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English translation: love ditties


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Spanish term or phrase:amorfino
English translation:love ditties
Entered by: BristolTEc
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22:51 Nov 11, 2005
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Art/Literary - Tourism & Travel
Spanish term or phrase: amorfino
Part of a description of a trip along the "cacao route" in Ecuador:

"Con mochila en mano, repelente, una gorra y gafas comenzó la ruta del cacao, llena de aroma, historia, recuerdos, acompañada de un tonito musical de bandas de pueblo y amorfinos."
BristolTEc
Local time: 14:06
love ditties
Explanation:
Hundreds of years ago in England, for instance, children dressed as adults on St.
Valentine's Day and went door-to-door singing love ditties. ...
www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/ stories/2005/01/31/focus2.html - 67k - Cached - Similar pages


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En las fiestas se cantan o recitan los amorfinos, es decir versos dedicados a
las muchachas bonitas. Se acompañan de una vigüela o guitarra. Las Serenatas ...
www.visitaguayaquil.com/57.gye - 32k - Cached - Similar pages


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Note added at 51 mins (2005-11-11 23:42:55 GMT)
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Adapted From: WordNet 2.0 Copyright 2003 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

ditty
A noun
1 ditty

a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung)
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Susana Galilea
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Local time: 14:06
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Summary of answers provided
3love poemxxxjmcdonough
3love sonnet
Simon Bruni
3versos dedicados a las muchachas bonitas
Lorena Roqué
3love dittiesSusana Galilea


  

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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
love ditties


Explanation:
Hundreds of years ago in England, for instance, children dressed as adults on St.
Valentine's Day and went door-to-door singing love ditties. ...
www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/ stories/2005/01/31/focus2.html - 67k - Cached - Similar pages


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Note added at 50 mins (2005-11-11 23:41:56 GMT)
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En las fiestas se cantan o recitan los amorfinos, es decir versos dedicados a
las muchachas bonitas. Se acompañan de una vigüela o guitarra. Las Serenatas ...
www.visitaguayaquil.com/57.gye - 32k - Cached - Similar pages


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Note added at 51 mins (2005-11-11 23:42:55 GMT)
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Adapted From: WordNet 2.0 Copyright 2003 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

ditty
A noun
1 ditty

a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung)


Susana Galilea
United States
Local time: 14:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 44
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Many thanks
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
versos dedicados a las muchachas bonitas


Explanation:
Espero sirva mi sugerencia
Suerte
Lorena

VisitaGuayaquil.com :: :: MI Municipalidad de Guayaquil
En las fiestas se cantan o recitan los amorfinos, es decir versos dedicados a las muchachas bonitas. Se acompañan de una vigüela o guitarra. Las Serenatas ...
www.visitaguayaquil.com/57.gye - 32k
Ecuaventura.com, ¡ Con un click el Ecuador en sus manos !
... Tradiciones en Guayaquil. Los Amorfinos En las fiestas se cantan o recitan los
amorfinos, es decir versos dedicados a las muchachas bonitas. ... www.ecuaventura.com/index. php?cod_seccion=5&codigo=0QhyvygD - 47k - Resultado Suplementario



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Sorry te puse la explicación en español y me olvide la parte en Inglés
Love Ditty/ditties
Vietnamese Women's Forum - Inside Viet Nam - [ Traduzca esta página ]
They seek partners to exchange songs and love ditties in the open air. The male
singers wear white trousers, silk gauze tunics, turbans and slippers. ...
www.geocities.com/vnwomensforum/ insidevietnamevents.html - 20k - En caché - Páginas similares

Adonis Editions, Shakespeare, de Vere - [ Traduzca esta página ]
Love Beyond Time. Although a list of diVERse sources accompanies the collection,
the editors hint in their preface that all these love ditties were the ...
www.adonis-editions.com/love.html - 3k - En caché - Páginas similares



Lorena Roqué
Argentina
Local time: 16:06
Native speaker of: Spanish
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love sonnet


Explanation:
Another option?

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:06
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 day38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
love poem


Explanation:
"sonnet" seems a little too restrictive, since it implies a certain type of poem (14 lines). This suggestion is a little more general.

xxxjmcdonough
Canada
Local time: 16:06
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