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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5131 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 1 of 8 17 February 2011 at 6:36pm | IP Logged |
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When I was in Spain "La Feria" meant a period of partying all night, drinking and eating tapas and dancing paso dobles and sevillanas and dressing up as "gitanillas". The most famous one of the "Ferias" was "La Feria de Sevilla", but most small villages in Andalucia had one - I do not know about the rest of the country.
My daughter's Spanish teacher from Peru, is teaching the children about Spanish culture, and insists that "La Feria" means the market, as in "Puedes ir a la Feria a comprar pescado". Now I have done a lot of crazy things at la Feria in my time, but buying fish was never one of them. Is this yet another example of different usage in Latin America and Spain, have things changed since I was a kid, does the term mean different things in different parts of Spain or is she simply clueless? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5250 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 3 of 8 17 February 2011 at 8:23pm | IP Logged |
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La Feria de Barcelona (Fira de Barcelona in Catalan) is a trade fair/exposition.
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| stelingo Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5629 days ago 722 posts - 1076 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Czech, Polish, Greek, Mandarin | Message 4 of 8 17 February 2011 at 10:32pm | IP Logged |
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The Collins Spanish dictionary lists feria as meaning an open air market, as well as listing all the other meanings already mentioned. It also lists las ferias de toros (bullfights), in Mexico it can also mean small change and Central America a tip (that you leave for the waiter). Irle a algn como en feria is a Mexican idiom meaning to go badly for someone.
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| seldnar Senior Member United States Joined 6929 days ago 189 posts - 287 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, French, Greek | Message 5 of 8 18 February 2011 at 12:44am | IP Logged |
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Well, I'm not a Spanish speaker but I thought I'd seen a great resource that would help out. So here is what
DICCIONARIO DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA of the Real Academia Española says: feria. (Del lat. ferĭa). 1. f. Mercado de mayor importancia que el común, en paraje público y días señalados. 2. f. Fiestas que se celebran con tal ocasión. 3. f. Paraje público en que están expuestos los animales, géneros o cosas para su venta. Voy a la feria. En la feria hay mucha gente. 4. f. Concurrencia de gente en un mercado de esta clase. 5. f. Conjunto de instalaciones recreativas, como carruseles, circos, casetas de tiro al blanco, etc., y de puestos de venta de dulces y de chucherías, que, con ocasión de determinadas fiestas, se montan en las poblaciones. 6. f. Instalación donde se exponen los productos de un solo ramo industrial o comercial, como libros, muebles, juguetes, etc., para su promoción y venta. 7. f. En el lenguaje eclesiástico, cualquiera de los días de la semana, excepto el sábado y domingo; p. ej., la segunda feria es el lunes; la tercera, el martes, etc. 8. f. Descanso y suspensión del trabajo. 9. f. Trato, convenio. 10. f. C. Rica p. us. Añadidura, pequeño obsequio hecho por el vendedor a su cliente. 11. f. coloq. El Salv. dinero (‖ moneda corriente). 12. f. Méx. y Nic. Dinero menudo, cambio. 13. f. pl. p. us. Dádivas o agasajos que se hacen por el tiempo en que hay ferias en algún lugar. Dar ferias. Edited by seldnar on 18 February 2011 at 12:45am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Phantom Kat Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4860 days ago 160 posts - 253 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Finnish | Message 6 of 8 18 February 2011 at 12:48am | IP Logged |
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Well when I hear "La Feria" I think of the town about an hour and half away from where I live with that same name. Other than that I think of a "carnival" or change when someone's talking about money (although I also think "cambio"). :P
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| getreallanguage Diglot Senior Member Argentina youtube.com/getreall Joined 5268 days ago 240 posts - 371 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: Italian, Dutch | Message 7 of 8 18 February 2011 at 4:24am | IP Logged |
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I'm from Argentina. Locally 'feria' can mean market/open market/open air market/fair.
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| Hierbabuena Newbie Spain Joined 4825 days ago 19 posts - 36 votes Speaks: Spanish* Studies: EnglishB2, Mandarin | Message 8 of 8 18 February 2011 at 2:07pm | IP Logged |
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In other times, when traveling was more difficult, cities and villages had a special market week every year with sellers with goods from different places. That was a special occasion for locals, so they celebrated it with dances and drinking and eating more than usual. When this kind of market was no longer necessary, people just kept the party part. In some places (like in Malaga), La Feria is called that way even if its origins are not in markets. Nowadays in Spain we still called 'feria' to the 6 entry of the DRAE: 6. f. Instalación donde se exponen los productos de un solo ramo industrial o comercial, como libros, muebles, juguetes, etc., para su promoción y venta. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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