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Topic: Spanish

"La granada"

Translation:The grenade

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5 years ago

6 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/FastAttack
FastAttack
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Hmmm...after getting "La granada" correct, the translation showed as "The grenade," not the pomegranate.

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Roger_Burke
Roger_Burke
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A pomegranate is filled with seeds like the fragments of a grenade. The Moslem gardens of the city of Granada (The Alhambra) were filled with luxurious fruits like the pomegranate. The word was probably include to demonstrate how one word can describe both an ugly weapon, a delicious fruit, and serve as the name of a beautiful city.

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/scottann
scottann
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I am not sure what the pomegranate is doing in a lesson on places. Although I have been to and LOVED Granada... ;)

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/qajax
qajax
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or why this is a priority word to learn...

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Reply•5 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/mark.brown01
mark.brown01
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Why is pomegranate included in the "places" category of lessons? Is there some location or physical structure that shares the same name?

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