Modismos Ticos Flashcards
1
Q
Tiquicia
A
Costa Rica
2
Q
Tico/Tica
A
Costa Rican
3
Q
Diay, Idiay
A
What? Um.
4
Q
Tuanis
A
Cool (toonice)
5
Q
Que Chiva!
A
How Cool
6
Q
Suave
A
slow down
7
Q
Socale
A
hurry up
8
Q
Al Chile (Mae, Al Chile)
A
Seriously (Dude, it’s true)
9
Q
Brete
A
job
10
Q
Que Barco!
A
over the tip, ridiculous
11
Q
Chunche
A
thing
12
Q
Embarcar
A
get in trouble, get into a mess
13
Q
Jupa
A
head
14
Q
Melar, qué mela!
A
eat, what a meal
15
Q
NJ
A
Nos “juimos” (fuimos), let’s go
16
Q
Ando tras del palo
A
i’m lost, confused
17
Q
Hablar paja
A
talking crap, bullshitting, talking about nothing
18
Q
despiche
A
mess (from picha)
19
Q
pichazo
A
a lot
20
Q
Un Rojo
A
1000 colones bill
21
Q
Una Teja
A
100 Colone Bill or Cool Guy
22
Q
Mejenga
A
play soccer
23
Q
Estuche
A
stadium
24
Q
Guaro
A
liquor
25
estar de goma
be hung over
26
wachiman
pkg log attendant
27
Ride/Rayte (pedir ride)
ride, hitchhike or ask for a ride
28
Bañazo, Qué Bañazo
ridiculous, how ridiculous
29
Choza/Chante
house
30
Ruco
horse
31
Un toque, Suave un toque
one second, hold on a sec
32
buena nota
good people, good thing
33
Aguevado/a
sad or this sucks
34
a lo macho (guat)
seriously? (guat)
