como agua para chocolate?

Question

what does this mean como agua para chocolate?

Answer 1

Like Water for Chocolate

Edited to add, cut and pasted, from the bottom of the link I provided:

Meaning of title Like Water for Chocolate's full title is: Like Water for Chocolate: A novel in monthly installments with recipes, romances and home remedies.[3]

The phrase "like water for chocolate" comes from the Spanish como agua para chocolate.[3] This phrase is a common expression in some Spanish-speaking countries and was the inspiration for Laura Esquivel's novel title (the name has a double meaning). In some Latin American countries, such as Mexico, hot chocolate is made not with milk, but with water instead. Chocolate is usually melted over a pot of boiling water. The saying 'like water for chocolate' alludes to this fact. It can be used as a metaphor for describing a state of intense feelings or – sometimes – sexual arousal. It may also be used to refer to anger, such as being 'boiling mad'. Tita, the main character, actually uses the expression in the book when she says 'estoy como agua para chocolate' (I am like water for chocolate) meaning that she is boiling mad.

It is a famous book. - Stadt, Sep 12, 2011

Nice, Stadt! I didn't know that. :) - SonrisaDelSol, Sep 12, 2011

Answer 2

I don't know exactly how the phrase came about, but "como agua para chocolate" means very angry/furious.

I added the explanation from the site I linked, you use boiling hot water to make chocolate- thanks for pointing that out. :-) - Stadt, Sep 12, 2011

Answer 3

Delete - see Stadt's answer

Like* water... - Goldie_Miel, Sep 12, 2011

It certainly could mean that, only it's the title of a wonderful book. I read it in Spanish... you could, too. Go for it! - Jeremias, Sep 12, 2011

Answer 4

You might want to read some of these previous threads.

This one alludes to Deanski's idomatic or figurative meaning [boiling mad] of the phrase:

What is the underlying meaning of