Thursday, September 27, 2012

TODAY'S CHAMORRO WORD : GÅTBO

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GRETA GARBO

GÅTBO : beautiful, pretty

We borrowed this from the Spanish word garbo, which is a noun, not an adjective, and means "elegance, poise, grace."  To do something "con much garbo," "with much grace."

Sen gåtbo i matå-ña.  His/her face is very beautiful.

Ai na ginatbo!  My how beautiful!

Na' gåtbo fan i bestidu-ho.  Please make my dress pretty.

Greta Garbo

She was actually Swedish and Garbo is not her true last name.  She adopted it for her Hollywood name.


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