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The movie they most likely saw was Geronimo, a western film about the Apache Indian chief of the same name. RELATED: The best airports to find "the one":
Geronimo is a United States Army airborne exclamation occasionally used by jumping paratroopers or, more generally, anyone about to jump from a great height, or as a general exclamation of exhilaration. The cry originated in the United States.
Geronimo's chief, Mangas Coloradas (Spanish for "red sleeves"), sent him to Cochise's band for help in his revenge against the Mexicans. [24] It was during this incident that the name Geronimo came about. This appellation stemmed from a battle in which, ignoring a deadly hail of bullets, he repeatedly attacked Mexican soldiers with a knife.
According to Chicano artist and writer José Antonio Burciaga: . Caló originally defined the Spanish gypsy dialect. But Chicano Caló is the combination of a few basic influences: Hispanicized English; Anglicized Spanish; and the use of archaic 15th-century Spanish words such as truje for traje (brought, past tense of verb 'to bring'), or haiga, for haya (from haber, to have).
Geronimo or Gerónimo is a masculine given name, the Italian and Spanish form of Jerome. Jerónimo is an alternative Spanish spelling of Gerónimo. It is also a surname.
Based on statements by Sumner and descriptions by Sladen, modern historians such as Robert M. Utley believe that Cochise's Spanish interpreter was Geronimo. [8] After the peace treaty, Cochise retired to the short-lived Chiricahua Reservation (1872–1876), with his friend Jeffords as agent. He died of natural causes (probably abdominal cancer ...
Jerónimo (European Portuguese and Spanish) or Jerônimo (Brazilian Portuguese) may refer to: Jerónimo (name), a given or surname, Jerome in English Jeronimo (singer) (born 1990), Dutch pop singer and actor; Jerônimo, a Brazilian indigenous politician; A variant spelling of Geronimo, Apache leader; Jeronimo (band), German band of the 1970s
While in other countries this word means "insolence", [13] in Puerto Rico it has an entirely different meaning and is used to describe that something is good, fun, funny, great or beautiful. [14] corillo Friend, or group of friends. [9] dura Normally means “hard”, but in Puerto Rican slang means that someone is really good at what they do. [3]