General

It means sapphire in English and is a blue colored crystallized corundum. It is a precious stone. It is a mineral composed of aluminum oxide, with a blue color and extraordinary hardness, which is used to cut diamonds. It is a variety of corundum.

The phrase piñata de 7 picos refers to a piñata that has as its original shape a star with seven peaks and each one of them symbolizes the seven deadly sins: laziness, envy, gluttony, anger, lust, greed and pride. When the piñata is broken, they are eliminated from our lives.

The Spanish word indolente, which is indolent in English, refers to someone who is not affected or moved by anything or anyone. It is insensitive or who does not feel pain and also has the meaning of a lazy person.

This word is used to designate a person from Brazil. It can be used familiarly or with discriminatory intent.

Piedad, which translates to pity or mercy in Spanish, is defined as a feeling of compassion towards others who suffer or are suffering. It is also when an individual helps, forgives or assists another due to a situation that happens in his life that causes suffering or distress such as illness, family problems, economic problems and others.

Mayéutica (Mayeutics in English) is a word that in Socratic philosophy refers to the methodical dialogue by which the questioned interlocutor discovers the truths by himself. It is a method or technique that consists of asking questions to a person until he discovers concepts that were latent or hidden in his mind.

Prepotente is used to denote a person who is more powerful than others, but who abuses or flaunts his or her power. The word is used to refer to a person who feels influential. Generally, he imposes his authority or power to obtain a profit or benefit.

A judicious person (juicioso in Spanish) is someone who shows good judgment, prudence and maturity in his actions and decisions. It is a person who acts with reasonableness, sanity, reflection, logic, formality. Normally, he/she thinks before acting and thus makes good decisions.

Miércoles (Wednesday) is the third day of the civil week (Gregorian calendar and ISO 8601) and the fourth day of the liturgical week. However, elsewhere it is a euphemism, an exclamatory expression denoting anger, indignation, annoyance or surprise.

This word is used in Colombia to refer to an independent woman older or younger. Sometimes it is used as a synonym for woman or mother. In other places it is a derogatory term to refer to elderly women, although sometimes it is used in the opposite sense, as a word of affection and closeness.

The word cool has two meanings. The first one has to do with temperature and is the term used to determine that the weather is not hot or that something is cold or warm. The second has to do with the gastronomic part, that is, it is something that is new or just out of the oven.

It is a type of meat that comes from black cattle known as Tajima Gyu, directly from the island of Honshu, a place where they feed sorghum and different types of medicinal herbs to the cattle. It is a very special meat since the animals are raised in the prefecture of Hyōgo, capital Kobe. This is why this meat is called that way.