Re: refried beans

Hatunen <hatunen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

> According to http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/refritos,
> refrito can mean either "over-fried  (demasiado frito)" or
> "re-fried  (frito de nuevo)", which seems to mean newly fried,
> which refritos are, after boiling.

According to the DRAE, the verb "refreír" (which, by the way, comes
from Latin "refrigere"), which "refrito" is a[1] past participle of,
has three senses:

    1. tr. Volver a freír.

       "fry again"

    2. tr. Freír mucho o muy bien algo.

       "fry something a lot or very well"

    3. tr. Freír demasiado algo.

       "fry something too much"

[1] They say that both "refrito" and "refreído" are used.

-- 
Evan Kirshenbaum                      
+------------------------------------
    HP Laboratories                    |There's been so much ado already
    1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141   |that any further ado would be
    Palo Alto, CA  94304               |excessive.
                                       |               Lori Karkosky
    kirshenbaum@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
    (650)857-7572

    http://www.kirshenbaum.net/