{"id":244,"date":"2010-02-08T17:23:53","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T21:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=244"},"modified":"2010-02-08T17:23:53","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T21:23:53","slug":"origin-of-words-borracho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/origin-of-words-borracho\/","title":{"rendered":"Origin of Words: Borracho"},"content":{"rendered":"

In many rural regions of Spain, wine is still served in leather bota<\/em> bags (http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bota_bag<\/a>), which in the 15th century were called borrachas<\/em>, in Catalan.<\/p>\n

Borracha<\/em> comes from botella<\/em> (bottle) y morratxa<\/em> (a type of laboratory bottle). Later, the word borracho<\/em> was used to talk about a drunkard, someone who was lleno de vino<\/em> (full of wine).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In many rural regions of Spain, wine is still served in leather bota bags (http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bota_bag), which in the 15th century were called borrachas, in Catalan. Borracha comes from botella (bottle) y morratxa (a type of laboratory bottle). Later, the word borracho was used to talk about a drunkard, someone who was lleno de vino (full…<\/p>\n

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