is a reason for it to be there) unless it is so full of Gallstones that is more a problem than a solution. Gallstones are formed when the bile stored in the Gallbladder is so full of cholesterol that the bile solidifies thus provoking stones. 

What's HEARSE in Spanish?

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Hearse Driver: "Anyone else would like to jump in?" This choice was a bit creepy, wasn´t it? But I take them as they come. A HEARSE is a car used to carry coffins from churches to the funeral place and then the cemetery. Of course the itinerary is not necessarily that but a HEARSE is always a long car, a limo, used only to transport cadavers to their final resting place. In Spanish we used two words to refer to a HEARSE. We call it COCHE FUNEBRE or CARRO FUNEBRE. If the vehicle is one pulled by horses then it is a CARROZA FUNERARIA.   HEARSES are also called FUNERAL COACHES.

What's SNARKY in Spanish´?

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"A classic display of Mr.Wonka's SNARKY behaviour." SNARKY is an adjective word with several possible translations, all of them negative. It is also more often heard in British English than American. It  means SHORT-TEMPERED or IRRITABLE. e.g. You can tell he's upset when he begins with his SNARKY remarks. It may also mean IMPERTINENT, SARCASTIC or ARROGANT. e.g. You sound SNARKY whenever you say you want friends who are like you. In a slighter tone it is also IRREVERENT, perhaps WITTY, if it is the case someone has responded angrily but at the same time the situation is funny. e.g. "Do I look stupid?" he repeated SNARKILY "Maybe you're looking yourself at a mirror!"

How do you say PILTRAFA in English?

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If this is PILTRAFA then it looks yummy, doesn´t it? There are three meanings of this word in Spanish: a. Small thin portion of meat and skin (usually unfit to be used as food). b. A person of weak physical appearance (sometimes immoral too). c. Some inedible residues of food. Since PILTRAFA has three different meanings it is translated differently every time: a. Poor quality meat. b. Wretch. c. Scrap.

What's a SHOESHINER in Spanish?

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"Just 10 cents...Well, it's the 1950's anyway." A SHOESHINER, as the name clearly suggests, is a person (traditionally a boy) who polishes shoes or boots. It is what in Spanish we call a LUSTRABOTAS or just a LUSTRADOR DE ZAPATOS. Shoeshining is a job that practically exists worldwide and is also relatively new (there are no records that talk about SHOESHINERS before the XIX century).While in many countries, such as Ecuador, SHOESHINERS are underappreciated in others the situation is different and SHOESHINERS are often organized in associations. SHOESHINERS or SHOE SHINERS are also known as BOOT POLISHERS, or SHOESHINE BOYS.

How do you say COCINAR A FUEGO LENTO in English?

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"It's been thirty minutes already...maybe thirty more? Damn recipes!" Here is another example of how rich English vocabulary is. While in Spanish we need to say COCINAR A FUEGO LENTO, in English you only say SIMMERING. TO SIMMER  is to prepare food, usually in liquid, below the boiling point of water. What you actually do is let it boil and then reduce the intensity of heat so that bubbles stop forming and then  continue cooking, It's excellent for cooking soups or stews,

How do we say COSTRA or CARACHA in English?

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"I call it Scabby "       Whenever we get injured, blood comes out of our wound(s)á. Soon after that, our blood tends to solidify. This process helps our body to heal our injuries. The resulting product of the solidification of the blood that came out of our injury covers it creating a protecting layer that prevents potential infections.  Not only that but also under the layer new skin is being produced to replace the skin lost when the injury was inflicted. This useful layer is called SCAB in English and in Spanish is called CARACHA (at least in Ecuador) or COSTRA.