Catchword: fresa

Filed Under: Spanish, Mexico

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: Fresas (literally translated: strawberries, children of Guadalajara’s old-money elite) smoke Marlboro Lights and sip drinks.…For the fresa crowd, the actual coffee being served is moot. For them, being seen is everything—along with announcing their privilege. According to an American friend teaching in a private high school full of fresas, some students respond to an unfavorable assessment with an indignant, “Do you know who my father is?”

Article or Document Title:
“Moving in the fresa circles” (URL)

Author:
David Agren

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
CBC News

Publishing Location:
Can.

Date of Publication:
June 27, 2005

This catchword has yet to be researched.