- Avioncito: A dragon fly. The correct word is libélula
- Chotear: To make fun of someone: Burlarse de is the correct Spanish verb.
- Chupaplatos: One’s index finger or dedo índice actually means index finger.
- Clete or bici:
Category Archives: Spanish phrases
To be pushing daisies
- Agarrarse con alguien: To fight someone
- ¿Cómo está el arroz?: What’s cooking or going on?
- Decir sin anestesia: To talk without censoring anything
- Enroscarse: To go to bed. Acostarse (ue) is more commonly used.
- Fuera
Costa Rican Christmas and New Year’s Spanish
El Agüizote: Agúizotes (ah-gee-so-tays) are a tradition in Costa Rica and many Latin American countries. They can be defined as a superstitious beliefs. For example, Eating twelve grapes at midnight. Or If you want to travel next year, put your suitcases (maletas) by the door or walk around
To be slightly crazy
A pata pelada: To go barefoot. Descalzo is a more correct term.
Andar de tanda: To go on a drinking spree. Irse de juerga or montarse en la carreta (to paint the town red) can also be used.
Bizco/a: Cross or wall-eyed
Cuatro ojos: Fore eyes or a person who uses glasses. Ceguetas is a person who doesn’t see well like one
To have bad luck
Añejo/a: A person who has not bathed. Here is a related expression: Más vale tierra en cuerpo que cuerpo en tierra. It is better to have dirt on your body than to be under the ground (dead).
Caco: A criminal. The expression El/la pinta is also used for criminal in Costa Rica slang
Cien metros or una teja: One block.
