mexicanismos Flashcards by Valerie Harden

Q

empedernido

A

inveterate, hardenedarr

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Q

el chicote

A

small whip; switch

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Q

peinca de plátanos

A

bunch of bananas

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Q

work well together (2 oxen pulling together well)

A

hacer mancuerna

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Q

empedernido

A

inveterate, hardened

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Q

empedernido

A

inveterate, hardenedarr

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Q

piloncillo

A

brown sugar

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Q

hacer changuitos

A

to cross one’s fingers

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Q

straight up

A

al chile

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dumbbell (for weightlifting)

A

la mancuerna

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Q

arrullar

A

rock (a baby)

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Q

escamoles

A

ant eggs

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Q

someone with the same name

A

tocayo/a

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Q

achichincle

A

servant, lackey (not lacayo)

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la mancuerna

A

dumbbell (for weightlifting)

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Q

tocayo/a

A

someone with the same name

Q

brown sugar

A

piloncillo

Q

empedernido

A

inveterate, hardenedarr

Q

ant eggs

A

escamoles

Q

inveterate, hardened

A

empedernido

Q

chachareando

A

shopping sin proposito; thrifting

Q

bunch of bananas

A

la peinca de plátanos

Q

empedernido

A

inveterate, hardened

Q

background (history)

A

antecedentes

small whip; switch

el chicote

rock (a baby)

arrullar

inveterate, hardened

empedernido

stilts

los zancos

inveterate, hardened

empedernido

hacer mancuerna

work well together (2 oxen pulling together well)

al chile

straight up

los zancos

stilts

shopping sin proposito; thrifting

chachareando

antecedentes

background (history)

servant, lackey (not lacayo)

achichincle

inveterate, hardened

empedernido

to cross one's fingers

hacer changuitos

technical problems

fallas técnicas

inveterate, hardened

empedernido