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Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary | | Spanish term or phrase: vainilla en vaina ... | | vainilla en vaina (fruto de la orquídea Vanilla Fragans, originaria de México), |
| | | vanilla beans | Explanation:
I think that they are commonly marketed as vanilla beans in the US
Some interesting info
"Europeans prefer to use the bean, while North Americans usually use the extract. Substances called “vanilla flavour” don’t contain vanilla at all, being synthesized from eugenol (clove oil), waste paper pulp, coal tar or ‘coumarin’, found in the tonka bean, whose use is forbidden in several countries. Ice cream producers are unlikely to point out that their most popular flavour derives its name from the Latin word vagina. For ancient Romans, vagina meant sheath or scabbard. The Spanish adopted the word as vaina, which developed a diminutive form, vainilla, meaning “little sheath”. The Spanish made this diminutive the name of the plant because its pods resemble sheaths"
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  Maria Eugenia Farre
Brazil
Local time: 05:01
| Grading comment Thank you for the very interesting information - aodh
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3 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +2 vanilla pods
Explanation:
Vainilla = vanilla
vaina=pod
As distinct from vanilla extract, etc.
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| Ian Ferguson
Local time: 08:01
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in pair: 83
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12 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +3 vanilla beans
Explanation:
I think that they are commonly marketed as vanilla beans in the US
Some interesting info
"Europeans prefer to use the bean, while North Americans usually use the extract. Substances called “vanilla flavour” don’t contain vanilla at all, being synthesized from eugenol (clove oil), waste paper pulp, coal tar or ‘coumarin’, found in the tonka bean, whose use is forbidden in several countries. Ice cream producers are unlikely to point out that their most popular flavour derives its name from the Latin word vagina. For ancient Romans, vagina meant sheath or scabbard. The Spanish adopted the word as vaina, which developed a diminutive form, vainilla, meaning “little sheath”. The Spanish made this diminutive the name of the plant because its pods resemble sheaths"
Reference: http://www.theepicentre.com/Spices/vanilla.html
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