The next day I ran into a mutual friend who had also been at the party. He mentioned that he saw me talking to Chava. I had recently learned that chava means girl, so I told him that I hadnât talked to una chava at the party. So he laughed and set me straight: Chava is a nickname for Salvador, a manâs name. Frutos Prohibidos, Condesa neighborhood, Mexico City. Just as in English, where we can say Bob for Robert or Sue for Susan, many names in Spanish have accepted variants. Some nicknames are formed simply by chopping off the end (Mauricio â Mau, Fernando/a â Fer, Victor â Vic) or by adding a diminutive suffix (âMiguel â Miguelito).
Peristalsis is a series of muscle contractions that occur in your digestive tract. Peristalsis is also seen in some organs that connect the kidneys to the bladder. Peristalsis is an automatic and important process. It moves: 1  Food through the digestive system. 2  Urine from the kidneys into the bladder.
peristalsis. the wormlike movement by which the alimentary canal or other tubular organs with both longitudinal and circular muscle fibers propel their contents, consisting of a wave of contraction passing along the tube.