Juanita

[wah-nee-tuh, hwah-nee-tah]

noun

1. a female given name.

Example Sentences

The six actors in the film, Valentan as El Ñero, El Barrio as El Barrio, Nancy as Juanita, Moreno as Don Zapata, Elmer Mayorga as Mi Barrio and Tricia Sarmiento as Paloma, were all cast from the jornalero or film community.

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On set, she’s talking to me about her work, which like her character, Juanita, is cleaning houses.

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In the film, Juanita enters the scene being rushed into a truck by her friend and fellow jornalera Paloma, who is picking her up from work.

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Juanita and Paloma have somewhere to get to, and on the way, Juanita is venting about her boss asking her to do more work than was agreed upon and how she demanded a raise.

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“Yo no me voy a dejar de nadien,” Juanita says, matter-of-factly.

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