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Through a centuries-long process, Spanish has grown into a vast, rich and intricate language. One full of synonyms, idioms and double meanings, where virtually anything can be expressed, be accurately described. A cultural treasure by itself and hardwired into the speakers mind, Spaniards could well communicate and make themselves understood by the use of the so-called refranes [proverbs].
These are phrases, sometimes built in a catchy, poetic-ish way, that read literally and tend to mean nothing in 2023. And yet still, the ideas behind the words tend to resonate in a bigger, undisputed way, containing snippets of a reality long gone, but useful to explain everyday life.
The public conflict in which the Spanish National Team and 15 of its senior women’s players have been immersed for the past nine months has seen thousands of words written and spoken, but it is striking how the main protagonists in the story opted for silence instead of providing explanations. And in the end,…
