Unusual Physical Traits

Dienton - big teeth
Dienton - big teeth

Barrigón – pot belly
Bizco
– cross eyed
Blancucho
– very white skin
Bola de manteca
– a fat person
Cabezón
– big head
Cachetón
– big cheeks
Caderón
– big hips
Calvo
– bald
Cara de cuchillo
– hatchet face
Cara de velorio
– a sad face
Carón
– big face
Ceguetas
– bad eyes
Cojo
– lame
Corveta
– bow legs
Chaparrito
– a short person
Chato
– pug nose
Chimuelo
– a person or child missing teeth
Chumeco
– dark skin in Costa Rica
Cuatro ojos
– fore eyes
Doble papada
– double chin
Enano
– a short person or child in Costa Rica
Flacucho
– a thin person
Fósforo
– a skinny person (a match stick)
Frentón
– a big forehead
Gordiflón
– a fat person
Greñudo
– sloppy unruly hair
Hocicón
– a big mouth or face (offensive)
Jorobado
– hunchback
Lampiño
– a person with little body hair
Larguirucho
– a lanky person
Llantudo
– a spare tire around the waist
Manco
– missing a limb
Manudo
– big hands or a fan of La Liga, the city of Alajuela’s soccer team
Mechudo – a lot of uncombed hair
Melenudo
– long hair
Nalgón
– a big butt
Nariz gacha  or de águila
– hooked nose
Nariz respingona
– turned up nose
Narizón
– a big nose
Ojos saltones
– pop eyes
Orejón
– big ears
Palidejo
– a pale person
Panzón
– a big belly
Patituerto
– knock knee
Patón
– big feet
Pelilargo
– a person with long hair
Pelón
– bald
Piernudo
– big legs
Pinta
– appearance
Rechoncho
– chubby
Renco
– lame
Sindi
– withour teeth (short form of sin dientes)
Tartamudo
– a stutter
Tetona
– large breasts
Timbuco
– a big stomach in Costa Rica
Trompudo
– big mouth or big lips
Tuerto
– one-eyed
Velludo
– a lot of body hair on arms, legs and back
Zancudo
– lanky

Tiquismos of the week:

  • En la tierra de los ciegos el tuerto es rey – the one-eyed man is a king in the land of the blind
  • Se broncea en la morgue – to get your suntan in the morgue (used for a person with very white skin)
  • La pinta es lo de menos – appearances don’t count
  • Por la pinta se conoce – you can recognize him (her) by his (her) appearance
  • Más planchado que sapo en carretera – to have no wrinkles
  • Cabeza de pollo – dumb
  • Tener pinta de… – To look like…
  • La estampa – to look exactly like another person
  • El hijo de tigre sale pintado – like father like son (to resemble physically or have other traits)
  • Más calvo que una bola de billar – as bald as a billiard ball