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#1
May 26, 2015, 05:48 PM
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Cabuya
I generally use the word soga for rope in Spanish although I know there are lots of other words. Recently I heard the term cabuya which, from deduction, meant soga. After looking up the word (at first I thought it was cabulla) I saw that cabuya is century plant cactus which I automatically assumed was related to sisal, a succulent whose fibers are used for rope.
Is cabuya a common word for rope?
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May 26, 2015, 08:16 PM
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Not in Mexico. Here you'll hear "mecate", for a rope made of natural fiber.
 The others are rarely called "soga", but "cuerda" or "lazo" (sometimes also "reata").
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May 26, 2015, 08:43 PM
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It is used in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador.
CREA gives 30 examples of usage. (You can put "cabuya" without quotes after "consulta:" and see the examples if you go to this link.) http://corpus.rae.es/creanet.html You can also find it in DRAE. Greetings. (I've been very busy, but it is always nice to come back to the forum!)
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May 30, 2015, 01:17 PM
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Muy buenas, muchachos.
Creo que 'lazo' sea la función de una cuerda o soga o cordel, si damos una ojeada al DRAE: 1==>13 ► http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/frames.aspx?es=lazo
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