“twins” is gemelos. Her babies may play with marugas, a baby’s rattle. Maruga is also the name of a musical instrument, also a rattle. Colloquially, the word is used to describe a person who does not pay his debts promptly. It can be used as a noun or an adjective.
Mija, mijo, mijita, mijito are colloquial ways of pronouncing mi hija (my daughter), mi hijo (my son), mi hijita (my little daughter), mi hijito (my little son). These can be terms of endearment or affection usually applied to friends, not usually to one’s own children, which really mean, “Listen, pal.”
Pura and puro, as well as mima and pipo, are other ways of saying mamá (mother) and papá (father). Pureta, pureto, puretano, are other words that used to mean mother and father, but that, today, are really only used to refer to elderly people. Cuña, which is an old Cuban word for a convertible car, is also short for the correct Spanish words cuñado (brother in law) and cuñada (sister in law).
Roman Catholicism is still the largest religion in Cuba. The Plaza de la Catedral is at the very center of Old Havana. And yet, Cubans remain, by nature, a superstitious people. Perhaps this is why, whatever they may believe, many Cubans, even the Catholics, do not totally dismiss the well-known religion of Santería, a Cuban religion of African origin which worships mixed African and Christian idols. It’s almost as if Cubans are hedging their bets on spirituality.
Probably the most famous school in pre-revolutionary Cuba was Belén, a Jesuit Catholic prep school. Belén is the Spanish word for the biblical city of Bethlehem. Its most famous, and notorious, graduate is Fidel Castro. After the revolution, the school relocated to Miami. To be “En Belén con los pastores” (to be in Bethlehem with the shepherds) is an old Spanish expression that means that you are absentminded, your thoughts are wandering
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