Vox Populi

Se le llama llave al amigo, fibra al bote, panga al Zodiac, jaibo al viejo, chochuma al nacional, colorao al turista, araña a la langosta, canario al pajarito amarillo que no es un canario (los canarios son de Asia), sino una reinita, cucuve al sinsonte, zayapa al cangrejo, bravazón al mar picado, y al mar tranquilo, como al hijo de Superman, ‘supermancito’. Puerto Ayora, claro está, ¡es Puerto Cacho!

Friends are ‘keys’ ( llaves), boats are fibers ( fibras), dinghies are pangas, older people are crabs ( jaibos), chochumas are Ecuadorians, tourists are colorados, lobsters are spiders ( arañas), warblers are canaries ( canarios), mockingbirds are cucuves, crabs are zayapas, stormy seas are mad (‘ bravazón’), calm seas are like Superman’s son? ‘Supermancito’ ( it works in Spanish…); and Puerto Ayora is Puerto Cacho( Infidelity Port, or why not, Fling City)!