Phrase of the Week

August 19th, 2009 Posted in phrase of the week

año verde:green year.

This would be used to explain something that only happens once in a great while, a rare occurrence.

Similar to the English version of “once in a blue moon”.

  1. One Response to “Phrase of the Week”

  2. By Flavia on Aug 23, 2009

    When something good happens in Argentina, we say “Argentina, año verde” because good things rarely happen!!
    Another beautiful expression with the word “año” is “en/del año del ñaupa”. It means something very old: “Es del año del ñaupa” o “lo hicieron en el año del ñaupa”. ñaupa means “antiguo” in quechua.

    Thanks again for the phrases of the week.

    PS: Shanie, I received your mail. I will answer to you this week

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