- A pata pelada – barefoot
- Avispardo/a – smart or alert
- Ayote – dumb or stupid
- Besucón – a person who likes to kiss
- Boleta – rolling paper for marijuana
- Carebarreada – a shameless act
- Chema – nickname for José María
- Chichoso/a -Angry
- Gallina – a coward
- Garroteada – a physical or monetary beating
- ¿Ladronde lo sacaste? Wordplay using the term ladrón which is a thief. This phrase translates as , “Where did you steal it from?
- Narcomenudeo – small time drug dealing
- Pulsearla – to work hard or do one’s best. Poniéndole bonito means the same thing in Costa Rican slang.
- Patatús – a dizzy spell or attack
- Soplón or sapo – a tattletale
- Tocadera – fondling
- Turba – a mob of people
