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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

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Originally Posted by chileno (Post 68670)

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:

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Uruguayan friend: los arandanos son azul oscuro, pequeños, without seeds, only one piece, not little pieces. so I think arandanos are blueberries (and that is what it says on the package of what I buy because Uruguay exports the fruit, but I heard cranberries in a film and they translated it for arandano. ¿?

Lou Ann: [sends photos of cranberries and blueberries....]

Uruguayan friend: Thanks, you are great!! Arandanos are blueberries and I have never seen a cranberry in this area in my life. Hope to try them one day.

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

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Originally Posted by Perikles (Post 68681)

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:

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Originally Posted by chileno (Post 68682)

:):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:

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Originally Posted by chileno (Post 68682)

:):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:

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Originally Posted by Perikles (Post 68691)

Of course not - they just cran. :rolleyes:

: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.

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Originally Posted by Perikles (Post 68691)

Of course not - they just cran. :rolleyes:

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

:D

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

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