In the Spanish language spoken in the Canary Islands, "boliche" is used instead of "canica" to refer to the small ball of baked clay, glass, or other material that children usually play with by rolling it on the ground, trying to hit the other participants' balls. The game in which these balls are used is also called by the same name. There are also other words in the Spanish of the Islands that refer to different types of marbles depending on their size or the material they are made of. Thus, the smallest marble, but most appreciated by children, is known as "bonitura" in Lanzarote; "chinchina" in La Palma; and "chinchorra", "chindela" or "pimpa" in Tenerife. The one that is larger than normal is called "tarra" in Lanzarote, and "vacota" and "vacuna" in Tenerife. The one that came from the ball that the old soda bottles brought was called "gasea" in Gran Canaria and "gaseosa" in Lanzarote. If the marble has interior decorations, it is called "vidrianza" in Gran Canaria; and in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, they call "virula" the glass marble.
Our words
embucharse
1. prnl. For the fish to swallow the hook. With those small hooks, it is easy for the fish to swallow the hook.
2. prnl. For someone not to want to talk or say something they know. That man is very reserved, he swallows everything.
3. prnl. Hi. For someone to illegitimately take something for themselves. The least he can do is return everything he swallowed.
emparejar
1. v. To reprimand, censure, reproach someone's behavior with acrimony. When I find him, I'm going to reprimand him, because this is not done.
2. v. To leave the door or window ajar, without closing it completely. Leave the door ajar when you leave, so that not much sunlight enters.
3. prnl. Lz., GC., Tf. y Go. To equate oneself with someone improperly. He wanted to equate himself with a professional player.
Information on the location of voices and meanings
Fv: Fuerteventura
GC: Gran Canaria
Go: La Gomera
Hi: El Hierro
LP: La Palma
Lz: Lanzarote
Occ: Western Islands (Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro)
Or: Eastern Islands (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria)
Tf: Tenerife
