In case you missed this in yesterday’s AM Costa Rica, here is something for all of you enamorados (people in love). Enjoy!
Valentine’s Day or Saint Valentine’s Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 by many people throughout the world. In Spanish-speaking countries the holiday is called Día de los Enamorados . It is the
Guilt – Culpa
Guilty – Culpable
Hearing – Audiencia
Higher court – Corte superior
House arrest – Arresto domiciliario or casa por cárcel
I.D. Card – Cédula
Illegal- Ilegal/prohibido
Illegal enrichment – Enriquecimiento ilícito
Impediment to leave country
Guachos – sunglasses
Cachos – shoes
Caite – shoe
Calzón – a woman’s underwear. Ropa interior is a more correct term.
Chema – camisa
Chingoleta – woman who wears little clothes
Chonete – hat
Chuicas – clothes (old or rags in a figurative sense)
Cruz – shirt
Cuello de
Some of the abbreviations that appear in the newspaper are included below.
Equipado – Equipped ( fully equipped.)
Esquinero – On a Corner.
Espacio – Space.
Estrenar (estren) – To Use For The First Time
Este – East
Estudio – Studio
Extranjero (extranj) – Foreigner.
Finca – Farm or Estate.
Easement: Servidumbre
Encumbrance: Gravamen
Equity: El activo neto
Escrow: Depósito
Escrow Account: Cuenta para Depósitos en Garantía.
Extension of credit: Concesión de crédito
Extension Time: Prórroga
Family Name: Apellido
Fair Market Value – El valor de mercado justo
Fault: Defecto
