- 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
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)
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
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
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
