spanish sunscreen
ok so this past summer we had a foreign exchange student from spain staying with us and she left her bottle of spanish sunscreen. It has the words "ambre solaire" on it. What does that mean? Is it just a name or something and that's why I can't find it?
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Did you research it? I just took the name you gave and put it into a google search. I immediately got:
Garnier Ambre Solaire is one of the world leaders in sun protection, offering a range of product adapted to every skin and every need.
It means suntan lotion in French. Yes, French, not Spanish. French words tend to end in -bre more than Spanish words.
This is Google translate: http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=Hxw&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=ambre+solaire&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sl=fr&tl=en&sa=X&ei=fdv2TLqmMoT7lwewrLSgBg&ved=0CBoQrgYwAA#
Normally, Spanish sun lotion is written as "leche solar", which can also be mistaken for something bad. "Solaire" is the French way of saying "solar".
Well, the Spanish word ámbar is the Spanish noun for the stone "amber".
If you are not familiar with the stone and/or its color, you can find an article about it in Wikipedia, too. We can guess that the color of amber is what prompted the company making the sunscreen to choose that name. "Ambre" might even mean "amber" in some other language - maybe French. Or it might be an adjective for the color.
By the way, that acute accent over the "a" in the Spanish word indicates that Spanish pronunciation puts the stress on that first syllable: ámbar.
I am sure you already realize that the word "solaire" refers to the sun. However, I did not find it in the Spanish dictionary, either.
