Allow me the poetic license to call this a dictionary. Basically it is a set of verbal tricks made solely with the healthy intention of inviting you to smile, and also to reflect. They are subjective perceptions of a Valencian who has spent his life trying to explain what the hell is happening here.
At this point in my life, where I don't care eight or eighty, we're going to try to have a good time even if it's a leap year.
Warning: I hope no one is offended by seeing their reflection in the mirror. Even if you don't believe it, we Valencians are probably the most enjoyable beings on the planet and a good part of the galaxy. Our only flaw is that we have more taboos than all the tribes in Africa combined. No wonder they don't understand us outside! You can't talk about this... this is sacred... don't touch this. How not?
There goes the first installment, I hope it will be many.
AMOTOS: Colloquial form used in Utiel to call a popular Antena 3 presenter from Requena.
RICE: Paellas made in Alicante.
CASSALLA: Valencian identity liquor, originating from the Sevillian town of Cazalla de la Sierra, which had 15 distilleries to dispose of surplus wine production. To Valencianize it, the diminutive 'cassalleta' is used and it is not because it has few degrees. (40-45). Preamble of the comboi.
COENTOR: Feeling of other people's shame with slight stinging of the eyes and synchronized anus, which the Valencian people suffer, although they bear it with a certain dignity.
CREMAET: Coffee with things.
CRIDA: Chupinazo from the Valencians.
FALLERO/FALLERA: Person who experiences the Fallas so intensely that they are capable of putting their assets at risk to be the protagonist of the festival.
HERBERO: Vegan Cassalla.
LACA: Essential element in the heads of conservative Valencian women. Helps give volume and set egos. There are egregious examples: Mayrén Beneyto, Consuelo Císcar, Begoña Ricart… Rita, Lola. The Valencian jet set has probably caused more than 50% of the hole in the ozone layer.
NINO BRAVO: Valencian singer from Aielo de Malferit, who if he had not died in a traffic accident on April 16, 1973, would have prevented us from meeting Julio Iglesias, Preysler, Chabeli, Enrique Iglesias, Tamara and Julio José.
PANCAS: Bad and traitorous Valencians, but educated, most of them philologists or journalists.
TERRETA: arc.: Cleaning product for scrubbing dishes, pans and pots, the best 'cleaning earth' was found in Biar (Alicante). Hence the expression 'The best terreta in the world' - because it is from the province of Alicante.
VIXCA: Expression of joy from the right, extreme right and regionalists.
XÉ (CHÉ): Interjection/filler, to express any type of emotion: admiration, enthusiasm, joy or anger, which is why it has surely ended up identifying the Valencia CF fans. (The Ché fans) Be careful! In Argentina, which also lives by and for football, the term Ché is used as much or more than here. Everything fits: Kempes, Piojo, Ayala, Aimar, Kily, Pellegrino.
*The abuse of the diminutive in Valencian is ETA, or a Martian thing, ET.
(Will continue)
