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English translation: bowing / nodding of the head

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Spanish term or phrase:	beña (venia)
English translation:	bowing / nodding of the head
Entered by:	Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes

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16:29 Apr 29, 2009

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Spanish term or phrase: beña

Context: concerns traditional mud homes in Ecuador. The homes are very low/small and the author is explaining why:
"Por eso, quien llegaba a casa, para entrar obligado tenía que agacharse y esa especie de 'beña', era un saludo de profundo respeto."
"That’s why anyone visiting the house was obliged to bow down as they went in and this type of 'bow' was a greeting of profund respect."
I am not sure whether this is a typo because I can't find it anywhere. If it is, can anyone suggest the correct word/spelling?

David Burrows KudoZ activity Questions: 23 (none open) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 23 Spain
Local time: 21:12

bowing / nodding of the head

Explanation:
In the DRAE, if you look up "beña", you are sent to venia, whose third meaning says:
3. f. Inclinación que se hace con la cabeza, saludando cortésmente a alguien..

So you got it right: "bow" or "nod".

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Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
Spain
Local time: 21:12

Grading comment

That's one in favour of the online dictionary as opposed to my paper ones.
Thanks a lot.
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4 +4

bow

jairo payan

4 +1

bowing / nodding of the head

Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes

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5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

beña < venia

bowing / nodding of the head

Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
Spain
Local time: 21:12
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 45

Grading comment

That's one in favour of the online dictionary as opposed to my paper ones.
Thanks a lot.

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

bow

Explanation:
Evidentemente es venia, ya paso a sustentartelo

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Note added at 7 mins (2009-04-29 16:36:41 GMT)
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Mira estas entradas:Pero los de Venezuela y Ecuador permiten que las Farc trafiquen y exporten desde sus .... CON LA BEÑA DE SU PRESIDENTA CHORREA LA QUE BERREA A TODA HORA .
www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/26400/aviones-de-eeuu...

No como el que hacíamos en horno de leña, allá en Ecuador, ..... para entrar obligado tenía que agacharse y esa especie de beña, ...
mujerentierrafirme.blogspot.com/2009/01/polifona-de-la-nostalgia-historias-de.html

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Note added at 23 mins (2009-04-29 16:52:48 GMT)
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Mira esto tambien hablando de lasa casas de bahareque:

Y cuando vienen los españoles acá, les hago pasar al museo etnográfico donde están un par de casas hechas de adobe y de cangahua, casas bajitas. Claro, ellos han de decir casas propias para pitufos. Pero yo les digo: no es que eran chiquitas por la estatura del indígena. No. La razón era que la casa y la familia era considerada como la base, y se tenía un respeto único para ese núcleo. Por eso, quien llegaba a casa, para entrar obligado tenía que agacharse y esa especie de beña, era un saludo de profundo respeto.

http://mujerentierrafirme.blogspot.com/2009/01/polifona-de-l...

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Apr 30, 2009 - Changes made by Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes:
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