- Apargar velas – to have a birthday
- Avionazo – an accident in an airplane
- Boquear – to eat Costa Rican hors d’oeuvres (appetizers)
- Cuidapalos – slang for goal keeper in soccer. The correct terms are guardametas or portero.
- Empanzado
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- Chuparse los dedos – to lick one’s fingers
- Contar con los dedos de la mano – count on one’s fingers
- Estar a dos dedos – to be on the verge of doing something
- Dar un dedo de la mano por – to give one’s right arm for
- Darle un dedo y se toma hasta el codo – give someone an inch and they take
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- Apear las placas del carro – to confiscate a car’s license plates for a traffic violation
- Aserricense – a person who lives in the mountain town of Aserrí south of San José
- Cacharpilla or carcacha – a jalopy or old car
- Cachetonas or gorditas – large
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