The Latin word pantex came to Spanish as panza . This is what the belly or belly is called, especially when it is prominent .
For example: "I'm going to have to start taking care of my diet since my belly doesn't stop growing," "To shrink my belly, the nutritionist suggested incorporating fruits and vegetables into my diet," "I'm not going to have dinner today because I'm "My belly hurts."
In the case of human beings , the idea of belly refers to the belly or abdomen . The belly, therefore, is the body cavity that houses the main organs of the digestive system and the genitourinary system and the external region corresponding to said sector.
Colloquially, the belly is associated with the place where the food that a person eats arrives . Digestion takes place in the belly and food is stored before being expelled from the body. That is why having a large belly is linked to excessive food intake, although this link is not always direct and depends on other factors. The belly is also the space where a pregnant woman 's baby grows.
The prevailing beauty ideal promotes a flat belly . Whoever exhibits a lot of belly, in this framework, usually has the intention of reducing it so as not to be left out of the aesthetic canon. A big belly , however, can also be related to being overweight and multiple health problems.
The first cavity of the stomach of a ruminant animal is also called belly. In this case, the belly is the rumen .
Belly, finally, is the protruding part of a vessel or similar element. This is the convex sector.
In addition to those already mentioned, other words that can act as synonyms for belly are gut, stomach or abdomen. Not to mention that, taking into account the different meanings it can have, terms such as bulge, prominence, curvature, curve or convexity are also synonymous.
In the same way, we cannot ignore that Panza is the surname of one of the most important characters in universal literature. We are referring to Sancho Panza, the eternal squire of Don Quixote, the protagonist of the novel "The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha" (1605), written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
The aforementioned Sancho is a farmer neighboring Alonso Quijano who decides to become his squire when he is knighted in a peculiar ceremony. Likewise, the work highlights that he is a simple and peaceful man who is very wise at a popular level. And he makes a good example of that throughout the book through the number of proverbs he mentions.
It must also be established that donkey belly is an expression used to refer to a meteorological phenomenon that occurs in the Canary Islands and in some areas of South America.
Basically what it causes is a cool thermal sensation as a result of the accumulation of clouds at low altitude.
Furthermore, we must not forget that in Spain there is a restaurant chain that offers food from Mexico and that responds to the name "La panza es lo primera."