Arca

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for January 8, 2010

arca (feminine noun (uses el in the singular, las in the plural)) — chest, box, coffer, ark, tank, reservoir. Look up arca in the dictionary

Todos hemos escuchado la historia del Arca de Noé.
We have all heard the story of Noah's Ark.

[Elaina]

Some people refer to their underarm as arca....

[laepelba]

The RAE says (amongst many other things) in the definition for "arca" that there is a saying: "arca llena y arca vacía" which is defined "Alternativa de abundancia y escasez de dinero o de otras cosas."

Does this mean something like "alternating between abundance and scarcity of material things"?

[pjt33]

"Feast and famine" would be more idiomatic

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by pjt33

"Feast and famine" would be more idiomatic

Gracias!!

[chileno]

"El tiempo de las vacas gordas y de las flacas"

Also: "now you see it, now you don't"

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by chileno

"El tiempo de las vacas gordas y de las flacas"

Also: "now you see it, now you don't"

I like the first. The second ... well, I don't think it applies.........

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

I like the first. The second ... well, I don't think it applies.........

Well, not exactly...but did you smile?

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by chileno

Well, not exactly...but did you smile?

I especially smiled because I think that you must have changed your post to add the second part between the time that I clicked on the link to the page and the time that I clicked on "quote" ... did you? Because I only saw the first on the page, but when I clicked "quote", I saw "now you see it, now you don't" and THAT was weird! When I clicked "back", my browser used the cached page, so it still didn't say "now you see it now you don't", and this happened a couple of times before I decided to reload the page from scratch when I finally actually saw it in your post.

SOOOOoooo, REALLY, now I see it, but then I didn't.

Besides ... I almost always smile at your comments!

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

I especially smiled because I think that you must have changed your post to add the second part between the time that I clicked on the link to the page and the time that I clicked on "quote" ... did you? Because I only saw the first on the page, but when I clicked "quote", I saw "now you see it, now you don't" and THAT was weird! When I clicked "back", my browser used the cached page, so it still didn't say "now you see it now you don't", and this happened a couple of times before I decided to reload the page from scratch when I finally actually saw it in your post.

SOOOOoooo, REALLY, now I see it, but then I didn't.

Besides ... I almost always smile at your comments!

yes!

it was funny, because it was weird how you answered that fast!

[laepelba]

I thought maybe you knew something about hiding parts of posts that I didn't.....

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

I thought maybe you knew something about hiding parts of posts that I didn't.....

[bobjenkins]

¿Arca así significa "bilge on a ship or boat"?

The bilge pump isn´t working we are taking on water

Las arcas viejas vos pueden electrocutar, tened cuidado si encontráis una

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by bobjenkins

Las arcas viejas vos pueden electrocutar, tened cuidado si encontráis una