E. House wrote:
> "Prenderó" (verb) means something along the lines of acquiring an object. In
> > other words, "He/she took it." (In terms of common root words and cognates,
> > think "apprehend.") The word survives in Italian in the same sense. A >
> "prendero" (noun) is a second-hand dealer, fence, or pawnbroker--in other >
> words, one who takes the object or receives the object that was taken. In >
> the noun sense, it's a bit old-fashioned, (say, early 20thC) but I don't >
> think I'd call it entirely archaic.> > So based on the snippet provided, it
> sounds like the guy either took a red > cloth from Menga, or he sent her to
> go get him a red cloth. Or, to fit the > context exactly as provided, he
> demanded/asked her for it as a gift, perhaps > in a slightly Mafia sort of
> way.
Thanks, E. You are making more sense than my colleague. He did not indicate a
tilde on the n, but that may have been his omission.
If I understand correctly, Ruiz is the author, not someone interacting with the
woman Menga, who is a character in Ruiz's book. I gather that she is the one
asking for a gift. My colleague's exact words in his e-mail were "she asked in
a wedding context for a prendero of bermejo pano." I have no idea why he thinks
there is an implication of something "restraining" or why he seems so certain
it is a ribbon or hairband; I asked him for more detail and he did not provide
it. He is a little scattered, I am afraid, and I got as much out of him as I
could. But I am doing what I can to help.
>From the little he did give me, it sounds like we can be no more specific than
>"she asked for a red cloth." And nothing that would imply ribbon, or wool, or
>scarlet (as opposed to red in general).
--Robin
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