Major Hayden 🤠
major@social.lol
When I grew up, peanuts in Spanish were always cacahuates. However, a lot of people call them maní. Is this a regional difference or are people talking about two different things?
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Víctor R. Ruiz
rvr@floss.social@alexsaezm @major I guess it depends on which part of Spain. Here in Canary Islands we call them «manises» -maní is not used. https://www.academiacanarialengua.org/diccionario/entrada/manises/
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Major Hayden 🤠
major@social.lol
@alexsaezm Oh boy, the answer was more nuanced than I expected. Thank you!
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K. Ryabitsev-Prime 🍁
monsieuricon
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Marcus
mnw@tilde.zone@alexsaezm @major At least once a week I gotta stop by the gas station and get a package of cacahuates japoneses so good to know I might need to look out for maní
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Major Hayden 🤠
major@social.lol@mnw @alexsaezm I've often seen maní on peanut butters (mantequilla de maní, which sounds totally weird to me). When I think mantequilla, I think 🧈.
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Major Hayden 🤠
major@social.lol@rvr @alexsaezm Wow. I have not come across manises yet, but my spell checker on android wants to capitalize it. 🤔
I assume maní means peanut whereas manises means peanuts (plural)?
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Major Hayden 🤠
major@social.lol@monsieuricon You know a lot about languages. I'm impressed. So many little *kernels* of knowledge. 😜
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For some reason, I thought cacahuate/cacahuete referred specifically to cashews. I used maní for peanuts. 😂 🥜
TIL that cacahuate comes from the native name "*tlālcacahuatl*".
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