Meaning of querencia | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand.
2. homesickness, nostalgia

Equivalents

Examples

“Once hit, a rebel unit must be hit again, and remain⟳ hit; the army must penetrate the querencia where – like⟳ a fighting bull – it was at home, and stay⟳ there, driving it out into unknown and unfriendly territory.”

“The wolf paced and circled limping on three legs and then crouched by the iron⟳ stake where it seemed she’d made her querencia.”

““We’ve lived there so long because of our querencia,” said Ms. Garcia, a term she defined as “a cultural longing, a pull⟳, that keeps us there.””

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