What Spanish words do you need at a Guatemalan market?
El huipil is the woven blouse worn by Maya women, el telar de cintura the backstrap loom, la rebaja the discount, nomás just or only, pues a softener at the end of a sentence, el copal tree resin burned as incense, el quetzal the currency and the bird, and las gradas the steps of a building.
Words of Guatemala
- el huipil
- the woven blouse worn by Maya women
- el telar de cintura
- the backstrap loom
- la rebaja
- the discount
- pues
- (at the end of a sentence) a softener
- nomás
- just, only
- las gradas
- the steps of a building
- el copal
- tree resin burned as incense
- el quetzal
- the currency, and the bird
Ese es de Chichi. El rojo es de Nebaj, allá por el Quiché.That one is from Chichi. The red one is from Nebaj, over in the Quiché.
Así se cuenta. Súbalas despacio y no se ponga en medio, que están rezando.That is how it is told. Go up them slowly and don't stand in the middle, because people are praying.