Cien anos de soledad

Question

En esta libro famoso hay una oracion se dice, "Macondo era entonces una aldea de veinte casas de barro y cañabrava." Que significa "cañabrava"??? No esta en la diccionario Is it some kind of reed or rod?

"One hundred anuses of solitude", is what you wrote - comunacho, Jan 17, 2014

no entiendo - Ricardonuevo, Jan 17, 2014

the title is missing the "ñ" ;) - chileno, Jan 17, 2014

i knew that but how do I type it in? - Ricardonuevo, Jan 17, 2014

I notice that the spanish letters are in the main message box but not in the title box. i - Ricardonuevo, Jan 17, 2014

ALT + 164 = ñ ALT+165 = Ñ, if you have a separate numeric keypad. You migh have a Fn (function key) with a different color. Look at the 789 uio and jkl keys and see if the have numbers with the same color of that Fn key. That's the key! :-D - chileno, Jan 18, 2014

Answer 1

La cañabrava es un material con el que antiguamente se construían las casas, similar al bambú

Yes, some type of wild sugar-cane, I would think. - annierats, Jan 17, 2014

Reeds, in Englsish, although our reeds are not so thick, but I've seen reed roofs in Spain too, just like thatched roofs in England. - annierats, Jan 17, 2014

Answer 2

You might find this Wikipedia article helpful: Gynerium sagittatum

Thanks for that - Ricardonuevo, Jan 18, 2014

Answer 3

In books like Cien años de soledad you are gonna find several words that are dificult to understand , even for me , I read that book when i was in high school , and that book contains lots of words that are just too old or weird , just saying, so don't pay much attention to them . Like for example in the sentence : " y como una prueba de su admiración le hizo un regalo que había de ejercer una influencia terminante en el futuro de la aldea: un laboratorio de alquimia." As a spanish speaker i understand the word 'terminante' as 'determinante' so that it can makes sense for me because determinante for me doesn't exist . In this book you might find words that average people would not understand.

Gracias Jose, If I get a word that isn't in the dictionary that I can't figure out then you will be my go to guy!11 - Ricardonuevo, Jan 17, 2014

cool, ok :) - 005a3a5c, Jan 17, 2014

Answer 4

cañabrava

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