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TICO-TALK
OR
COSTARRIQUEÑISMOS
At
the school in Flamingo you will learn a standard, universal form
of Spanish that is used throughout the Latino world. But since each
Spanish speaking country has its own slang, you can also learn some
modismos (slang words) from Costa Rica. If you want to speak Spanish
like a Tico, you will need to learn at least a few of these expressions.
After you have mastered the basics in Spanish it's fun to be able
experiment with the richness of the Spanish spoken in Costa Rica!
| achará |
What
a pity! |
agarrado |
miser |
| agüevado |
bored |
andar
de tanda |
bar-crawling |
| batear
|
to make
wild guesses |
brete |
work |
| cada
muerte de obispo |
once in a blue moon |
carajada
|
thing
or situation |
| con
toda la pata |
in
good form |
¡Cierre el pico! |
Shut up! |
| choque
ese hueso |
shake my hand |
choza
|
house |
| chunche |
stuff |
diay |
hey |
| dolor
de jupa |
headache |
embarcarse |
to take
a risk |
| empuncharse
|
to work
hard |
estar
de chicha |
to be angry |
| estar
de goma |
to be hung over |
estar
hecho leña |
to be
in a bad state |
| estar
en la luna |
to daydream |
fregar |
to bother |
| grosero |
rude |
güila |
kid |
| hablar
paja |
to talk
nonsense |
hacerse
el chancho |
to not pay attention |
| irsele
la onda |
to forget |
jale |
let's
go |
| joder |
to bother |
lancear |
to seduce |
| llegar
a la hora del burro |
to arrive late |
mae |
dude |
| meter
la pata |
to put
one's foot in it |
meter
una yuca |
to tell a lie |
| minche |
fistfight |
no
darle la gana |
to not
want to |
| no
entender ni papa |
to not
understand anything |
no
es vara |
it's not a lie |
| ojalá |
if only/ god granted |
pasar la brocha |
to have
an ulterior motive |
| pinche |
stingy |
por
si las moscas |
just in case |
| pura
vida |
perfect |
¡Que
tirada! |
What
a mess! |
| sacarse
el clavo |
to get
it off one's chest |
suave |
wait |
| salado |
too bad |
ser
chineado |
to be
spoiled |
| ¡Soque! |
Hurry
up! |
tirito |
just a moment |
| ¡Tome
chichi! |
Take that! |
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