pauldavidmena
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as clear as mud
Today I saw this post on the Todos Santos newsfeed: "me quedé atorado en el fango en Elías Calles." I knew that "atorado" meant "stuck," but I had
to look up "fango" in WordReference, which translated it as "mud." The only Spanish word I knew for mud (before today) was "lodo."
Doing a reverse lookup of "mud" on WordReference listed "barro," "lodo," and "cieno" as Spanish translations, but "fango" only appeared at the bottom
of the entry, in the section entitled "'mud' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:" Is it possible that "fango" is more commonly used in
Mexico, or perhaps even specific to Baja?
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Quote: Originally posted by pauldavidmena | Today I saw this post on the Todos Santos newsfeed: "me quedé atorado en el fango en Elías Calles." I knew that "atorado" meant "stuck," but I had
to look up "fango" in WordReference, which translated it as "mud." The only Spanish word I knew for mud (before today) was "lodo."
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https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/barro-y-fango-y-lodo...
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pauldavidmena
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I keep forgetting how useful it is to go to the WordReference discussion forum, especially for someone like me who is atorado en el fango
between beginner and intermediate level Spanish. Thanks for the tip (again)!
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In my experience barro usually refers to soil with a high clay content.
Regular mud as lodo.
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Yes, I've always heard "barro" to refer to clay.
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