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The Anglo-Saxon, the French, the Italian the German... (Lord Byron, Moliere, Goethe, Mozart, Wagner). Maybe there are only three Spanish myths that have permeated other cultures and have become universal: Don Quijote, Celestina y don Juan.
Don Juan is a womaniser, but in a very different way of Casanova, who really enjoys being with a woman. Don Juan never enjoys love. His conquests are the result of a bet. He's said to be homosexual and permanently unsatisfied. He's also a gambler who kills the father of his be-loved (?) Ana Ulloa, a nun he seduces as a result of one of his bets.

The original play was written by Tirso de Molina in the seventeenth century, and revisioned by José Zorrilla in the nineteenth century. Zorrillas's version is played all over Spain in the Day of All Saints.
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The Anglo-Saxon, the French, the Italian the German... (Lord Byron, Moliere, Goethe, Mozart, Wagner). Maybe there are only three Spanish myths that have permeated other cultures and have become universal: Don Quijote, Celestina y don Juan.
Don Juan is a womaniser, but in a very different way than Casanova who really enjoys being with a woman. Don Juan never enjoys love. His conquests are the result of a bet. He's said to be homosexual and permanently unsatisfied. He's also a gambler who kills the father of his be-loved (?) Ana Ulloa, a nun he seduces as a result of one of his bets.

The original play was written by Tirso de Molina in the seventeenth century, and revised by José Zorrilla in the nineteenth century. Zorrillas's version is played all over Spain on All Saints Day.
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Is there a female equivalent to Don Juan? Doña Juana? Doña Sol?
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I'm afraid not. But there is me... I'm afraid that's as good as it gets.
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Ahora me quedo cofundido. Ayer dijiste que era pingo (deduzco que más o menos significa bimbo).
Hoy eres mi invención "Doña Juana". ¿Cual de los dos motes te quepa mejor?
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They are both more or less the same... (pingo is not the same as bimbo,it refers to a somewhat "tarty" behaviour, but it's not as strong as tart, or slut). So both a pingo and a Doña Juana would play the field...
But jokes aside, I'm a really nice, sensible girl.
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They are both more or less the same... (pingo is not the same as bimbo,it refers to a somewhat "tarty" behaviour, but it's not as strong as tart, or slut). So both a pingo and a Doña Juana would play the field...
But jokes aside, I'm a really nice, sensible girl.
And innocent as Alfonso alleges? There are worse things to be accused of.
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Usually the female equivalent is "Mata-Hari" or "devorahombres" (like Gemma )
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In English we use vamp(like vampira)--both noun and verb.
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"tarty" behaviour
Can I say to a lady hers is a kind of a tarty behaviour and hope she will go out with me for dinner?
I'm trying to improve my communication skills!
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