¿Qué significa la palabra "antrifiona"?

Question

In Learn Spanish 3.3 Paralee uses a word "antrifiona" in one of her sentences. Can anyone provide a translation/explanation? Couldn't find it anywhere.

Answer 1

it was anfitriona meaning hostess

Thanks :) - Issabela, Sep 24, 2009

de nada - peterpierre2, Sep 24, 2009

I thought that Azafata was the more common word for air hostess /air steward? - FELIZ77, Jun 4, 2010

In the lesson it is a restaurant hostess. I would probably use stewardess for flights rather than hostess, but I'm not in the industry. - ragef, Jun 4, 2010

Answer 2

The word comes from Molière's famous comedyAmphitryon about a mythological Greek king. Jupiter went to Amphitryon's house and assumed his appearance, but then the real Amphitryon returned home. Everyone in the house, guests and servants, couldn't be bothered about who's the real one, so they said "Le véritable Amphitryon est l'Amphitryon où l'on dîne" (the true "Amphitryon" is the host that provides the feast). The term Amphitryon became synonym with generous host.

Answer 3

Manguera is also not pronounced "Mon-gware-uh" when you get to that lesson. It's "Mon-gare-uh". Hey, I think the lessons are a darned sight better than what I could do.

I love the lessons. Paralee is awesome! I just find myself often wishing that the lessons each had their own comment board so that people could respond to the lesson, ask questions about parts they were confused on, or even report mistakes. - ragef, Jun 4, 2010

Yes, that is a great idea - FELIZ77, Jun 4, 2010

It really is! - 003487d6, Jun 5, 2010

We used to have a category specifically for the lessons. It just kept bleeding into vocabulary/grammar discussions. - 0074b507, Jun 5, 2010

There were also specific discussions generated by the Writing and Speakiing lessons where your answers could be corrected and your errors explained. - 0074b507, Jun 5, 2010

Answer 4

Yes, it is spelled incorrectly and pronounced incorrectly in the lesson. (I got stuck here also.)

Maybe I shouldn't bring up such an old thread. I've come across several errors in the lessons. Should I just ignore them, or is there a way to report them?

It is spelled and pronounced correctly in the flashcards. - ragef, Jun 4, 2010

Answer 5

Thank you for the right spelling. I was looking in the dictionary for the word "antrifiona" used in the lesson and could not find it. I am glad to know the right word now "anfitriona"

Answer 6

Paralee has a thread for reporting errors in the lessons. You can do a search for the thread or look under her profile and click on the link from there.

But I haven't seen anything getting fixed :0( - sfrenchie, Jun 5, 2010

Answer 7

In flashcards, the word is spelt properly (anfitriona), but not in the video (antrifiona). I don't remember if I reported this in Paralee's thread about mistakes in video lessons.

Answer 8

Iza, wrong spelling. Is it spelled that way in the lesson?

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