embolia

If you disobey this rule, you will suffer an embolia and join us in the pantheon prematurely.

Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire 2003

But one of my childhood friends drowned from an embolia.

Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire 2003

It could cause you to catch pneumonia and die of an embolia, or worse, maybe even land in hell for eternity.

Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire 2003

If I were still a genuine Cuban, I might say that I fainted, or suffered a heart attack, or was felled by an embolia.

Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire 2003

Especially if you get an embolia on top of the calambre.

Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire 2003

You’d better pray that you don’t get hit by a bus or die from an embolia at the beach before your next confession.

Learning to Die in Miami Carlos Eire 2010

“You know that if you go into the water before your food is fully digested, you’ll suffer an embolia and drown.”

Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire 2003

She set me straight: You don’t get emboliado, you suffer an embolia.

Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire 2003

If they don’t get an embolia, then they may get a calambre.

Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire 2003