sereno

He cites two reasons: one, because the sereno is so plentiful in the Indies; and second, because the bodies "of those of us that live [here] are very abundant in humidity, which notably increases and doubles with the sereno."

Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008

... sereno is nothing more than that subtle and delicate vapor, that, having risen during the day with the warmth of the sun, becomes condensed with the cold of the night.

Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008

27Cárdenas's other explanation for why sereno is so dangerous in the New World is that people of European descent who live there seem to acquire a great deal of humidity or phlegm in their bodies.

Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008

Hoje o helicóptero voltou de madrugada, dezenas de famílias ficaram com suas coisas durante a noite, beirando o córrego amontoram as coisas e ficaram no sereno, uma mulher me perguntou se depois a mídia ou os polícia ia levar eles pra algum lugar, eu engoli seco e não consegui responder, ela entendeu, pois o silêncio também é uma resposta.

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"Of my health," he writes, "I have been at times very badly indisposed, and it is because of the work I do at the convent of the friars, who get up at one or two o'clock in the morning, and the evening mist [sereno] in this land is so bad, it has damaged me horribly, and in truth has reduced the days of my life ..."

Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008

Juan de Cárdenas devotes a chapter of Primera parte de los problemas y secretos de la Indias to the question of: "Why is the night mist [sereno] in the Indies so much more harmful than in other places?"

Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008

The properties and natural qualities of this vapor, or sereno, are coldness and humidity which have great subtlety and penetration ....

Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008

Ahora, sí, señor sereno, le agradezco su favor: prenda usted su linternita, que ya ha pasado mi amor.

Las Mañanitas 2007

Si el sereno de la esquina me quisiera hacer favor de apagar su linternita mientras que pasa mi amor.

Las Mañanitas 2007

S. pasadena purports to have el sereno's interest in mind, but they are patronistic and have their own agenda. the community of el sereno shouldn't continue to be at the mercy of s pasadena. hey, councilmember mt, stay out of el sereno, let us decide and stop harrassing our community.

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