Quaresma ( holy week )

[navegator]

For those of you that understand and speak Español.

This year there is not going to be a Quaresma, there is going to be a cuarentena.

If you do not get it ask a native speaker to explain

navegator

[gbopp]

Why didn't you just say that in your OP? :B

[navegator]

In Spanish the words sound fairly similar, and it is a play on what is going on, Quaresma a religious fiesta, time to go to church that might not happen if services are curtailed and cuarentena is "quarantine" to stay put, so taking this literally will not work, Mexicans can make a joke out of hard situations and that makes stressful life a lot more bearable.

So having a cuarentena instead of a Quaresma might be the case.

And these are hard times for every one, some times a good joke can relieve the stress.

navegator

[Lwiddis]

Cryptic post. Please be clear OP.

[Second_Chance]

Hmmm... my wife is a native Spanish speaker (and has a masters degree in Spanish) and is a former missionary. She says that "cuarentena" is used in the context of the 40 days of staying in and abstinence from sex after a woman delivers a baby. Quaresma is a Portuguese word for Lent.

Rob

[jdc1]

That's mean...LOL