College & Young Adults at Cathedral of Faith with Pastor Ray Menchaca
"Adios"
I was thinking about that word earlier and about what it meant. I know it means 'goodbye' in Spanish, but why 'adios'? 'a' in Spanish is 'to' and 'dios' in Spanish is 'God'. So, why does 'goodbye' in Spanish translate to 'to God' in English?
So, as any inquisitive mind would do...I googled it. Ha! (I love google). I know Wikipedia is not a very trustworthy source, but this is what it said:
"Adiós is Spanish for "goodbye". Literally translated, the word is the contraction of "a" (to) and "Dios" (God), from the old Spanish phrase "A Dios vais" ("You're going to God", meaning to the Kingdom of Heaven), which appears in the novel Don Quixote. It is roughly equivalent to the English phrase "Godspeed" or "Go with God" ("Vaya con Dios")."
INTERESTING, EH?!
Like I said, Wikipedia is not very trustworthy, but this makes TOTAL sense to me! I think I'm gonna start saying, 'adios' instead of 'goodbye' from now on. It just means more to me now.
aDIOS!
So, as any inquisitive mind would do...I googled it. Ha! (I love google). I know Wikipedia is not a very trustworthy source, but this is what it said:
"Adiós is Spanish for "goodbye". Literally translated, the word is the contraction of "a" (to) and "Dios" (God), from the old Spanish phrase "A Dios vais" ("You're going to God", meaning to the Kingdom of Heaven), which appears in the novel Don Quixote. It is roughly equivalent to the English phrase "Godspeed" or "Go with God" ("Vaya con Dios")."
INTERESTING, EH?!
Like I said, Wikipedia is not very trustworthy, but this makes TOTAL sense to me! I think I'm gonna start saying, 'adios' instead of 'goodbye' from now on. It just means more to me now.
aDIOS!
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Comment by Pastor Rick Robinson on July 31, 2008 at 6:29pm -
Hey Alex,
Could it be a phrase that people said to those that were going to die? adios - "Your going to God"?
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Comment by Nichole Morse on July 16, 2008 at 3:43pm - I Love it! Adios!
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Comment by athena on July 15, 2008 at 11:14pm - dude..thats deep =) adios!
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Comment by CYA Cathedral of Faith on July 15, 2008 at 10:44am - Good one! I love it!
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