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Archive for March, 2009

Bien parecido – a handsome man
Bizcocho – a hot good looking person
Bonita – cute pretty (woman)
Buenona – really cute or good looking (woman)
Buenota – same as the last one
Castigador – a lady killer
Castigadora – a woman with a great body
Estar como nunca – to be better looking than [...]

Algo huele mal – something smells fishy. Hay un gato encerrado or me da mal espina – are similar expressions
Andar de pesca – to go be fishing
Ballena – a fat person
Camarón – literally means a shrimp but is used for an odd job in Costa Rica
Camarón que se duerme se lo lleva la coriente – [...]

Acosar – to hassle or harass
Atormentar a alguien – to torture someone mentally or make their life miserable
Buscarle las pulgas a alguien – to provoke or irritate someone
Dar guerra a alguien – to make someone’s life difficult
Dar lata – to give someone a hard time
Dar picones –   to antagonize or [...]

A su debido tiempo – in due time
A tiempo – on time
A tiempo (de hacer algo) – in time (to do something)
Al mismo tiempo – at the same time
Al poco tiempo – soon afterward
Al tiempo – room temperature
Cada cierto tiempo  – every so often
Con el tiempo  – in time
Con [...]

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