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Arándano

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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.
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Old January 15, 2010, 10:42 PM
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Arándano = blueberry
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Old January 16, 2010, 02:24 AM
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Arándano = blueberry
Arándano = bilberry

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


Blueberry:
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Old January 16, 2010, 05:58 AM
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Thanks for that. Well, that's cleared that up. Apart from the size, shape, texture, colour and taste, they are identical.
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Thanks for that. Well, that's cleared that up. Apart from the size, shape, texture, colour and taste, they are identical.


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

Do they speak?

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

Do they speak?
Of course not - they just cran.

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

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

Do they speak?
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Of course not - they just cran.
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Old January 16, 2010, 09:12 AM
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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.

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Old January 16, 2010, 10:46 AM
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Of course not - they just cran.

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


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

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