Canancol

tetsuo

October 06, 2013 10:38 PM

Canancol

What does "el canancol" mean?

There's no context, it is a headline of a story for children.

AngelicaDeAlquezar

October 07, 2013 02:24 PM

"Canancol" is a Maya word. There is a legend referring to this scarecrow-like doll as some sort of guardian that the peasants put in the middle of their fields to protect their property against all kinds of thieves.

tetsuo

October 08, 2013 05:24 AM

¡Gracias! ¡Ahí va! He pensado es podría significar 'espantapájaros' pero no he pensado podría estar en lo cierto.

Is this sentence right, if I want to say: "Thanks! Oh dear, I thought it could be mean "scarecrow", but I never thought I could be right.

AngelicaDeAlquezar

October 08, 2013 12:09 PM

Se parece, pero no es exactamente un espantapájaros. Es un guardián que evita que animales y personas se roben la cosecha.

Rusty

October 08, 2013 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tetsuo (Post 143855)

"Thanks! Oh dear, I thought it could be mean "scarecrow", but I never thought I could be right.

More natural sounding:
Thanks! Duh, I thought it might mean 'scarecrow', but never thought I might be right.

tetsuo

October 09, 2013 03:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar (Post 143861)

Se parece, pero no es exactamente un espantapájaros. Es un guardián que evita que animales y personas se roben la cosecha.

Además de eso, ¿es verdad? Era mi conjetura antes de saber que era un guardián.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 143877)

More natural sounding:
Thanks! Duh, I thought it might mean 'scarecrow', but never thought I might be right.

Vale. Mi pregunta se refería a la sentencia española.

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