- Agarrarse con alguien: To fight someone
- ¿Cómo está el arroz?: What’s cooking or going on?
- Decir sin anestesia: To talk without censoring anything
- Enroscarse: To go to bed. Acostarse (ue) is more commonly used.
- Fuera de paja: To
Costa Rican Christmas and New Year’s Spanish
El Agüizote: Agúizotes (ah-gee-so-tays) are a tradition in Costa Rica and many Latin American countries. They can be defined as a superstitious beliefs. For example, Eating twelve grapes at midnight. Or If you want to travel next year, put your suitcases (maletas) by the door or walk around
To be slightly crazy
A pata pelada: To go barefoot. Descalzo is a more correct term.
Andar de tanda: To go on a drinking spree. Irse de juerga or montarse en la carreta (to paint the town red) can also be used.
Bizco/a: Cross or wall-eyed
Cuatro ojos: Fore eyes or a person who uses glasses. Ceguetas is a person who doesn’t see well like one
Election Vocabulary
- Admitir la derrota: Concede defeat
- Amañar una elección: To rig or fix an election.
- Candidato: Candidate
- Centro de votación: Polling place
- El colegio electoral: Electoral college
- El conteo: Counting of the votes
- El día de las elecciones:
Sleepy Words
- El/la Insomne: insomniac
- Insomnio: Imsomnia Tener insomnio is to have it.
- Noctambúlo/a: Night owl
- No pegar el ojo en toda la noche: To not sleep a wink.
- Pasar la noche en vela: To not sleep
- Sonámbulo: Sleepwalker…….Caminar dormido..
- Somnífero:
