My on line dictionary of the Spanish Language RAE (Real Academia Española) is my quick reference for spelling and that nasty accent. But it is also a repository of the origin of the words. For example the word naranja which in Spanish applies mostly to the fruit. One can say in Spanish, “Los pantalones era de color naranja.” (The pants were of an orange colour.” But it is far easier to use the word anaranjado (anaranjada ). It is a lovely word to pronounce. The pants would simply be anaranjados.

nāranǧ, este del persa nārang, y este del sánscr. nāraṅga. 1. ... Fruto del naranjo , de forma globosa , de seis a ocho centímetros de diámetro , corteza rugosa , de color entre rojo y amarillo , como el de la pulpa , que está dividida en gajos , y es comestible , jugosa y de sabor agridulce . RAE

The hot weather brings with it fiaca (Argentine Spanish for laziness). We Argentines are most uncouth with the use of language. We may be up there with the uncouth Jarochos (from the Mexican State of Veracruz). When somebody nags an Argentine the usual answer in protests is ,”¡Nó me rompas las bolas (or the even more uncouth Pelotas)! It is all about someone breaking your testicles.

Stupid people are usually either boludos or pelotudos. I think that the origin of those expressions may have to do with the Rural in Buenos Aires. This was a sort of PNE and at the Rural I saw my first huge bull barely able to move with testicles that dragged to the ground.

You hear the word shouted, “¡Pelotudo!” and you instantly know it is an Argentine.

This fiaca that I feel brings with it little desire to write elaborate and long blogs. In fact I have noticed that in the last five years my blogs are awfully short.

The song below (one that includes the orange) is often sung in Mexico for Christmas: