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JAGUAR

Yaguareté (JAGUAR) is a concept that comes from the Guaraní language, composed of the words yaguar (that is, the feline known in Spanish as “ jaguar ” ) and eté (which can be translated as “ true ” ). Beyond this detail provided by the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ) in its dictionary, the terms yaguareté , yaguar and jaguar are synonymous since they are all used to name Panthera onca .   This animal , which belongs to the Panthera genus , is the third largest feline on the planet, only behind Panthera tigris (the tiger ) and Panthera leo (the lion ). The jaguar inhabits the American continent, from the southern United States to the northern region of Argentina . In the latter country it is of great importance, since it is one of the ten species of wild cats that live there (among the rest are the ocelot, the jaguarundí, the tirica, the puma and the wild cat). In some parts of Argentina it is considered a sacred animal ; In the province of Misiones, for example, many people d...

JUICE

  Juice is a term that made a long etymological journey until it reached our language . Its origin is in the Greek language and from there it went to Arabic as zūm . Later, in Hispanic Arabic, it became zum . Juice is the name of the juice obtained by squeezing , crushing or crushing a fruit , a flower or a leaf . It is, therefore, a liquid . For example: “ I like to have orange juice for breakfast with some cereal biscuits” , “Before serving the fish, you can sprinkle it with lemon juice and add some spices” , “My uncle usually drinks tomato juice, but I don't I like it ” . The usual thing is that the juice is obtained from some pressure mechanism. In any case, different previous processes can be carried out, such as cooking. But juice is what is achieved by pressing the product in question in a certain way. Juices are highly valued for the vitamins they provide. It is important to bear in mind that these vitamins are lost over time : that is why it is best to drink the juice as ...