My advice: get yourself a nuevo diccionario.
Best
Bill Cole
Cole & Contreras Books
Barcelona
On 7/31/06 8:00 PM, "Juliet McLaren" <juliet.mclaren@UCR.EDU> wrote:
> And the word (except possibly in Havana) is normally spelled "veuda"
> in my diccionario. juliet mclaren
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> At 10:48 AM 7/31/2006, you wrote:
>> V and b are often transposed in Spanish, as I Havana / Habana
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Exlibris [mailto:EXLIBRIS@MAIL.ECW.NAME] On Behalf Of Clement, Richard
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>> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 10:52 AM
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>> It means widow.
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>> Rick Clement
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>> University of Kansas
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> From: Exlibris [mailto:EXLIBRIS@MAIL.ECW.NAME] On Behalf Of Will Evans
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>> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 11:49 AM
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>> To: EXLIBRIS@MAIL.ECW.NAME
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>> Subject: Help with Spanish translation
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>> Can anyone tell me what the word "biuda" means as in the phrase:
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>> "A costa de la biuda de Blas de Robles y Francisco de Robles su hijo."
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>> Its from a 1596 edition of Contemptus Mundi. I assume Blas and his son
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>> fronted the money to publish the book, but I can't figure out what biuda
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>> means.
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>> Thanks in advance,
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>> Will
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