| Back | "To eruct, Sancho," said Don Quixote, "means to belch, and that is one of the filthiest words in the Spanish language, though a very expressive one; and therefore nice folk have had recourse to the Latin, and instead of belch say eruct, and instead of belches say eructations; and if some do not understand these terms it matters little, for custom will bring them into use in the course of time, so that they will be readily understood; this is the way a language is enriched; custom and the public are all-powerful there." |
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| Front | Y don Quijote le dijo: -Erutar, Sancho, quiere decir regoldar, y éste es uno de los más torpes vocablos que tiene la lengua castellana, aunque es muy sinificativo; y así, la gente curiosa se ha acogido al latín, y al regoldar dice erutar, y a los regüeldos, erutaciones; y, cuando algunos no entienden estos términos, importa poco, que el uso los irá introduciendo con el tiempo, que con facilidad se entiendan; y esto es enriquecer la lengua, sobre quien tiene poder el vulgo y el uso. |
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