cascanales

21:28 Dec 13, 2010

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Other / Cuban Spanish

Spanish term or phrase: cascanales

This is a badly written email I've been asked to have a look at. Here is the Spanish.

mira ver si tu vez por allá una crema que es para *los cascanales* que se rajan
...el frasco plástico que tiene *3 cascanales* uno malísimo rajado su piel...

Marian Vieyra KudoZ activity Questions: 16 (2 open) (3 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 612 United Kingdom
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Summary of answers provided

calcañar

Ana Clara Pérgamo

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

34 days confidence:

calcañar

Explanation:
Parece una deformación de calcañar, 'parte posterior de la planta del pie' (DRAE), la cual es común que se raje por el tiempo, exceso de trabajo y falta de cuidado de los pies. Esta palabra aparece deformada en cascañales en el habla de Cuba. Y luego, en el e-mail a corregir, cascanales.

Seems like a deformation of calcañar, rare part of the sole (definition available in DRAE), which usually cracks due to time, excess of work and lack of care of the feet. This word appears deformed into cascañales in the speech of Cuba. And then, in the e-mail you must edit, cascanales.

Reference: http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/

Ana Clara Pérgamo
Argentina
Local time: 20:26
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Native speaker of: Spanish

Notes to answerer

Asker: Many thanks. I didn't recognise the word in the plural, without the tilde!

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