Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Fun with etymology
The spanish verb disfrutar means to enjoy.
Both of these words are interesting, when you break them down:
Disfrutar.
If you first Latinize and then Americanize it, you get something like dis-fruit.
Imagine crossing your grandmother's pasture, stretching your hand across an infinite space full of sunshine and dewdrops to the tip of some quivering branch, filling the void of your empty palm with the shiniest apple you've ever seen. Now raise it to your eager lips for a sweet, succulent sample.
That's what it means to enjoy something.
En-joy.
Now that you've defruited your grandmother's tree and you're standing there munching that perfect pink pome, take a moment to internalize the especially ecstatic and exultant euphoria that's pulsing through your mouth, nose, and fingers.
Just a thought.
Go ahead. ¡Disfrutadles!
Both of these words are interesting, when you break them down:
Disfrutar.
If you first Latinize and then Americanize it, you get something like dis-fruit.
Imagine crossing your grandmother's pasture, stretching your hand across an infinite space full of sunshine and dewdrops to the tip of some quivering branch, filling the void of your empty palm with the shiniest apple you've ever seen. Now raise it to your eager lips for a sweet, succulent sample.
That's what it means to enjoy something.
En-joy.
Now that you've defruited your grandmother's tree and you're standing there munching that perfect pink pome, take a moment to internalize the especially ecstatic and exultant euphoria that's pulsing through your mouth, nose, and fingers.
Just a thought.
Go ahead. ¡Disfrutadles!
