The etymology of the term trunk is not clear. According to the dictionary of the DigoPaul, the etymological root could be found in the French word bahut. A trunk is a large drawer or box that has a lid and is used to store clothes and other objects.
For example: “I have to take the winter clothes out of the trunk because the weather is cooling”, “I still have many toys from my childhood in a trunk that I treasure with love”, “I will keep this blanket in the trunk since I don’t think it will be let’s use it in the short term ”.
Also known as a chest, chest or chest, the trunk is a piece of furniture that can be located in different environments of a house. Their caps are usually convex and can sometimes be secured with a key.
Today many people continue to appreciate the aesthetics of old trunks, with their characteristic shape, but there are also more simplistic designs, which opt for a better use of space in the context of a home. The normal thing is that they abandon the convex cover in pursuit of a totally flat one, with an internal mechanism that keeps it open for greater comfort, avoiding the need to turn it until it locks on the back.
Thanks to this and other characteristics of modern trunks, it is not necessary to have so much space available in the house to locate them. Far from being used to store gold coins or war spoils, these furniture are very practical to make better use of the available space and free up the shelves of those items that we will not use for a few months, as well as to protect those that we simply want to keep for its emotional value.
In several Latin American countries, on the other hand, the car compartment that allows you to store luggage and other objects is called a trunk. This compartment is also called a trunk or trunk depending on the geographical region: “I don’t know how we are going to store so many bags in the trunk of my car”, “If you want we can carry the bottles in the trunk”, “I have a trunk full of boxes with company documentation ”.
The trunk is usually located at the rear of the vehicle. In older cars a person must use a key to open the trunk: more modern cars, on the other hand, have an automatic gate that opens and closes remotely.
As a proper name, we find it in many examples, such as the town of Spain located in the municipality of Baza, in the province of Granada. This Andalusian town is located to the west of the region, of which the municipalities of Benamaurel, Caniles, Cortes de Baza, Cuevas del Campo, Cúllar, Freila and Zújar are also part. Nearby we can also visit the nuclei of Gor and Los Balcones.
In Guatemala there is a site Mayan archaeological called El Baul, with a priceless pre – Columbian legacy. It is one of the three sites that make up the Cotzumalhuapa archaeological zone, along with El Castillo and Bilbao, of great importance for the country. Its northern acropolis is located 550 meters above sea level, 4 km beyond Santa Lucía Cotzumalhuapa. The southern one, on the other hand, was demolished in 1997.
The Venezuelan town of El Baúl, on the other hand, is in Cojedes and its foundation took place in 1744 by Fray Pedro José Villanueva, who baptized it with the name of San Miguel Arcángel de la Boca del Río Tinaco. Some scholars believe that its nickname arose from the characteristics of its geography, which place it between rivers and hills.
