Confetti – confeti
Countdown – la cuenta regresiva
Fireworks – fuegos artificiales. In Costa Rica we say juegos de pólvora
Hangover – la goma.
Happy New Year! – ¡feliz año nuevo!
January first – el primero de enero
Midnight – la
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Angelitos, niños or joyitas – slang for young criminals
Brumosos – people from Cartago
Chamba or brete – work
Chori – short for chorizo which we used for almost any type of illegal business. Chorizo literally means a type of pork sausage.
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Colacho – Santa
Colmilludo – smart, astute or sharp
Enguacar – to put in jail
Galleta – literally means cookie but is used to refer to an intelligent person
Guada – short for the town of Guadalupe
Jime – short form of Jimena which is a woman’s
Different cuts of meat in Spanish
Chicken (Pollo)
gallena – hen
gallo – rooster
alas – wings
mollejas – gizzards
muslo – thigh
pechuga – breast
pierna – leg
Organs
Corozon – heart
Mollejas – sweetbreads
Higado – liver
Tendon – tendon
Cachetes – cheeks
Lengua
Happy Turkey Day
Thanksgiving is not celebrated in Spanish-speaking countries except by some Americans, nevertheless here is some Spanish vocabulary related to the American holiday.
to baste – pringar
carving knife – el cuchillo de trinchar or trinchante
to carve the turkey – trinchar al pavo
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