pataco

English translation: pataco

02:16 Dec 8, 2004

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel

Spanish term or phrase: pataco

From a Spanish tourism site, describing the Candelaria celebration:
A primeros de septiembre se celebra...la fiesta de la Candelaria, con el ritual de fuego como protagonista absoluto, si bien aquí las hogueras, que también se encienden en el pueblo, reciben el nombre de "PATACOS".

(Quotes in original. I feel some kind of parenthetical insertion is needed to give some idea of why the bonfires are called "patacos" and I don't have a clue.)

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English translation:pataco

Explanation:
Benamocarra - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... church. In the first week of September they have bonfires which they call"patacos" in the town as well as in the countryside. The ...
www.costadelsol.net/web/benamocarra/Index.htm - 15k

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Maria Luisa Duarte
Spain
Local time: 22:54

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pataco

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pataco

Maria Luisa Duarte
Spain
Local time: 22:54
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Portuguese
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