mexicanismos Flashcards by Valerie Harden | Brainscape

Q

empedernido

A

inveterate, hardenedarr

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el chicote

A

small whip; switch

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Q

peinca de plátanos

A

bunch of bananas

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work well together (2 oxen pulling together well)

A

hacer mancuerna

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empedernido

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inveterate, hardened

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empedernido

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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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straight up

A

al chile

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dumbbell (for weightlifting)

A

la mancuerna

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arrullar

A

rock (a baby)

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escamoles

A

ant eggs

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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

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dumbbell (for weightlifting)

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tocayo/a

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someone with the same name

Q

brown sugar

A

piloncillo

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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

Q

small whip; switch

A

el chicote

Q

rock (a baby)

A

arrullar

Q

inveterate, hardened

A

empedernido

Q

stilts

A

los zancos

Q

inveterate, hardened

A

empedernido

Q

hacer mancuerna

A

work well together (2 oxen pulling together well)

Q

al chile

A

straight up

Q

los zancos

A

stilts

Q

shopping sin proposito; thrifting

A

chachareando

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antecedentes

A

background (history)

Q

servant, lackey (not lacayo)

A

achichincle

Q

inveterate, hardened

A

empedernido

Q

to cross one’s fingers

A

hacer changuitos

Q

technical problems

A

fallas técnicas

Q

inveterate, hardened

A

empedernido