Last week I talked about the type of Spanish that is spoken in shops, offices, everyday conversations, movies, on street corners and among family and friends.This slang is ofteen referred to as “Street” or Colloquial Spanish.

If your goal is to speak the language fluently and understand native speakers, you should study the expressions I have listed below.

• Hablar por los codos – to be very talkative.
• Vender gato por liebre – to cheat or deceive.
• Meter la cuchara – to meddle or to butt in to a conversation etc.
• Como para chuparse los dedos – delicious or finger licking good.
• Hacérsele agua la boca – to make your mouth water.
• Andar de fiesta or andar de parranda – to go out partying or paint the town red.
• Media naranja – spouse, better half.
• Andar para arriba y para abajo – go all over the place
• Estar limpio – to be broke

Tiquismo of the week:
Cascarudo is a shameles person in Costa Rica.