Why is the Hail Mary different in Spanish?

[dochawk]

(There is a Spanish noun ave, meaning “bird,” but that’s a different word altogether.)

Exactly: “Hail Mary, full of grapes”–not birds!

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[Dan_Defender]

In the original Greek it is a greeting that can be translated as ‘rejoice’ or ‘be glad’.

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