There are concepts that are used very frequently and are easy to understand, although their definition is not so simple. An example of this type of term is thing , which has its etymological origin in the Latin language.
The first definition mentioned in the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ) refers to that which has an entity , regardless of whether it is something artificial, natural, abstract or concrete.
Generally, however, the idea of a thing refers to something inanimate, lacking life . Objects, in this sense, are things: furniture, cars, electronic devices, houses, etc. On the contrary, people, animals, plants and other living beings are not.
Although by definition we should not include living beings in the set of things, it is possible to qualify someone in this way to express displeasure with their way of being or their physical appearance. This is used in everyday speech, in informal conversations or discussions, and is considered an insult: "What is this thing doing here?!" Tell him to leave immediately! "I can't believe you left me to go out with that thing."
A question or matter is also called a thing. For example: “I'm not going to be able to go play soccer tonight, I have to resolve some things at home,” “I have a lot of work to do, I'll call you later,” “There is one thing that worries me and that I would like to do. ” talk to you.”
In the field of law , a thing is an object of a legal relationship whose subject is one or more people. Obligations, rights and assets are things at a legal level.
A man can be the holder of the right of ownership of a thing, such as a motorcycle or an apartment (apartment). A distinction can be made between movable things, immovable things, tradable things, non-tradable things, fungible things and non-fungible things, among other types.
Let's look at some expressions that include this word:
* brave thing : used to ironically describe something that does not make sense, that is not reasonable;
* thing of entity : something valuable , considerable, of substance;
* thing to see, or hear : something worth seeing or hearing, that easily attracts attention;
*thing from the other Thursday : it is used in a negative sense to describe an unusual event. Similarly, it is used to talk about something that happened a long time ago;
* hard thing : something impossible to tolerate;
* thing in itself : in the field of philosophy, it means a hypothetical reality that is independent of what human knowledge can imagine;
* res judicata : something that is considered resolved and that cannot be discussed. In the field of law, it is said of an object that, after a final judicial resolution, cannot be treated again through a new process.
“The Thing” , on the other hand, is the title by which “The Thing” was known in Spain , a film directed by John Carpenter that was released in 1982 .
In the Latin American version of the series The Addams Family , known in that region as Los locos Addams , the character Cousin Itt is called Tío Cosa (in Spain, for his part, he was called Primo Eso ). This memorable television series, which also had a film version, was created by the American cartoonist Charles Samuel Addams ; However, the character Uncle Thing was the idea of the show's producer, David Levy .
The Thing o The Mole, por último, es el nombre que el personaje The Thing de Marvel Comics lleva en nuestro language.