Arándano
 

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for January 7, 2010

arándano (masculine noun (el)) — cranberry. Look up arándano in the dictionary

Se pueden preparar varios postres ricos con arándanos deshidratados.
There are several good desserts you can make with dried cranberries.

Arándano = blueberry

Arándano = bilberry :D

It also appears to mean cranberry, which is quite different.

I had this very conversation with a friend in Uruguay this past November when I wrote something about making cranberry sauce in my Facebook message. The conversation went something like this:

This friend is very well traveled throughout Latin America, so if she says she has never seen a cranberry, it's quite significant.

By the way, here are the pictures that I sent her:

Cranberry:
http://www.naturipefarms.com/Data/Pr.../cranberry.jpg

Blueberry:
http://diaryofacountrywife.files.wor...ry_cluster.jpg

Thanks for that. Well, that's cleared that up. Apart from the size, shape, texture, colour and taste, they are identical. :whistling::D

:):D:lol::lol::lol:

I would like to add that I had never seen a cranberry nor heard of them before coming to the US.

Do they speak? :rolleyes:

Of course not - they just cran. :rolleyes:

It seems they used to be called Craneberries, possibly because Cranes (grulla) like them. :whistling:

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

My grand mother does candies with cranberries, sometimes the candies can be dried for a long time.


The restaurant's desserts are very delicious and they are made in my city.

Examples about.

:D

If it is so, then it's berry interesting.

You think I'm kidding? It's my accent! :D

*groan* Very punny. :lol:

:):):)

In México "blueberries" don't have a translated name. They're just "blueberries" (pronounced "bluberris").

Cranberries have been massively introduced in our markets only since* a couple of years ago, mostly dried and in bottled juice, rarely fresh.
*Did I have it right at last, Perikles? :crossfingers:

I'm not quite comfortable with the wording ... but ONLY noticed it because you pointed it out. It's really subtle. I might re-word it así: "Cranberries were introduced into our markets only a few years ago..." or maybe "Cranberries have been massively promoted in our markets for only the past few years..."

Perikles - how about BrE?

I agree. :)

I'm afraid not. :crazy::banghead::D

You are quite correct, BrE as well. By the way, I didn't think the difference was that subtle, probably because I'm looking out for trouble. :wicked::wicked:

Hay varios tipos de arándanos (vaccinium): v. myrtillus es el azul; el arándano rojo es el oxycoccus; el americano, el v.corymbosum. Hay alguno más.

Son útiles para las afecciones del tracto urinario.

YES! Cranberry juice is something the doctor prescribes for a UTI. Thanks for the specifics, Irmamar.

You're welcome. I don't believe in traditional medicine (we say "medicina tradicional" to the one the doctors practice), but in the alternative one (medicina alternativa). :)

Sometimes natural medical treatments are called "homeopathic" treatments.

:banghead: I'll avoid "since" from now on. :D


Cranberries were introduced in Mexican markets not very long ago. :angel:
They are highly appreciated for having a high amount of antioxidants.

Don't avoid "since"! You wouldn't advise any such behavior from those of us attempting to learn Spanish. :)

I guess that I would use "since" in the sense of the beginning of something that is ongoing:
- Cranberries have been in the markets in Mexico since 1995 when they were a prop in a popular movie.
- Joe had been smoking since he was 13 years old. But when he got lung cancer, he stopped cold turkey.

"Traditional medicine" en inglés tiene más connotaciones de los remedios de la abuela - como, por ejemplo, tomar arándanos por infecciones urinarias. Lo que llamas "medicina tradicional" sería "conventional medicine", y "alternative medicine" es un término bastante amplio que incluye homeopatía, acupuntura, aromaterapía, etc.

Técnicamente lo distintivo de la homeopatía es el usar sustancias que provocan el problema, pero en cantidades minúsculas. Cuanto más diluido, más potente, y las medicinas homeopáticas más potentes son diluidas ¡hasta en punto de ser agua pura sin que quede ni siquiera una molécula de la medicina!

"Desde que" o "desde entonces/luego" se traducen con "since". "Desde hace" es el peligro.

Excellent! that's the way to go. :)

What are blackberries called in Spanish? Are they moras? I don't mean the mini-computer.
I mean the dark fruit that looks like a rasberry. They grow the crazy
in the woods in the North East U.S.A. and really good ones come from Mexico this time of the year.

@pjt: Thank you. :D

@Lou Ann: Ouch! True. ;)


@Poli:
blackberry = zarzamora
raspberry = frambuesa