- Asomársele la pelona – to die
- Bolados – advice
- Chinchorro – an old house
- Chota – making fun of something or someone
- Fulminar – to kill
- Güeiso – something that is bad
- La ve peluda – to be doing well
- Llena
Category Archives: Vocabulary
A car crash
- Cletear – to ride a bicycle. Montar en bicicleta is more correct.
- Comerse un gallo – to have sex (slang)
- La Escupe fuego – slang for gun
- Forrado/a – to have a lot of money. We also say tener todo el huevo.
- Leñazo, Bombazo, guamazo –
A Jalopy
- A puro huevo – with a lot of effort
- Colado – a part crasher or someone who has not been invited
- Culo de gasolina – a woman who will not go out with a guy unless he owns a car (vulgar).
- Enjachar – to make a face at someone. Hacerle una cara means the same.
- Estar
Costa Rican Jail Lingo
Every country has its own slang and Costa Rica is no exception. Tiquismos and Pachuquismos are two types of local slang which are spoken by many, especially the country’s young people. In fact, in Costa Rica prison inmates actually have their own separate jargon that is used for almost any daily situation they may encounter.
Here are some of
To have fangs
- Apretados – frozen juice or jello which is sold in a plastic sleeve which you have to squeeze or suck to extract the liquid. This term comes from the Spanish verb apretar which means to squeeze.
- Chanearse – to dress well
- Chaine – slang for threads or clothes
- Estar tamarindeado
