A lazy person

  • 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 – to be very full after eating
  • El finde – weekend and short version of el fin de semana
  • El papá de los tomates – a person who is a big shot
  • Jamonear – to bully someone
  • Jamonero – a bully
  • Dejarla ir – to let something get away like a game you are winning.
  • Llevarse puta a alguien – to have something bad happen to someone (vulgar)
  • Pargazo – a lazy person
  • Parguear – the act of being lazy
  • Pellejearla – to work very hard
  • Persona todoterreno – a person who is versatile or who is good at many things
  • Policleto – a policeman on a bicycle
  • Sacarle el menudo a alguien – to surprise someone
  • Sacarse la rifa – to have something good or bad happen
  • Soyla – a person who has to do all of the work

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