Sp3R Palabras que vienen del taíno

yuca

An edible root from the American tropics. An important basic food worldwide (English = cassava, manioc, or yucca)

papaya

A delicious elongated fruit with a melon-like orange flesh, and with many seeds in the interior

casabe

A crunchy flat bread made of yuca.

maíz

An edible cereal plant (English = corn)

guanábana

A heart-shaped fruit, green on the outside with white flesh and black seeds. It has a sweet and sour, refreshing taste (English = soursop)

batata

An edible tropical tuber with pinkish orange, slightly sweet flesh (English = sweet potato)

ají

A spicy chili pepper and a sauce made from it.

tabaco

The plant of the nightshade family which yields tobacco, native to tropical America (English = tobacco)

tiburón

A long-bodied marine fish with a cartilaginous skeleton, a prominent dorsal fin, and toothlike scales (English = shark)

carey

Sea turtle with a yellow and black shell and also the material made from its shell; used by the Taínos to make jewelry

iguana

A reptile in the same subspecies as a larger lizard

guaraguao

A type of bird native to Puerto Rico (English = red-tailed hawk)

caimán

A semi aquatic reptile similar to the alligator but with a heavily armored belly, native to tropical America (English = cayman)

manatí

An aquatic mammal with a rounded tail flipper, living in shallow coastal waters and adjacent rivers of the tropical Atlantic (English = manatee)

hamaca

A fabric bed hung by a rope at each end from two trees or poles (English = hammock)

canoa

A small, narrow and long boat used by the Taíno to travel from Venezuela to the Caribbean islands (English = canoe)

güiro

Percussion musical instrument originally made from a hollowed gourd; played by rasping it vertically with a stick

bohío

A small circular cabin in which the Taíno lived. Made of wood, straw, and mud

barbacoa

A wood or charcoal grill on which food is cooked over open flame

huracán

A storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean (English = hurricane)

cacique

Originally the native chief of an indigenous group in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Has now come to also mean a petty tyrant or despot.

jíbaro

A traditional rural farmer or rural worker in Borinquen; the island known today as Puerto Rico.