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Learn Spanish with don Quijote: Palabra del Dia

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Word: Juerga
(JUER-ga), sustantivo femenino
English: binge, spree
Etymology: De huelga, del latín folgare
Meaning: 1. En Andalucía, diversión bulliciosa de varias personas, acompañada de cante y baile flamencos y bebidas.
2. Por extensión, en el uso general, holgorio, parranda, jarana.
Topic:Léxico relacionado con el flamenco III
Example:

"...y las incipientes especulaciones financieras, y las juergas otra vez, los señoritos, los artistas, y las putas."
José G. Ladrón de Guevara, Cancionero / Sur, p. 47, Ed. Don Quijote.

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