SC - chiles rellenos

Guenevere Nelson-Melby Guenevere_Nelson-Melby at needham.k12.ma.us
Mon Oct 16 04:42:21 PDT 2000


Chiles Relleno: "Relleno" means (extremely)well-filled (the prefix "re"
having various meanings, one of them being "extremely" and the root
"lleno" meaning full.) Therefore, the phrase refried beans (frijoles
refritos) actually is a mistranslation: they are only fried once, not
twice. However, they are well-fried or extremely fried.
Therefore if I am feeling "re bien", it means I'm feeling very good.
Is this re clear?
Guenevere


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