borracho

Updated: May 12, 2025

Whilst Pantagruel was writing these foresaid verses, Panurge halved and fixed upon a great stake the horns of a roebuck, together with the skin and the right forefoot thereof, the ears of three leverets, the chine of a coney, the jaws of a hare, the wings of two bustards, the feet of four queest-doves, a bottle or borracho full of vinegar, a horn wherein to put salt, a wooden spit, a larding stick, a scurvy kettle full of holes, a dripping-pan to make sauce in, an earthen salt-cellar, and a goblet of Beauvais.

François Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2

"Excuse me," said I, "but does Noah ever appear as Janus?" "He he he!" said the Rabbi, "he only appeared as Janus once una vez quando estuvo borracho; which means " "I understand," said I; "when he was " and I drew the side of my right hand sharply across my left wrist. "Are you one of our people?" said the Rabbi. "No," said I, "I am one of the Goyim; but I am only half enlightened.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

‘Excuse me,’ said I, ‘but does Noah ever appear as Janus?’ ‘He—he—he!’ said the Rabbi, ‘he only appeared as Janus once—una vez quando estuvo borracho; which means—’ ‘I understand,’ said I; ‘when he was . . . ’ and I drew the side of my right hand sharply across my left wrist. ‘Are you one of our people?’ said the Rabbi. ‘No,’ said I, ‘I am one of the Goyim; but I am only half enlightened.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest

'Excuse me, said I; 'but does Noah ever appear as Janus? 'He he he! said the Rabbi, 'he only appeared as Janus once una vez quando estuvo borracho; which means 'I understand, said I; 'when he was . . . and I drew the side of my right hand sharply across my left wrist. 'Are you one of our people? said the Rabbi. 'No, said I, 'I am one of the Goyim; but I am only half enlightened.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

James of Compostella what the men of Burgos did with their alcaide, who persisted in getting drunk when he ought to have been getting sober. They got another alcaide as much like the other as possible, excepting that he was not a borracho. We must get another St. James like this one, but without a beard, and the people will be none the wiser.”

Various - Tales from the Lands of Nuts and Grapes: Spanish and Portuguese Folklore