Do we do a rapitenc?

If someone from the Delta, at aperitif time, proposes you "Make one rapitenc”, it is nothing other than a vermouth with a siphon and a lid. Maybe I'll invite you later to minjar bass. And if he explains that his father perch, nothing to do with putting clothes on hangers, refers to pushing a boat with a stick touching the bottom.

The delta del Ebro, like most territories, has a native language, that enriches the uniqueness and personality of the area. Some of his words are also used in Valencian lands and in nearby regions. But they are still curious and worth knowing.. Of course you can also take a risk and accept a barn as a gift. 

Here is a small dictionary of the most common words: 

• Pout: cod
• Alberge: peach
• Bajoca: tender bean
• Baldana: rice sausage
• Brushed: Killed
• Catxel: cockle
• Darken: Wash the dishes.
• Make one rapitenc: it means, at the time of appetizer, ask a vermouth, siphon and a varied cover.
• Beans: dried bean
• Granera: escoba
• Moixó: bird
• Llapor: plant that is in the rice elds and in the ditches.
• Relics: comer.
• Painting: rice eld.
• Wind from above: Mestral or Cierzo, strong and gusty wind.
• Aiguabarreig: Ebro water mixture, when it reaches the delta, with the salty water of the sea.
• Percher: push a boat with a stick.
• Xalar: enjoy