Guide to Costa Rican Spanish

agradecido (por) — thankful (for)
el arándano rojo — cranberry
El camote – yam
la cazuela — casserole
la cena — dinner
comer — to eat
la calabaza — squash (the same Spanish terms also are used for other related plants)
el Día de Acción de Gracias — Thanksgiving
la familia — family
el fútbol americano — American football (not soccer)
gluglú gluglú — gobble [...]

Radiestécisa or marcar pozos – water witching (locating underground water)
Rancho – a gazebo type structure used for BBQ’s and other outdoor recreation activities
Reflector – flood light
Repello – concrete plaster
Repellar – to plaster
Rodapie – a footboard or baseboard
Sala – living room
Sellador – primer
Sistema de riego or aspersión – sprinklers
Sótano – basement
Tabla – a board
Tanque captación [...]

Madera – wood
Mampostería – cement work
Manija – door handle
Marco – door or window frame
Medio baño – half-bath
Muebles de cocina – kitchen cabinets
Muro de contención or retención – retaining wall
Obra gris – grey work = the cement work for a structure
Pared – interior or exterior wall
Pasta – putty or plaster for interior or exterior finishing of [...]

Ebanista – a person who builds doors or cabinets
Empotrable – built in
Enchape – a stone facade
Esacaleras – stairs
Escalera de caracol – spiral staircase
Espejo – mirror
Fachada – façade
Fontanería – pluming
Formaleta – a wooden frame used for filling spaces with concrete
Fragua – grout
Fraguar – to grout
Fregadero – kitchen sink
Frente – front of a house or property
Fuente – [...]

Caja de breaker – breaker box
Canoa – rain gutter
Cava – wine cellar
Celosia – louvered window
Cemento – cement
Cerámica – ceramic floor tile
Cerchas – trusses used to frame structures
Cerradura – a lock Llavín in Costa Rica
Césped – lawn
Cielo artesonado – coffered ceiling
Cieloraso – the interior ceiling of a house
Chimenea – chimney
Chorrear concreto – to pour concrete
Cimientos [...]