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1 quina
f.quinine (extracto).árbol de la quina cinchonaser más malo que la quina to be truly horribletragar quina to grin and bear it* * *1 (corteza) cinchona bark2 (líquido) quinine\tragar quina figurado to swallow hard, grin and bear it* * *SF1) (Bot) quinine, Peruvian bark2) (=vino) tonic wine* * ** * ** * *Atragar quina ( Esp fam): me insultó y tuve que tragar quina he insulted me and I just had to take it o put up with it2 (vino) fortified wine ( sometimes taken as a tonic)* * *
quina sustantivo femenino quinina
♦ Locuciones: ser más malo que la quina, to be a little devil: ese chiquillo es más malo que la quina, that boy is a little devil
tragar quina, to put up with sth
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Spanish:
mallorquín
* * *quina nf[extracto] quinine; Famser más malo que la quina to be truly horrible;Famtragar quina to grin and bear it* * *f BOT cinchona bark;tragar quina fam grin and bear it fam -
2 peyote
A spineless cactus with intoxicating properties ( Lophophora williamsii) that Indians use to make a hallucinatory drug. Santamaría references it as a generic name for various cacti, including Ariocarpus retusu, Anhalonium prismaticum, A. elongatum, Mamillaria ariolosa, M. elongata, M. furfuracea, and M. prismatica. However, he indicates that it refers properly to the Lophophora,a spineless species of biznaga that grows to a height of four to six inches, though as little as one-half inch may be visible above the soil, and for this reason it is sometimes called a root rather than a cactus. The plant contains a narcotic substance often studied for its physical and chemical properties. The Aztecs used it as a tonic, spreading it on their legs so that they could withstand long journeys. They also said that anyone who ingested the substance would see visions and be able to predict the future. Santamaría quotes Sahagún, who states that the hallucinatory effects of the peyote drug lasted for two or three days, during which time a person who had taken it had the courage to fight without fear, thirst, or hunger. He notes that it was commonly taken by Chichimeca Indians. See also mescal.
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