Example sentences for: urdemalas

How can you use “urdemalas” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Wardropper states, “Pedro de Urdemalas is a shadowy, even elusive, figure in the oral tradition of Spanish folktales.

  • Pedro de Urdemalas lives by his wit, has no shame, and at different times makes a pact with the devil, God, the Virgin Mary, and St. Peter.

  • Tales of Pedro de Urdemalas collected by Aurelio M. Espinosa in Spain and in New Mexico were published in the Journal of American Folklore in 1914.

  • But it is clear that Pedro de Urdemalas is a Hispano precursor to Don Cacahuate, el pelado, Tin Tan, Cantinflas, and an antecedent of Chicano joking behavior.

  • Because these tales were not—as far as we know—collected in the Renaissance and because, like ballads and songs, they must have been subject to endless variation and mutual interference, we cannot now know the Pedro de Urdemalas who endeared himself to the folk” (218).


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