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  • gankouskhan@bookwyr.me
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    5 hours ago

    So in most Spanish speaking countries the word papaya just means the fruit nothing crazy. Then you visit Cuba and suddenly the word means something vulgar about women’s genetalia. So instead they use the Taino phrase “fruta bomba” aka bomb fruit in English.

    In Spain and some Caribbean countries the word for pound cake is “Bizcocho”, but in Mexico it means something similar to papaya in Cuba. There’s a whole lot of these and it’s always a fun time when I say them not knowing when I travel thinking I’m getting away with being seen as a native.