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NormanKliman -> RE: Manuel Morao 'Moraíto' - origin of name? (Sep. 8 2012 7:07:10)
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Manuel Moreno Jiménez, the man who accompanied Terremoto padre, Paquera, María Vargas and La Perla on those recordings, inherited the artistic name of his father, who was a party (non-professional) singer. MMJ was called Moraíto for a period of his life during which his brother Juan was called "Moraíto chico". Later, the brothers were known as Manuel and Juan Morao. Juan's son, Manuel Moreno Junquera, was the Moraíto who accompanied Manuel Agujetas in that film.
"Moratón" is used more often than "morado" to refer to a dark patch on the skin, like a bruise. Morado as a color obviously comes from this context (or viceversa).
The expression "ponerse morado" means to have one's fill of something good, like a big meal or whatever.
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Maybe Morao was always so morao of taking whatever that they called him Morao.
I doubt it, but maybe alcohol and certainly not drugs, which is what you're implying.
Years ago, somebody on this forum heard that Tomatito was referred to as "the half-kilo guitarist" and assumed that it referred to drugs, which was really stupid because kilo used to mean a million pesetas (obviously, then, he was getting paid half a million to perform).
I've pointed out before that the Real Academia Española has a great online dictionary:
http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=morado
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