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Old 09-08-2008, 02:40 PM   #13
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Default Re: Jirón

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Originally Posted by El Detective
Elvizconde,

Not to be argumentative but one of the definitions of an alley is a street.

Here is a cite from the Merriam-Webster American English dictionary: "a narrow street; especially : a thoroughfare through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings".

Joel
Exactly! That is not a Jirón. In fact that concept doesn't really exists in Peru the way it is applied in the USA. I live in the USA and I know exactly what an alley is and trust me, a jirón is not an alley.
Guadalupe... I don't think that it exists a literal translation for jirón in English.
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