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Fachento (adjective) – A person who is badly dressed or looks ridiculous.
Feria – what vendors give for “free” to their clients. De feria means “on top of that.” De feria, él me insultó. On top of that, he insulted me.
fiado: to purchase on credit. Démelo fiado y mañana se lo pago. Give it to me on credit and
Category Archives: Vocabulary
Columbus Day Vocabulary
Columbus Day has a number of different names in the Spanish-speaking world. In Spain and Ecuador it is currently known as El Día de la Hispanidad (Day of Spanishness), in Mexico as the Día de la Raza (Day of the Race), in Chile as El Día del Descubrimiento de Dos Mundos (The Day of the Discovery of Two Worlds), and in Uruguay as El Día de las
More tico talk
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¡déle!- Hurry up! Apúrese or Dese prisa are also used.
dar en el clavo – to hit the nail on the head
dar lata – to bother someone. Molestar and joder (vulgar) are also used. Lata usually means a tin can or a nuisance.
despichar/despicharse – To ruin, to screw up something
despiche – disaster,
Language and Culture
choricero: a person who engages in an illegal business. The word really refers to a sausage maker or seller.
chorizo: is an illegal business. Embutido is also used. Both chorizo and embutido mean sausage. The latter comes form the verb embutir which means to insert/stuff or make sausage.
More Costa Rican Expressions
chancecito: a moment. Dame un chancecito y te doy una mano .(Give me a chance and I will help you.)
chao: good-bye from the Italian word “ciao.”
chapa: a dumb person or a coin
chapulín: a thief, a grasshopper or a type of tractor
chavalo: a boy
chema: shirt
