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Silly question for a Sunday.

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Somewhere in a recent post here, a member said;

"Spanish is the only language that has a word for the wet ring a glass leaves on the table"

Well, I went off searching for it, with no result, I even asked several native speaking friends.

Please post the word, my curiosity is killing me !!

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updated Nov 18, 2014
edited by pacofinkler
posted by pacofinkler
Nice question! - annierats, Nov 16, 2014
:-) thanks Annie - pacofinkler, Nov 16, 2014

3 Answers

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I think that you meant "cerco" XDD. This is a really useful word in Spanish: your mother probably say it to you thousands of times in your life XDDD.

Pon el posavasos que si no queda cerco

updated Nov 17, 2014
edited by txustaboy
posted by txustaboy
Gracias Txustaboy! - pacofinkler, Nov 16, 2014
Interesting also - I knew portavaso but not posavaso - pacofinkler, Nov 16, 2014
Nice answer! - annierats, Nov 16, 2014
I have never heard "portavasos". Is it a Spanish term? - txustaboy, Nov 17, 2014
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Not silly at all. Here we use cerco for a fence, not a wall. So a wood fence, barbed wire or a chainlink fence is a cerco/a. This is a new usage for me. Thanks.

updated Nov 17, 2014
edited by gringojrf
posted by gringojrf
Interesante. Eso aquí es una cerca. :) - Cordobesa, Nov 16, 2014
Si lo es cerco o cerca - pacofinkler, Nov 16, 2014
The coaster words are both new to me. Thanks. - gringojrf, Nov 16, 2014
:-) - pacofinkler, Nov 16, 2014
Cerco is also used as siege or the actión of doing a cerco: "cercar" - txustaboy, Nov 17, 2014
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You mean the thing we use a coaster to prevent? Hmm in English it is that little white ring that makes your mother mad, the condensation ring. ¡No lo creo que es una palabra en español para describir esta cosa! Español es un idioma maravilloso. .

updated Nov 18, 2014
posted by sanlee
It is the wet ring that has the name "cerco" very interesting. tho coaster--in Spain is a posavaso-here we say portavaso - pacofinkler, Nov 16, 2014
I think we just call it that awful mark on the furniture, Paco. - sanlee, Nov 17, 2014
I will google it and see what I get - sanlee, Nov 17, 2014
Ok, I got water ring and water mark, muy interesante - sanlee, Nov 17, 2014
Water stain and white stain also, but not one word like in Spanish - sanlee, Nov 17, 2014
This really got my curiosity,and great that received answers - pacofinkler, Nov 17, 2014
Sandy did you note coasters in Spanish? - pacofinkler, Nov 17, 2014
No, Qué son estos? - sanlee, Nov 17, 2014
Posavasos? - sanlee, Nov 17, 2014
o y portavaso, Gracias, Paco - sanlee, Nov 17, 2014
Portavaso in Mexico Posavaso in Spain - pacofinkler, Nov 17, 2014
Muchas gracias, Paco - sanlee, Nov 17, 2014
"that little white ring that makes your mother mad" XDXDXD You're getting my vote just for that! - Suzanne_Romijnders, Nov 17, 2014
Ha Ha, Thanks Suzy - sanlee, Nov 18, 2014