¡Hoy es jueves jovial! (Today is jovial Thursday!)
La fecha es el trece (13) de enero del año dos mil veintidós. (The date is January 13, 2022.)
Juguemos cuarenta. (Let’s play cuarenta.)
Grab a deck of 52 cards for the national card game of Ecuador. Cuarenta means “forty.” Once you remove the 10s, 9s, and 8s from the deck, you will be left with forty cards. The name of the game refers to the number of cards that you play with and the number of points needed to win.
Para jugar cuarenta necesitamos: (To play cuarenta, we need:)
| una baraja de cartas / un mazo de cartas | (a deck of cards) |
| por lo menos dos jugadores | (at least two players) |
Time to shuffle! Here are the rules to play cuarenta.
¡Que tengas un jueves jubiloso! (May you have a joyous Thursday!)
L. A. Feliz