Burlar la muerte – to cheat death
Casi se palmó – to almost die
Colgar los tenis – to die
Desafiar la muerte – to defy death
Es de morirse – Its to die or kill for (good food or anything else that is worth having, ect.)
Escuchar las arpas celestiales –
Category Archives: Vocabulary
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Nouns to Verbs
In Costa Rica we change many nouns to verbs. Some are quite amusing.
Bajear – to play the bass guitar or bajo.
Birrear – to drink beer. Birra is local slang for cerveza.
Cafetear – to drink coffee
Cangrejear – to hunt for crabs or cangrejos.
Cantinear –
More of Costa Rica 101
Bochinche or zafarrancho – a fight or quarrel
Cabeza de chorlito – scatterbrain
Cana – jail
Chaine – somone’s appearance
Escúter – a motor scooter
Estar hasta la sopa – to be fed up with something
Jupa de agua – a flash
American football vocabulary in Spanish
Every year at the start of the NFL season I publish an updated version of a list of American football terms in Spanish. This is for those of you who have to watch the NFL on Fox or other stations which only broadcast in Spanish. Learning the vocabulary below will help you understand what the heck announcers are talking about.
I watch many of the