Guide to Costa Rican Spanish

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For Your Eyes Only

If you ever have to buy a pair of glasses or see an eye doctor in a Spanish speaking country you wil certainly need the survival vocabulary listed below.

los ojos - eyes
Me duelen los ojos. - My eyes hurt.
Tengo que forzarme los ojos - I have to strain my eyes.
el oculista - eye doctor
el oftalmólago - ophthalmologist
la catarrata - cataract
los anteojos or las gafas - eyeglasses
los aros -  rims
los bifocales - bifocals
las patillas - arms of a pair of glasses
lentes para el sol - sunglasses
lentes graduados - prescription glasses
estuche - a case for glasses
limpiador - cleaner
hipermétrope - farsighted
miope, corto de vista - nearsighted
la vista - sight
gotas para los ojos - eye drops
examen de vista -eye exam
ciego - blind
bizco  - cross-eyed
astigmatismo - astigmatism
ojos saltones -popeyed
ojo desviado or extraviado - walleyed

Tiquismo (Costa Rican expression) of the week:   Hacer ojitos means to flirt.

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