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[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Now everything make sense. In spanish, "Peter" is "Pedro", that sounds like "Piedra", that means "Rock"

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

See also 'petrify' (make into rock) and 'petroleum' (rock fat)

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The female for "Pedro" is "Petra", what make it more obvious, and also "Petronila" is a woman name, that comes from "Petroleum"

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I’d be fucking mad if my parents named me after petroleum

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

"The name's Diesel now"

[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Late XX century in Mexico, were pretty common name your child based in their born date. So, there are so much woman called "Petronila" because were born in March 18th

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I take it back, that’s a cool tradition

[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 2 months ago

omg, in french Peter is translated to Pierre which also means "rock"! i always assumed that was a coincidence