Dichos Nicaraguense Flashcards
Al mejor mono se cae el zapote
Even the best monkey sometimes drops the sapodilla
Nobody’s perfect
Aproveche Macario, esto no es diario
“strike while the iron is hot”, Take advantage of the situation
Brizar
to drizzle
chaguite
(cha-wee-tay) the plantain plant
also means a lecture or speech
cara o sol
heads or tails
chapa
an earring
chunche
thingamagig
pasame ese chunche - pass me that thing
cuecho
‘gossip’
de un solo
at once
Me pagaron mi salrio del mes de un solo
they paid me my months salary all at once
de viaje
completely, totally
el se volvio loco de viaje - he went completely crazy
en un sola
in one
Estaban en una sola platicadera - they were really talking up a storm
Chepito y su novia estaban en una sola - Cheptio and his girlfriend were making out like nobody’s business
entre camagua y elote
doubtful or unsure
hacer un volado
to do a favor
haceme un volado,… -
no hay falla
don’t worry about it
llover sapos y culebras
to rain toads and serpents
lloviendo sapos y culebras - raining cats and dogs
meter la cuchara
too many cooks in the kitchen ruin the stew
to enter a conversation without being invited
¿oiste?
did you hear?
acordáte de comprar las tortillas, ¿oíste?
remeber to buy the tortillas, ok?
otro gallo cantará
That’s another story
peperepé, paparapá
yadda, yadda, yadda
quedito
calmed down
silently
Si no es Juana, es Chana
if it’s not one thing, it’s another
te fuiste tiste, y ni adiós dijiste
you left tiste, and you didn’t even say goodbye
¡Va pues!
go then, ok
