The Spanish expression dar a luz literally means to give to the light, and it’s the usual way to say to give birth. A woman in labor may be described as alumbrando, from the same luminous family of words, with the image of a baby moving from darkness into light. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Spanish “Dar a Luz” Means Giving Birth, Literally Bringing Someone to Light”
There’s a beautiful Spanish idiom that, Grant, you probably know, and it’s dar a luz, which literally means to give to the light, but it’s giving birth.
Oh, yeah.
How cool is that?
Bring something to light.
Right?
Bring a baby to light.
Yeah, yeah.
That’s cool.
Yeah, from the darkness to the light.
Dar a luz.
Dar a luz.
Beautiful.
Yeah, in fact, if a mother is giving birth, you might say she’s alumbrando.
So it’s the same idea.
She’s illuminated?
Yeah, she’s illuminating.
Illuminating, gotcha.
Kind of like being glowing when you’re pregnant.
They often say that pregnant women look like they’re glowing.
Right, right.
But I just love the idea of the baby going from the dark to the light.
And that’s a very common expression.
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