- Apagafuegos – fireman. Bombero is the correct word.
- Arrear – to hit or punish
- Cada quien jala para su saco – people look out for their interests
- Choco bola or pepino – other names for a soccer ball.
- Echar al pico – is to tell or squeal on someone. Delatar or echar al agua are also used.
- Empezar con la zurda – to start off on the wrong foot
- Estar en baño María – to be sweating or worried about something.
- Gato negro – a black cat or something that brings bad luck
- Maricucha – is marijuana. Mecha, yierba, mota and monte are also slang for marijuana.
- Ponerle la firma – you can count on something to happen
- pulseándola – means to work hard
- Puris – short for the mountain town of Puriscal
- No jalar mucho el rabo a la ternera – Don’t bother someone or you’ll pay the consequences.
- Riendazo – any type of a big blow or collision
- Trompazo – is a head-on collision. Choque frontal is also used.
