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Question

I was with some Mexican friends earlier and this idea was expressed by them as: "Cebollas crudas me dan arudas". I didn't get the spelling of the last word because nothing was written down and I can't find it in any dictionary. I was given to understand that "aruda" or "arudas" is the word for heartburn but that is not the way heartburn is translated either. Any ideas?

new word for me too - 00494d19, Mar 7, 2011

Answer 1

Check this link, you will find "agruras" which appears close to your word.

http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=acidez

Si, agruras fue la palabra. Gracias. - Jubilado, Mar 6, 2011

You are right, las cebollas crudas dan agruras a mucha gente. - Agora, Mar 6, 2011

It's one of the "joys" of getting older! - Jubilado, Mar 7, 2011

Lets not think too much in those "joys" :-) - pacofinkler, Mar 7, 2011

Answer 2

Actually, here we would have said:

Las cebollas me sientan mal.

Gracias, Heidita. Las cebollas cosinadas no me sientan mal, sólo las crudas. - Jubilado, Mar 7, 2011

Answer 3

agrura.

(De agro2).

• f. Sabor acre o ácido.

• f. Cualidad del terreno abrupto, intransitable o con dificultad de acceso.

• f. Conjunto de árboles que producen frutas agrias o agridulces.

• f. Cuba, El Salv. y Méx. acidez (? de estómago).

• f. p. us. agrio (? zumo ácido).

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Gracias, tengo ganas de saber como se habla la idioma en México. - Jubilado, Mar 7, 2011

Answer 4

acidez or ardor are equivalents for "heartburn."