In Mexico, echar un coyotito — literally, “throw a little coyote” — means “to take a short nap.” In Venezuela, it’s more common to talk about a quick snooze using echar un zorrito, the word zorrito being a diminutive for zorro, or “fox.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Echar un Coyotito”
A few weeks ago, we talked about a Mexican slang term for taking a nap, voy a echarme un coyotito, which means I’m going to take a nap, but literally, it’s like you’re taking a little coyote because of the way that coyotes curl up and nap in the middle of the day.
I was talking with a Venezuelan friend about this, and she said where she grew up, what they said was, voy a echar un zorrito, which means I’m going to have a little fox. Zorrito, you know, like Zorro.
Right.
We all know Zorro, but many people might not know that that means fox.
Right.
Yeah.
And it was also explained to me that un sorrito is when you lie down with your eyes closed, but you’re not sleeping. You’re just sort of resting your mind and body.
So I don’t know if a coyotito is deeper than a sorrito. Maybe people can let us know about that.
I started a sorrito the other day, and it went into a full nap.
That does tend to happen, Martha, doesn’t it?
To all of us.
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