Usuario:Hippietrail

Inglés

Pronunciación

• hĭp'itrāl", /ˈhɪpiˌtreɪl/, /"hIpi%treIl/

Etimología

hippie + trail

Nombre propio

Hippietrail

1. El sendero muy conocido usado por viajeros independientes u alternativos especialmente en lugares exóticos o del tercer mundo, a menudo ironicamente durante intentando escapar los senderos muy conocidos.

Traducciones

• español: sendero de los hipis

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Hippietrail llegó a Wikipedia después de una busqueda “Google” returned una entrada sobre su proyecto, Linguaphile.

Hippietrail ha sido contribuidor de Everything2 y su predecessor, Everything, desde 1999. Por eso, Wikipedia llega facil a el.

Hippietrail aprendió que Wiktionary es más divertido aun que Wikipedia después de un cierto tiempo.

Hippietrail no suele hablar en la tercera persona.

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Chingadería

Desde

A

Traducciones

abigarrada acalifa -- some type of plant aceptado -- past part. aceptar acheques -- (achaque(s)? is std. is this var. or error? malady, ailment) adormecer -- to make sleepy; to numb adormecerse -- to doze off; to go numb adueñar -- appropriate adueñarse -- to take possession of -adura -- ver of -dura aeromoza afán -- desire; determination se afanar -- try your hardest, hurry up afane -- form of afanar afiche -- in RAE agobiar Plantilla:pos v agotadora Plantilla:pos a -- tiring,  f aguamanil  m -- washbowl aguante  m — stamina, patience aguardar -- to wait (syn: esperar) agua regia aguijón  m -- bee's sting ajada Plantilla:pos a ajeno Plantilla:pos a — somebody else’s; other people’s ají crillo -- a type of hot chile ají pico de loro - a type of hot chile - seen in Panama ajinomoto -- Costa Rica - food word ajuste  m -- in RAE alborotado — in a state of excitement or confusion álbum (disambig: album) alcaldesa --- female mayor, mayoress; wife of mayor alcaldía -- in RAE aleta -- fin, flipper aletartgado -- NOT in babelfish. Comes from letargo, be sleepy, slow alhucema (agua de ~) aliñado allanar -- to smoothe, to make something plain and easy almádenas -- tups?? almendrado Plantilla:pos a -- NOT in babelfish, in RAE. almohadilla -- a name for (#); little almohada almojábano -- some kind of food in Panama. NOT in RAE alocadamente -- wildly alquitrán  m -- tar alumbrado  m -- lighting alusiva -- allusive amañado -- tricked. Votes can be amañandos, for example. Dicc. Oxford Pocket says "comfortable" is this error or dialectal? seems dialectal. amarillento Plantilla:pos a -- a bit yellow amenazante Plantilla:pos a -- threatening amol  m -- in RAE amole  m -- in RAE amontonadero  m -- not in babelfish or RAE. very dialectal! but which dialect? amortajada – shrouded amueblado Plantilla:pos a -- furnished anafórico -- from anáfora (Anaphore) anafrito anarcosindicalista -- in RAE. anarchist? cf: anarchista anduvo -– irregular past form of andar angosto Plantilla:pos a -- narrow anhelar -- yearn for antiinmigrante añico -- in plural, pieces, destruction añorar — miss (syn: extrañar) apacible -- calmed, quiet, comfortable, nice se apaciguar — calm down apaciguar — appease apelmazado apelontonado Plantilla:pos a -- apelotonado is correct. this is probably Hippietrail's transcription error but still needs to be checked in case it's a variant apelotonado -- crowded together aperos -- NOT in babelfish apodo  m -- nickname apogeo -- apogee

aporte  m – contribution apresto -- preparation apretadita -- food or snack in Costa Rica aprovechar aprovecharse -- take profit of something, take advantage, exploit apurar -- worry (syn: preocupar) aquél pronoun -- that one arañazo -- scratch arbitrariedad  f something arbitrary or unfair, arbitraryness archipiélago archivador -- filing cabinet? archivo -- file of papers or on a computer, not a tool arcón -- big kind of box to put clothes or swords arepa -- Costa Rica - pancake argolla  f -- rounded part of a chain arma de cacería -- kind of weapon arquear -- to be nauseated arrabal  m -- neighbourhood, specially peripheral and poor arracache arraigo -- root (cf: raíz). arraigo is metaphorical, while raíz can be physical or metaphorical arranque -- starting arrasa -- devastate arrebatar -- snatch arreglado -- food or snack in Costa Rica, perhaps same as empanada arreglada arrime  m -- in RAE, comes from arrimar arrodillarse -- kneel down arveja asaltante -- from asaltar asceta -- ascetic? aseo -- both the act of washing oneself and the place (cf arch. en. "to do one's toilet"), bathroom aserradero así y todo -- in RAE, even so (many senses) asma  f -- as with "agua", a feminine noun which takes the masculine article "el". is there a convenient name for this to use for a category? asnejón -- not in babelfish, VERY dialectal form asórbico -- NOT in RAE asomar(se) -- to lain asqueroso Plantilla:pos a -- in RAE, very disgusting asta -- horn astucia  f -- some kind of trick -ata atado -- in RAE. form of atar atadura -- the act of atar atan -- tie (syn: ligar) atanor  m -- NOT in babelfish, in RAE. atarjeas  f -- in RAE aterciopelado Plantilla:pos a -- in RAE, made of terciopelo, velvet ateridos -- plural, people who are cold, freezing atiborrar -- to feed too much, to make someone fed up with food atildado -- old word, very proud clothing -ato atolondrado -- confused atónito -- confused, admired atosigar atrabiliario atrayentes -- plural, attracting atropello -- upsetting atuendos -- in RAE audífono  m -- hearing aid auscultar -- auscultate autolote -- where cars are sold: car yard aventajar -- surpass aventón -- dialectal avestruz  m -- in RAE en ayunas -- without having eaten anything azafata -- stewardess, in medieval ages the maid of queen (handmaid?) azahar -– orange blossom -azgo

B

Traducciones

baho (Nicaragua) -- a stew made from beef and yucca balboa (needs Spanish) barajado Plantilla:pos a -- shuffled bajeza  f -- in RAE baladí -- trivial balazo en balde -- in RAE baleada -- NOT in RAE. sited at La Mesilla, Guatemala and throughout Honduras - snack made from beans, sour cream, and cheese, sometimes with chirmol / chismol in a Mexican-style flour tortilla. A version with egg is called a bolibaleada or boli baleada in the west, in the east egg is a standard ingredient. balneario  m -- place like a spa, where you can rest and have treatments balsero -- somebody who arrives on a balsa, a boat person bamba -- flip-flop, thong (aus) bambalina -- border, used only in theatres (cf: frontera) bandolero -- brigand baqueano barbería -- (Guatemala) barber shop. c.f. peluquería? The two terms seem to coexist in most countries where a barbería is for men and a peluquería is for everybody, except I've never seen a barbería in any part of Mexico. barbilla  f — chin barquilla -- cone barracón -- large cabin barrido Plantilla:pos a -- sweeping barrocanrolera -- NOT in RAE. invented blend of other words basquiña  f batata (syn: camote, see also: ñame) batido -- kind of milkshake in Nicaragua and Costa Rica (syns or see also: licuado, malteada) baúl  m — trunk; trunk / boot (or a car) bejuco -- vine benzoato -- benzoate bergsoniano -- NOT in RAE. eponym. adjective from Bergosn, the author berrinchudo -- collloquial adjective, comes from berrinche berro -- food word in Panama? berro chino bicoca -- bargain bienaventuranza  f -- what Jesus says on the mountain (the poor, the good...) biñuelo  m -- (Panama) a deep fried snack of yucca with some meat inside. (syns: carimañola, enyucada). NOT in RAE biocombustible bisturí  m -- scalpel blockera, blokera -- not in RAE, place selling cement blocks in guatemala

bocapierna  f -- NOT in RAE. americanism bofe -- food word in Panma boicotear -- to boycott bóiler -- boiler, used by Carlos Fuentes boletero bolibaleada or boli baleada -- NOT in RAE. Western Honduras, a baleada with egg. see also boli bolillito  m -- a small bolillo bread roll in Mexico bolillo  m -- bobbin; a type of bread roll in Mexico bolita -- meatball (syn: albóndiga?) boricua  f borla -- the end of a curtain rope borojó -- a fruit from the border region of Panama and Colombia. NOT in RAE borrachera -- drunkenness boruca  f -- in RAE bostezo  m -- yawn botiquín  m -- in RAE, where you can put medecines botonadura -- set of buttons braga -- woman's slip braguetas — fly / flies (UK) (of trousers etc) bramar -- to cry, to shout, especially animals bramido  m -- in RAE, the noun of bramar brecha Plantilla:pos n -- divide (specially "digital divide"), breach? azahar brete brial  m bribón  m -- bad guy, old fashioned brindar Plantilla:pos v -- to make chin chin with glasses to wish luck - to toast brioso -- in RAE. with power brotar -- appear; sprout; bud; gush brote  m -- the noun of brotar brozal  m bruces -- in RAE (caer de bruces o darse de bruces). a phrase meaning with the mouth in floor, door, etc budín -- a type of cake/pie/dessert in La Palma, El Salvador. in RAE. variant of pudin bucle  m -- in RAE buena estrella – lucky star? buhonero -- in RAE. A person who sells things on the streets. (syn: vendedor ambulante) bulto  m — shape; package a bulto — roughly buñuelo  m -- in RAE burgués  m -- from town burlón Plantilla:pos a -- mocking burlona -- mocking butifarra -- a kind of sausage butírica -- NOT in RAE. very dialectal

C

Traducciones

caballada  f caballeriza  f -- stable cabestrillo -- when you broke your arm you put it in cabestrillo with the shoulder - sling? cabestro -- cabestro cabrilleo -- NOT in babelfish cacareo  m -- the noise that hens make cacería  f -- in RAE cachete  m -- in RAE. smack cacizagos m plural -- not in babelfish cadejo cafetalera: coffee pot cafetín  m -- in RAE cafres m plural -- colloquialism cainita Plantilla:pos a -- in RAE calala -- NOT in RAE, fruit in Nicaragua (syn: maracuyá) calcomanía -- cartoons that kids stick on their hands, made of ink and water, usually found in sweets caliche cáliga  f -- in RAE calina  f -- haze callejonear -- NOT in RAE. dialectal form: going around streets cambur camellón -- ridge camote (syn: batata, see also: ñame) campal Plantilla:pos a -- pitched campechano -- frank; related to Campeche campeón -- champion; war hero campeonato -- championship campestre -- rustic canilla cáñamo -- in RAE cañonazo -- sound or shoot of a cañón (cannon) cañoneó -- past form of cañonear, shot cañones (not very used) capitalino -- pertaining to a capital, also said of people carambola  f -- (Costa Rica) star fruit, carambola (syn: fruta china). in RAE caraota carbonatado Plantilla:pos a -- carbonated carbunco carcomido -- decayed (syn: podrido?) carencia  f -- in RAE carey -- a material, typically used for the hard frames of glasses and so on, old carimañola  f -- (Panama) a deep fried snack of yucca with some meat inside. (syns: biñuelo, enyucada). NOT in RAE carnoso Plantilla:pos a carpa  f -- tent (cf tienda) carpintero  m -- carpinter; woodpecker carrete -- of photos carretela -- a type of coach carrizo  m -- (Panama) drinking straw carroña -- carrion? cas  m (needs Spanish) -- (Costa Rica) A type of tree and its fruit, Psidium freidrichsthalianum casa cural -- in RAE casado -- (Costa Rica) a meal served for lunch or dinner based on rice and beans (separate, not gallo pinto), with a meat or eggs and extras such as plaintain, picadilloPlantilla:, and salad (see also: pinto). Also seen in one restaurant in Nicaragua cascabeleo -- noise of cascabel cascamiento  m -- in RAE cascarrón  m -- eggshell casero -- also a noun used to refer to some type of food in Nicaragua caserón  m -- big house castaño  m -- many senses: a kind of tree, kind of brown colour... castrense catear -- colloquial form of "fail an exam" - flunk? catedrático -- university teacher with prestige catire catre  m -- bad bed, for example of soldiers caudillo (needs Spanish) cazón  m -- in RAE, type of fish cebada -- barley cebollana -- a vegetable seen in Panama. spring onion? ceibeño  m -- somebody from La Ceiba, Honduras centésimo (needs Spanish) -- coin equal to 1/100th of a balboa in Panama - possibly of other Latin American currencies. cent. (see also: centavo) centolla -- a kind of crustacean cerrazón  f -- overcast sky cérvix ceso -- NOT in RAE or BDE, seen on food shop sign in Tuxtla Gtz, Chiapas, Mexico -ceta -- diminutive suffix -cete -- diminutive suffix cevichería  f -- place selling ceviche chapaleta ciénaga  f -- dump? bog? marsh? swamp? cifa -- NOT in RAE. very dialectal form of ...? -cilla -- diminutive suffix -cillo -- diminutive suffix cimbrantes cimiento  m -- the basis of a building under floor, foundation? cineasta  m -- film director cinto  m ciñe -- form of ceñir círculo vicioso -- vicious circle circunciso – NOT in babelfish. circumcised cirio  m -- wax candle cirquero -- in RAE -cita -- diminutive suffix -cito -- diminutive suffix cítrico -- citric claveteadas -- NOT in RAE. nailed, nailed together clavetear -- in RAE verb. to nail, to nail together clavo  m -- in RAE. nail clientela  f -- clientele

clueca Plantilla:pos a -- broody. also noun, a kind of hen coartar Plantilla:pos vt -- in RAE cobertizo -- shed coctelería -- NOT in RAE, a shop/stall that sells (seafood) cocktails. plenty of Google hits cochinita -- a mexican food term. see also pibil cocktelería -- NOT in RAE, seen twice in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca. Plenty of Google hits. a shop/stall that sells (seafood) cocktails. cocomal or cocomalt -- a drink in Costa Rica cocotero  m -- coconut tree cofia  f -- in RAE. a white item worn on the head by maids cofre: box; hood, bonnet coleccionar -- collect coletilla -- in RAE colmada -- overwhelmed colmillo  m -- fang? tusk? colorante -- artifical colouring agent comadre -- in RAE comensal  m -- every person invited to a dinner or lunch, formal word. invitees? comentarista -- comes from comentar, a person who makes comments (in books or in press). commentator? comezón  f -- in RAE comino  m (needs Spanish) -- in RAE comiteco -- person from Comitán, Chiapas, Mexico cómodo -- comfortable compadecerse — feel sorry for complot  m -- in RAE comprobación  f concentrado  m Plantilla:pos a -- many sense, to be absorbed by a task; concentrated (as juice) etc concubinarios – NOT in babelfish. from concubina, concubine condimento -- condiment, spice confite -- lolly, sweet, candy confitería -- sweet shop confortable -- comfortable confusión -- confusion cono -- cone consabido -- usual consigna -- slogan contante -- cash contestar -- answer contienda  f -- fight contrabandista  m -- smuggler? contrasentido -- NOT in babelfish, means something antithetic contubernio -- conspiracy copaneco -- from Copán, Honduras copete  m -- in RAE copinol corpachón -- not in babelfish. big body correaje  m correazo  m -- hit with a correa corregidor -- a kind of politician, specially in the Americas corretiza cortaplumas  m corvina -- a type of fish coscorrón  m -- in RAE cosmetología Plantilla:pos n -- in RAE cosquilleo -- derived from cosquilla costarriqueñismo -- a regionalism of Costa Rica costosa -- expensive (syn: caro?) costumbrismo -- in RAE cotilleo  m -- gossip. see also: chisme creó crespo — Plantilla:pos a curly;  m curl criadero  m crotaloteo  m cuanto -- whatever cuánto -- how much cuartilla  f — sheet of paper cuarto (missing sense, or subsense) -- (Panama) coin equal to 25 centésimos de balboa or a US quarter since the currencies and the coins are interchangeable in Panama. (syn: cora in El Salvador). sense NOT in RAE cubista -- cubist. derived from cubismo cuchitril  m -- in RAE cucurucho -- cone cuajada -- in RAE cuarentón -- person in their 40s, usually a bit derogatory cuartel  m -- house of army cuatrero -- NOT in babelfish, in RAE cuento  m -- story cuerda  f — rope cueriza  f culantro -- Central American spelling of cilantro culata  f -- back part of a gun culebra  f -- snake culebrear Plantilla:pos vi -- in RAE cupo -- in RAE curtida  f -- like coleslaw, used to top pupusas in El Salvador (or is it cortida?) cuscatleco -- in RAE

Ch

Traducciones

chacina  f -- in RAE chacinería  f -- deli chafarote -- NOT in babelfish chalupa -- a type of crude boat; food word - Mexico and Costa Rica, not sure if it's the same item in both countries. also a food item sold at Taco Bell in the USA. chambonada  f chamo -- kid, buddy chamoy -- NOT in RAE, defs found with Google: "chile, con limon, sal y vinagre y por lo general le pones fruta, o con papas", "un dulce, que sabe como agridulce y que te deja asi es muy rico, pero es un saborcito ke no a todos les gusta, no pica, pero si como mucho puede irritar tu pansita". Seems to be derived from Cantonese "see mui", the 2nd character of which means plum. chan  m (Costa Rica) (needs Spanish) -- a type of herb, Salvia chia and its seed used to make a refreshing drink changarro  m -- (Mexico) small shop, store chape  m -- in RAE chapalear chapín  m -- in RAE chapoteadero  m -- in RAE, shallow pool for kids to splash around in charcutería  f -- deli charretera  f -- in RAE chayote  m (needs Spanish) (Costa Rica) a kind of edible plant, Sechium edule chelada -- not in RAE, drink of beer, salt, and ice. seen and queried on menu in Playa de Sol, Chiapas, Mexico Chepe -- nickname of San Jose, Costa Rica chía chicha -- colloquial, meat, flesh, important thing; (Panama) some kind of drink. in RAE chicheme  n -- (Panama) a certain kind of chicha

chilate -- (El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama) in RAE. a refreshing drink made from toasted corn and chile, of a similar consistency to atol chile mundial chile panameño chilera -- type of spicy salsa in Costa Rica? (related: chile) chilote chilpachole -- not in RAE or BDM, method of preparing jaiba seen and queried on menu in Playa de Sol, Chiapas, Mexico chiltoma –- capsicum? chimichurri -- a kind of hot sauce in Panama? chimpanchole -- rarer variant spelling of chilpachole chiqueadores plural -- in RAE chirmol, chismol, chimol  m (Guatemala City, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua) -- a type of salsa that looks like what in Mexico is called pico de gallo, in RAE chistera -- NOT in babelfish, it's a kinf od old hat, typical of magicians chiverre  m -- NOT in RAE. some kind of food in Costa Rica (seen as an empanada ingredient). Dicc. Histórico del español de CR says "cicracoyote, Cucurbita ficifolia" chocolatería -- shop or stall which sells chocolate and other sweets / candy / lollies. in RAE choripán  m -- a sausage (chorizo) baked inside a pastry roll (pan. Like a sausage roll in Australia. in RAE choriqueso -- not in RAE or DBM, mixture of Mexican chorizo and queso chotis singular -- in RAE, kind of regional Madrid dancing chucheca  f -- (Costa Rica) A species of large oyster (see: ostión) chuletería churrasco  m -- in RAE, meat prepared in a certain way churrasquería  f

D

Traducciones

d’ (needs Spanish) -- NOT in RAE, seen on many signs in Chiapas and Guatemala, is it a variant of de, or some Mayan influence? YES, comes from DE but is not accepted dadaísmo -- in RAE literary and artistic period, influenced by Dada dadaísta -- in RAE, person belonging to dadaísmo daditos dagas plural of daga, kind of knife dársenas f plural part of harbours décimo (missing sense) -- (Panama) coin equal to 10 centesimos de balboa or a US dime since the currencies and the coins are interchangeable in Panama. specific sense NOT in RAE decomisar -- in RAE, police "steals" legally sometehing déficit -- defecit. antonym: superávit deglutir -- swallow, very formal delirante Plantilla:pos a -- delirious demás -- lo ~ = the rest deprovista -- NOT in babelfish, NOT in RAE. mistake for desprovista? derrame  m -- in RAE derredor -- same as alrededor derretido  m -- (Panama) a snack consisting of grated cheese toasted in a bread roll derrumbamiento  m — collapse, demolition derrumbe  m — collapse, demolition des- prefix, meaning dis- desafuero -- violation desagravio -- make amends for desahogar -- relieve desaire -- snub desamparo -- neglect desangrarse -- to bleed to death desaprobar -- disapprove desafiante Plantilla:pos a -- a person who likes to defy other, altive attitude desafiar -- defy desahuciar -- in RAE - police or jury takes someone out of home because he or she has not payed debts desbaratar — mess up; undo; ruin desbocar -- in RAE, applied to horses descarado -- impudent descastado descremada kind of milk, light desdicha  f -- unhappiness (formal) desenlaces -- outcomes deseó -- past form of desear desgarrador -- heartrendering desgastar: wear out deshilado Plantilla:pos a -- in RAE. "carne deshilada" on Salvadorian menu.

desidia -- laziness; spleen desmandar -- rescind (an order) desmelenar -- literally to umcomb hair, means to have big party with no control desmigajar -- crumble desparramba -- colloquial form despedazar -- ... to pieces, for example a dog can tear a dead body to pieces despeñáramos (despeñar?) YES!! despido -- the act of firing or sacking somebody from a job. despilfarro  m -- wastefulness despojado -- undressed despojarse destapador -- bottle opener. syn: abreboltellas destello -- a short light, brigten destierro  m -- in RAE destrozo -- destruction desván  m -- attic desvelar: keep awake; reveal develación  f -- in RAE develar -- reveal desventurada -- NOT in babelfish, in RAE un día de estos – one of these days? diaplejía -- not in RAE, some illness dicho -- saying; form of decir dieciochesco -- relating to the 18th century digestión -- digestion? dígrafo -- digraph (not used for diphthong or ligature) dióxido -- dioxide dique  m -- in RAE dis- (needs Spanish) disfrazado -- disguised disódico -- NOT in RAE disparejo -- in RAE dispendioso -- expensive domeñar -- in RAE doña -- in RAE, means Mrs. dorado (missing sense) -- a type of fish doró dril  m -- in RAE drupa  f -- in RAE dubitación -- in RAE old word ducho -- skillful duende  m -- in RAE kind of dwarf dueño - master -dura -- in RAE duró

E

Traducciones

-ea -- in RAE -ear -- verb-forming suffix -ececilla -- diminutive suffix -ececillo -- diminutive suffix -ececita -- diminutive suffix -ececito -- diminutive suffix -ecilla -- diminutive suffix -ecillo -- diminutive suffix -ecita -- diminutive suffix -ecito -- diminutive suffix edecanes -edura -- ver. of -dura efectivo -- cash embadurnado -- full of (outside), for example chocolate. covered in? embobar -- in RAE emborrado -- NOT in babelfish emboscada embriaguez -- drunkenness empanada arreglada -- food or snack in Costa Rica, perhaps same as arreglada emparedado -- (Costa Rica) a sandwich on a long bread rool. sub etc emparejar -- match empastado -- filled with paste empecinarse – try really hard against reasonable empeñar – to pawn empeñarse – to insist empeño -- seen in Honduras empinado Plantilla:pos a — steep emprendedor -- entrepreneur encaje (de bolillo) encallar -- run aground encaminado enchilar -- in RAE encrespar Plantilla:pos v -- in RAE encrucijada -- crossroads endiablada Plantilla:pos a –- bedevilled endocarpio  m -- in RAE enduricido enfadado -- angry engrudo -- paste enjabonar(se) enjambre  m -- swarm of bees enjuntos enmarañadas -- confused, messy ensanchar -- does it mean "to be high and mighty" or widen or both? (related: ancho) ensartado -- in RAE ensimismado — lost / absorbed in thought; engrossed ensopado enteco Plantilla:pos a -- in RAE entintado -- inked entreverado -- in RAE ensueño -- dream, syn & rel sueño entrecruzamiento -- NOT in babelfish, in RAE en vez de -- instead of envoltorio -- wrapper enyucada  f -- (Panama) a deep fried snack of yucca with some meat inside. (syns: biñuelo, carimañola). NOT in RAE -eña -eño

-eo -- in RAE -era -- in RAE erizar Plantilla:pos vt -- in RAE -erizar suffix -ero -- in RAE escabeche -- in RAE escabullía -- past form of escabullirse escalinata  f -- in RAE escalopin or is it escalopín? escama  f -- grudge escaramuza -- skirmish escasas f plural escaso Plantilla:pos a -- in RAE esclava -- female slave; a kind of silver bracelet escoba -- broom escollo -- stumbling block escolta -- bodyguards, protection (syn: guardeespaldas?) escudilla  f escueto Plantilla:pos a short, specially used with words eslabón -- link eslogan -- slogan espantapajaros  m -- scarecrow espejuelo m -- in RAE espeso Plantilla:pos a – thick, syn: grueso espigada Plantilla:pos a -- in RAE escaquear -- colloquial, to try not work even if it's one's duty estera  f -- kind of carpet estiércol  m -- in RAE estirar Plantilla:pos vt to hang, to make force with a rope estirpe -- ancestry estrago -- damage estremecedora -- frightening estremecer -- shake estribo -- stirrup estricnina estridentista -- NOT in RAE, used by Carlos Fuentes, personal word coming from estruendo estropajo  m -- scourer; loofah estropear -- spoil estruendo  m -- roar estruendoso adjective form of estruendo -eta -- diminutive suffix -ete -- diminutive suffix eternizarse etimológico -- in RAE expoventa  f

F

Traducciones

facha  f — (the) look (of); (a real) sight. also a political word, coming from fascismus faldón  m falsario Plantilla:pos a -- in RAE fanfarria -- scandal, noise fardo farol  m -- kind of lamp, also lies in games farolito -- diminutive of farol farsante  m -- in RAE favorecedor -- RAE defines as "que favorece" faz  f -- face fécula -- in RAE felpa  f -- in RAE felpudo  m -- welcome mat in front of houses fichero -- file (paper, not tool) fieras f plural -- of fiera, wild animal filiqueso -- NOT in RAE or BDM, seen on menu in Puerto Arista, Chiapas, Mexico fistol  m -- in RAE flechado -- comes from flecha, arrow flojedad  f -- in RAE flojo Plantilla:pos a -- lazy, loose fluvial Plantilla:pos a -- river fogoso -- ardent fogueado

folletín  m -- in RAE forajido -- in RAE fornicio -- in RAE fosfato -- phosphate fósil  m -- fossil frac -- in RAE francofonía -- used in Honduran newspaper frasquito  m -- NOT in RAE, small frasco frialdad  f -- coldness frigorífico -- fridge, form used in Spain fril -- NOT in RAE. one of various names for a small fish on the pacific coast of mexico. may be a local name borrowed from zapotec. other names are robalo, lisa though those seem to be chiefly for distinct species fritanga  f -- in RAE fronterizo -- related to borders fructosa -- in RAE fructoso -- fruitful fruta china -- (Panama) star fruit, carambola. (syn: carambola) fugarse – flee, escape, run away fúldiga -- used in translation of Demian. very very formal fusilamiento fusilar -- to kill with a gun, official execution (to execute by firing squad?) futurista -- in RAE. realtive to future

G

Traducciones

galán  m — attractive man; suitor galantina -- in RAE galardón  m -- award gallero gallo -- (Costa Rica) a kind of food. Lonely Planet Central America says it's like a sandwich but using tortilla rather than bread. A bilingual menu in San José today described it as "a little plate of different food with tortilla" galón -- gallon; stripe galope  m -- gallop garapiñado -- (Costa Rica) way of cooking or preparing food garete  m garibaldina  f -- in RAE garrapateo -- scribble garzo Plantilla:pos a gasa  f — gauze; bandage gaseosa  f -- soda, pop, sodapop, fizzy drink, soft drink, lemonade (syn: refresco) gavilán -- type of bird gelatina  f -- jelly / Jell-O gentuza  f -- bad people (in RAE) gerente  m  f — manager (needs Spanish) gises plural godo -- in RAE. old people from Europe, Goth golear Plantilla:pos v -- to make a lot of goals to the other team goleta  f -- in RAE. a kind of old boat golosina -- seen in Honduras. sweet. syn of dulce or pastel or all things sweet? goloso  m — sweet tooth gordita  f -- NOT in RAE. familiar word for fat gorrón  m -- in RAE grafía -- in RAE, letter. syn: letra?

granadería -- NOT in RAE. form of granada (weapon) granadilla grandulón -- in RAE greña -- in RAE gritería -- comes from gritar guacamaya  f -- macaw guacamol  m -- in RAE. variant of guacamole in Central America and Cuba. guacho -- food word in Panama guajillo -- dialectal guajiro  m guanábana  f -- in RAE. a certain tree and its fruit, Anona montana. At least in Costa Rica also known as guanaba guapinol guardabarranca -- NOT in RAE. a type of bird in honduras guardaespaldas  m -- bodyguard goleta  f -- kind of old boat (17th century) guarnición  f -- two meanings: what goes with main dishes (potatoes, salad...) garnish is probably cognate if not translation; and kind of army guarnicionero guarura -- in RAE guayaba  f -- in RAE güero Plantilla:pos a,  m -- in RAE guiñar — wink guineo guisado Plantilla:pos a,  m -- in RAE guiso -- ellabored cooking

H

Traducciones

habichuela -- kind of bean hacha  m -- a tool for cutting down trees. axe / ax? the expression "ser un hacha" means "be great doing something" haré -- future of hacer (irregular) hartar -- to be satiated hartazgo  m -- noun of hartarse hava -- NOT in RAE, irregular verb form?, in my copy of Cien años de soledad perhaps a mistake hazana -- in RAE hebilla -- buckle helecho  m — fern hendidura  f -- in RAE, kind of hole hepática -- adjective, realted to hígado (liver) herrumbre -- comes from hierro, when time passes hervidero  m -- swarm hiel hilacha  f -- shred hipospadia hiriente -- harmful

hitleriana Plantilla:pos a coming from Hitler (eponym) hito -- in RAE (needs Spanish) holgazanería holgazanes -- lazy (hecho un) hombrazo hospitalaria -- someone who welcomes you in her house, femenine form huacal  m (jacal?) huarache -- sandal, especially the kind made from old tyres in mexico, possibly also flip-flop huarachudo -- in RAE hucha  f -- pig for coins huehueteco -- person from Heuhuetenango, Guatemala huestes  f plural huevos picados -- (Costa Rica) scrambled eggs

I

Traducciones

iberoamerica ideario -- in RAE -idura -- ver. of -dura -illa -- diminutive suffix -illo -- diminutive suffix impavidez  f -- quality that some people have when they don't show emotions in face ímpetu  m -- in RAE impúdico -- in RAE IMSS -ín -- diminutive suffix -ina (needs Spanish) -- diminutive suffix incauto -- innocent who doesn't take protections and is tricked incipiente -- in RAE inconcebible -- inconceivable incunable -- book printed before 1500 incursión -- incursion? indio viejo

inerme Plantilla:pos a -- in RAE inframundo  m -- underworld?. NOT in RAE ínfula inmundicia  f inmutarse – no ~ = not bat an eyelid -ino instaurar -- to form (a monarchy) intelectualista intemperie  f -- be a la intemperie, without roof - homeless? intrincado invento -- invention (disambig: inventó) irguió -- irregular past tense of erguir irrebatible Plantilla:pos a -ísima -- superlative suffix isleño -- islander -ismo -ita -- diminutive suffix -ito -- diminutive suffix -iza -izo

J

Traducciones

jalisciense jara  f -- in RAE jaspeadas -- f pl. adj. jeranquía  f -- not in babelfish jicarazos -- in RAE

jiote -- missing sense: a type of tree in central america - Bursera simaruba, gumbo-limbo tree jondo Plantilla:pos a -- not in babelfish. "cante jondo" kind of flamenco songs juego de llaves junicuiles -- NOT in RAE. very dialectal

K

kco. -- (Panama)

abbreviation for kiosco

L

Traducciones

lacio Plantilla:pos a -- in RAE, used with hair, meaning smooth lacrimosa -- in RAE from lágrima, adjective, formal lactosa -- lactose ladear -- to tip ladrillo  m — brick lagaña Plantilla:pos n -- sleep (eye snot). Both spellings are accepted by RAE and both are in my Dicc. Oxford Pocket lancero -- in RAE landó -- in RAE, kind of car, old langostino  m -- a type of crustacean. (related: langosta) latinajos -- derogative word to say "expressions in latin" latinización -- in RAE lavamanos  m -- in RAE lebranche  m -- NOT in RAE - french? lecho -- bed (cf cama) lecitina -- quimical substance legaña Plantilla:pos n -- sleep (eye snot). Both spellings are accepted by RAE and both are in my Dicc. Oxford Pocket

lejanía Plantilla:pos n lema  m - many senses: each word of dictionary - lemma; also a sentence that guides your life - motto? lenguaraces lenguaraz Plantilla:pos a -- who talks too much, old word. talkative? chatterbox? lenteja -- kind of food, little,. brown, contain Fe leñera -- place to store wood, old word leñoso Plantilla:pos a -- in RAE leontina levantamiento -- when an army or people goes against power liderato limon criollo limosna  f – some loose change limosnera  m  f — begger linaza -- a drink in costa Rica línea blanca -- not in RAE, white goods lisa  f -- in RAE, smooth liso — flat; smooth; plain; straight liviano - light, not heavy, formal word loable lona  f -- you put on places, as in parties (placecard?) longaniza Plantilla:pos n -- various types of sausage depending on the region, see es.wikipedia loroco -- A pupusa ingredient in Copán, Honduras. I was told it's a kind of requesón. See also ayote lote  m lotificar -- in RAE lotificación  f -- in RAE. seen many times in El Salvador loza -- kind of mud luctuosa Plantilla:pos a

Ll

Traducciones

llamarse -- to be called llanamente -- adverb form of llano llaneza -- quality of speaking llano, easy, be simple and frank llantén llantera -- to cry a lot a lot, noun llanura -- plains llavero -- something to wear keys, a keyring? llevadero -- easy to carry, referred to psycological things

lloriquear --to cry a little lloriqueo -- noun of lloriquear lloroso -- a person who has cried llovedizo lloviznar -- to rain a bit llueve -- form of verb llover (to rain)

M

Traducciones

macabil -- not in RAE or BDE, Google hits, seen and queried on menu in Playa de Sol, Chiapas, Mexico; type of fish machaca -- kind of worker, badly payed; also a food word seen on a menu in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico machacado Plantilla:pos a macilento -- in RAE maciza -- in RAE, lots of senses, one of them is "pretty", colloquial maculada -- spotted macular madeja  f -- in RAE maduro -- mature; ripe. In Nicaragua and Costa Rica also noun = plátano maduro mafa -- a type of long twistry crunchy snack magdalena (Guatemala City) -- seen on a menu, in RAE. eaten for breakfast, from a French word maguey -- in RAE malapodán -- NOT in RAE Malasia -- Malaysia maleza -- bad herbs and plants malgastar Plantilla:pos v -- to waste malinchista Plantilla:pos a -- in RAE malla  f -- mesh malsano -- unhealthy maluco, malucho -- under the weather malversación la mamá de Tarzán -- the cat's meow/pyjamas/whiskers, the bee's knees, etc mamasanta  f -- in RAE mamey  m -- in RAE mamón  m -- (Costa Rica) a type of tree and its fruit, Mammea americana mampostería -- rubblework manchas f plural of mancha, spot manchemantales  m -- a type of sauce in Mexico manco Plantilla:pos a -- in RAE mancornado mandinga -- in RAE manecilla  f -- it's the thing you use to open door manejo -- used, specially used for machines, second hand? maduro -- (Costa Rica) same as plátano maduro manga -- (missing sense) a fruit or vegetable in Costa Rica manifestó -- past form of manifestar maniquí  m — mannequin, dummy mansión  f -- mansion, great house mantilla  f (needs Spanish) manzo (needs Spanish) mara  f -- (needs Spanish) in RAE, gang (some countries, syn pandilla) marero -- in RAE, related to a gang, a gang member (some countries) mariscal -- over general and coronel marmahón -- couscous? Seen in Honduran newspaper article about North African cuisine martilleo -- noise made with hammer matarife  m -- in RAE mazo -- food word in Panama mazorca -- food word in Panama. a kind of maíz or something similar to maíz mecedor mechón m plural -- tuft medrar -- to go up in society or a company thanks to plans melena -- in RAE. long hair melocha Plantilla:pos n -- not in babelfish mentar -- in RAE. to speak about marsellés -- in RAE, from Marsella, the city of France

martillo -- hammer martingalas – NOT in babelfish. colloquial form mascarón -- mask, used in mesoamerican architecture rather than the usual máscara. Also used in boats matarratón  m -- NOT in RAE. compound, not accepted, comes from matar and ratón (kill and mouse). used by Gabriel García Márquez in Memoria de mis putas tristes. mousetrap? rat poison? mouser? matorral  m - (the) scrub mecedor -- in RAE, a kind of furniture you can sit and move mecha  f – wick, fuse médano  m medroso -- who has fear, very formal melaza mentón mercadería  f -- in RAE, seen in Guatemala and Honduras, gets Google hits, things to buy, colloquial merced -- favour / favor merendero -- seen on shop signs in western Honduras mermelada  f -- jam / jelly merodeo -- to go around mesocarpio  m -- in RAE, anatomy mezquina -- synomin of ruin michelada -- NOT in RAE or BDE, very common drink in Mexico based on beer and spicy sauce microbusero -- driver of microbús, small bus mido  f -- NOT in RAE. perhaps midón migajón -- not in babelfish. augmentative form of miga miliciano  m mingitorio noun,  m -- in RAE. old and formal word to say WC miniestra -- NOT in RAE minuta -- missing sense: Ëa kind of drink in El Salvador mirón -- onlooker mirra -- NOT in babelfish, myrrh mitin -- meeting mocetón -- not in babelfish, familiar word coming from mozo mocho -- in RAE modistería -- related to moda? mojito -- kind of cocktail with mint and certain other ingredients molleja -- some kind of meat from a chicken, or a food or meal made from some part of a chicken. seen in Panama. in RAE monacales Plantilla:pos a -- relative to monastery monaguillo  m – altar boy mondongo --  m -- in RAE monseñor  m -- in RAE, form to refer to priests montaraz montículo  m -- mound? monto  m (needs Spanish) moño  m -- in RAE, you tie your hair made a "ball" on neck moronga morro  m -- in RAE, mouth, specially colloquial or for animals mortaja  f -- in RAE, what you use to veil corps before bury them mote  m (needs Spanish) -- a type of nickname mozalbete  m -- in RAE, old word for boy mozote  m (Costa Rica) a type of grass or herb?? Bidens pilosa muchedumbre  f -- crowd mudar  m, Plantilla:pos vt -- to change muladar  m muletilla  f -- in RAE, typical phrases people use to help them to think and talk multitudinario -- with lots of people mundialista -- relating to a world championship or world champion. in RAE

N

Traducciones

nacarada Plantilla:pos a -- of nácar (what pearls are made of) nacatamal naranjilla -- a fruit in Costa Rica (related: naranja) narvura -- the veins of a leaf natalicio -- (see also: cumpleaños) natilla -- sour cream (related: nata, syn: crema cortada) necedad  f -- silly thing, very formal nervadura -- ribbing nica -- nickname for a person from Nicaragua, is it also used as an adjective? does it have a masculine form too? (syn: nicaragüense) niñota -- NOT in RAE. colloquial and derogatory form of niña, not very common

Noé -- Noah, proper noun noni or nonis? -- a fruit or vegetable in Costa Rica and Panama normatividad novelería  f -- in RAE novelística -- productions of novels of an author or a period noviazgo  m -- engagement nuégado  m -- food seen in El Salvador

Ñ

ñame baboso -- variety of yam or sweet potato

ñame diamante -- variety of yam or sweet potato

ñampi -- a fruit or vegetable in Costa Rica

O

Traducciones

ocote -- in RAE ofuscado -- NOT in RAE. if someone is ofuscado they can't think clearly because of anger or confussion ojal  m -- the hole wher you pass button to fasten it hojaldre (also ojaldre, ojaldra, etc?) -- unleavened wheat flour dough pulled to a rough shape and briefly deep fried. plays a similar role in meals as a tortilla. in RAE? olán -ón -- augmentative suffix

-ona (needs Spanish) -- augmentative suffix opúsculo orégano (disambig: oregano) organillo oriunda -- native, femenin -osa -- in RAE óseo Plantilla:pos a -- adjective of hueso - bony? -oso (needs Spanish) -- in RAE -ota -- augmentative suffix -ote -- augmentative suffix otoe -- some kind of vegetable in Panama. NOT in RAE. (see also: yuca; tiquisque - possibly a synonym?) otorgar -- to award

P

Traducciones

pa’ -- colloquial version of "para". not accepted as standard pachanga -- relaxed party pache (Guatemala City) -- seen on a menu, NOT in RAE pachucos m plural pacoya -- not in RAE. a vegetable in El Salvador. pagamonedas -- NOT in RAE, seen in Nicaragua possibly a play on tragamonedas, referring to the same thing: a one-armed bandit or poker machine pajueleándonos (pajuelear?) -- very slang bad word, from pajearse (to masturbate) palaciega -- related to palacio, palace paleográfica -- in RAE paliza -- beating pambazo  m -- NOT in RAE pandillero -- gang member. syn: marero panela -- food word found in Panama pan español -- (Costa Rica) some kind of bread (see also: pan francés) panga pañalera paño de la Verónica -- a place pañolones papada paradisiacal, paradisíacal -- from Eden pararrayos  m -- to prevent lights in a storm paredón  m -- in RAE parénquima  m -- in RAE parentesco -- any relationship between relatives, of a family pargo  m -- in RAE parpadeo — blink parvada -- in RAE pasacalle  m pasamanería -- Costa Rica - some type of shop / store paslama pasmado Plantilla:pos a -- astonished pasquín -- in RAE pastorcillas -- diminutive feminine for pastora patacón -- a type of coin; a type of bond; (Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) - same as a tostón (Nicaragua): a fat, deep-frid round plantain slice. in RAE pataleta  f -- children do this, crying, no reason... patraña  f -- in RAE patririo -- NOT in RAE patrulla  f -- round of police paulatino Plantilla:pos a -- in RAE. slowly pavimentación pavimentar -- to put stones or bircks in streets - to pave. see also: adoquinar peca: freckle pecado mortal – mortal sin pecaminosos -- sinful pecenista -- related to the Salvadorian political party, the PCN pedacito  m -- small piece pedazo -- piece, syns trozo, pieza pedregal -- not in RAE, used by Juan Rulfo pegatina -- something you can glue pejibaye  m (Costa Rica) a type of palm tree, Guilielma utilis and its fruit which is edible when cooked peladura -- NOT in babelfish pelambre f -- in RAE peldaño  m -- step pelea -- fight pellejo -- in RAE pelón -- without hair, familiar word pelotón pelusa penca  f penoso -- laborious percatar -- to be aware perejil  m — parsley pereza  f -- in RAE pericarpio  m -- in RAE permanganato perro caliente -- hot dog perro de presa -- a dog used to hunt and attack, hound? persiana -- used in windows to prevent light to enter, made of wood. shutter? venetian blind? pervivencia -- in RAE pescadería -- fish shop, fishmonger's. in RAE pescadilla  f -- a kind of fish; also a Mexican snack, the ones I've had so far would be described a "fish tacos" by Americans but not Mexicans pescozón -- to hit with the fist in the neck or the head, old word pescozones pescuezo  m -- neck (only of chicken?) pesebre  m — creche, crib pestaña  f -- eyelash

petates m plural petimetre -- in RAE pichel -- pitcher of beer, Costa Rica pibil Plantilla:pos a -- in RAE piadoso Plantilla:pos a -- pious piangua -- Costa Rica - food word pícara -- in RAE picaresco Plantilla:pos a -- picaresque pícaro pico de gallo -- a type of spicy Mexican salsa picop -- (Central America) pickup truck (syn: camioneta (Mexico) piedrimentación pillastrón -- not in babelfish. invented word, comes from pillastre, meaning pillo pillo pilluelos -- diminutive plural of pillo piloncillo  m -- in RAE pimentón -- some kind of vegetable in Panama. in RAE pimpinela — pimpernel? -- in RAE pincho pingüicas  f -- NOT in RAE. dialectal and familiar pinolillo  m (Costa Rica) a drink made from toasted corn flower mixed with cocoa (syn: pinol m) pinto (sense missing) -- a type of food in Costa Rica piñuela  f (El Salvador, Costa Rica) -- a type of tree, Bromelia pinguin. seen used as a food in el salvador as "atol de piñuela" pipa -- (Costa Rica, Panama) seems to refer to coconut but may be different from coco in some way pipí — pee, wee, piddle pipián  m -- in RAE. seen on menu in El Salvador. pirujo -- (Guatemala) type of crusty bread roll, this sense NOT in RAE pirujón (Guatemala City) a torta made with a pirujo, NOT in RAE pito (needs Spanish) pitahaya  f A certain plant, Cereus pitahaya, and its fruit. Central America only or also Mexico, or all Latin America? pithaya -- NOT in RAE, seen in "Como agua para chocolate", a novel from Mexico; and the Nicaragua section of Lonely Planet Central America. Is this a transcription error for pitahaya? It does get a few thousand Google hits. pizarra -- blackboard pleito  m — lawsuit; fight plisar -- in RAE pluma de indio -- a plant plumada  f podredumbre -- abstract noun of podrido, rotten, both moral and physical senses. rottenness? putrefaction? poliglicerol -- NOT in RAE. chemial substance polirricinoleato -- NOT in RAE, probably "polyricinoleate" polvareda  f — cloud of dust polvorín  m -- in RAE ponte (needs Spanish) pormenorizado  m -- explained with all details portaviandas -- in RAE porvenir: future posguerra postizo -- in RAE postor preceptor (needs Spanish) predio  m presidir — preside at/over prestanombres m singular and plural -- NOT in RAE pretina  f prever -- anticipate probar suerte -- to try one's luck? profundidad -- deepness profundizado progreseño protética -- in RAE prótesis -- in RAE provecho pudibunda Plantilla:pos a pudor m (needs Spanish) -- in RAE pueblecito -- NOT in RAE. small town puente levadizo -- drawbridge puerro  m -- some kind of vegetable in Costa Rica and Panama. in RAE pulpería  f -- in RAE, (Central America) a small shop / store pulque -- in RAE punche pupusería  f -- in RAE, place selling pupusas, a type of snack puyaso

Q

Traducciones

quebraley -- NOT in RAE, invented word coming form quebrar and ley: lawbreaker quebrantado Plantilla:pos a-- broken quebrantar – to break queque -- cake? Seen in Managua, Nicar (see also: panqueque)

quequisqe quesillo -- used for a different type(s) of cheese in Central America than in Mexico where it has similarities to Mozarella queso derretido quién -- who? quisiera -- subjunctive imperfect of querer

R

Traducciones

RAAN RAAS rábano rabón -- not in babelfish. colloquial ráfaga -- wind or shoots [shots? bullets?] go by ráfagas. gust? ramo -- branch rapada -- shaved rapado  m rápel -- not in RAE rappel (needs Spanish) -- not in RAE raquitismo  m rasca -- form of rascar rasguño -- scratch raso  m -- flat rastra  f -- in Honduran newspaper seems to be used for semi trailer raudo -- NOT in babelfish, very quick, formal word rayar -- in RAE rebanada -- slice rebatir -- to counterdebate an argument rebenque  m rebosante recadar -- not in babelfish. check if an error for recaudar recámara -- room or bedroom; firing chamber recaudar -- collect rechupete -- not in babelfish reclamación -- claim reclamo -- reclamation recluso -- prisoner recluta  m (needs Spanish) -- recruit recoger -- gather recopilar -- collect récord -- record, sport, you break a time recostar recacción -- essay redactar -- write reemplazante reencauchadora refacción -- spare part referendo -- referendum referéndum -- referendum refrán -- saying refresquería  f -- a refreshment stand or snack bar in some countries including Panama refrigerador, refrigeradora regaló -- past tense of regalar, to give a present regatear Plantilla:pos v regidor -- political of a town or departamento régimen -- diet; a monarchy, republic or similar regocijó  m — delight reguetón -- NOT in RAE, kind of latin music rejilla  f -- grille, grating relato -- story relucir -- shine relumbrar -- shine remitente -- in RAE rellenito  m -- in RAE, guatemalan snack remanso  m -- place peaceful, for example in a river or an argument remate -- kind of football kick remendado -- mended remiendo  m -- patch

remolacha -- a fruit or vegetable remolancha -- possibly an error for remolacha remolón -- lazy renegrida -- blackish renglón -- line rentar -- rent (syn: alquiler) repartida Plantilla:pos a repique  m -- in RAE repocheta repollo -- (Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) cabbage (syn: col) repollo chino -- probably bok choy reposar -- to rest reposera reposo -- peace repostería -- the art of making cakes; type of bakery or cake shop seen between Honduras and Costa Rica but not further north in the Americas. repuesto -- spare part requesón -- in RAE resbaladera -- type of food in Costa Rica resbalón -- slide rescoldo  m respingo -- jump a little because of fear or surprise resplandecer -- shine resquicio  m -- small part, for example you close a door and let just a "resquicio" open. crack? whisker? reto  m -- challenge retozar retraído Plantilla:pos a -- introverted reuma  m or  f reumatismo  m -- ilness of bones revenchismo -- NOT in RAE (is it possible a confussion with "revanchismo"?) reventazón -- in RAE reventón -- party (Latin America); when a tire breaks - puncture? revestir -- to cover revisión -- revision revuelo -- commotion rezo -- prayer riego -- act of regar, to water plants riña -- fight, argument riña de gallo  f roano Plantilla:pos a -- in RAE róbalo, robalo  m -- in RAE rodaja -- slice rodete  m -- in RAE rol  m rollo primavera -- spring roll. seen in Panama. (syn: taco chino?). NOT in RAE. rompope  m -- in RAE ronquido Plantilla:pos n -- snore rotulación -- signage? ruana  f -- in RAE rubor  m -- blush rubro rufo -- in RAE ruibarbo  m, a kind of fish rumbera  f -- not in babelfish, from rumba, kind of music rutelero

S

Traducciones

saborina -- Costa Rica - food word saborizante sacar a flote – reflota, put something back on its feet sacerdocio  m -- in RAE sacristán  m -- kind of religious man who helps priests salchipapas -- type of fast food in Costa Rica (probably: salchichón or salchicha + papa) salcochar -- to cook with only water and salt salonero -- a profession - something like a waiter? (related: salón) salpicón  m -- in RAE. In Suchitoto, El Salvador it was a kind of cold shredded meat with herbs. In Oaxaca, Mexico it was cold shredded meat with cilantro, tomato, and onion, used as a topping for memelitas. salvaguarda  f -- safeguard? sampedrano sancocho -- food word in Panama. in RAE sandalia -- sandal sandinista -- a follower of Sandino, a left-wing leader in Nicaragua sanguijuelas plural sansara  m santoral  m -- where are the names and the days of saints, book sarao  m -- in RAE sarna  f -- scabies; scab? secamanos  m -- in RAE, hand dryer sede  f — (needs Spanish) -- headquarters seguramente -- surely semidescremada -- NOT in RAE. half descremada seño -- NOT in RAE. colloquial form of señor sepa -- form of an irregular verb? sepelio  m -- ceremonies for burdening people sesentón -- in RAE siembra -- act of planting seeds, sowing? sigiloso Plantilla:pos a -- someone who goes slowly and silently silbar -- whistle silicio (needs Spanish) -- silicon simiente  f – NOT in babelfish. seed simón -- a cool way of saying sí in at least Mexico and Costa Rica simulacro -- maneuvers

sinapismos sincronizada  f -- mexican snack related to the quesadilla sindicalista síndrome  m -- syndrome sirviente -- people whose job is to serve in a house, a bit derogatory. servant? (syn: criado?) sisa  f sobra sobrellevar soda (needs Spanish) -- (Costa Rica) small food or refreshment stand or shop (syns: refresquería, comedor, lonchería, merendero). in RAE soez -- (plural: soeces) bad and vulgar in language and temper. (syn: bruto?) sogas -- pural of soga, rope somocista sonámbulo  m -- sleepwalker, somnambulist sopa negra -- (Costa Rica) a soup made from a certain type of beans soplo  m — Plantilla:pos a blow or gust sopor  m – NOT in babelfish. sleep soporífico -- soporific sorbato -- sorbate? sorbetería  f -- place where sorbetes are sold sorna -- sarcasm soslayar -- avoid spinning Plantilla:pos n (needs Spanish) -- not in RAE, a form of exercise that involves using a stationary bicycle in a classroom setting, seen and heard in Mexico suadero -- seems similar to arrachera subasta  f subversión  f suceder -- happen sujeción  f -- noun of sujetar sujetar -- to hang, to keep superponer súplica -- plea supuraban surco  m -- in RAE surime -- Costa Rica - food word suscitar Plantilla:pos vt RAE suscrito

T

Traducciones

tabanco -- not in babelfish. perhaps tabaco? tabaquismo tablaroca -- not in RAE, plenty of Google hits, seen in signage in Mexico tablón -- plank tabula rasa (needs Spanish) -- not in RAE. Latin expression used in Spanish tachilhuil tacaco  m -- (Costa Rica) The plant Polakouskia tacaco and its fruit. tacaño Plantilla:pos a -- stingy taco chino -- (Costa Rica) spring roll taína -- in RAE tajada -- slice. seen in Honduras for fried plantain chips which are a cheaper alternative to french fries tajo  m -- cut talabarte  m talabartería -- seen in Honduras talabartero  m talego  m -- bag talud  m tamal -- snack in Mexico and Guatemala, originally indigenous tamiz  m -- sieve taparrabos -- prehistoric clothes, male, to just cover the genital parts, like a tanga but wore in front of body. loin cloth? TAPO -- major long-distance bus terminal in Mexico City taponazo  m tardanza  f -- in RAE tartrazina tasajo  m -- some kind of meat in parts of Mexico and in Panama tascalate teas f plural (needs Spanish) tejones (tejón or tejone?) teleño -- from Tela, Honduras telera  f, telerita  f -- a type of bread roll in mexico, cf bolillo telón  m — curtain temible tenducho -- derogative form of tienda téngase -- form of tener (or maybe tenerse) tenista  m  f — tennis placer teñido  m -- tainted terco Plantilla:pos a -- stubborn tepezcohuite  m -- NOT in RAE tepozteca -- not in babelfish. civilization of south america tercera edad  f -- old people, usually more than 65 years (similar to middle-aged in English but for older people) terciar -- intervene terco Plantilla:pos a,  m -- someone who wants to be always right and doesn't change his mind tesorería -- treasury a tientas -- walk without seeing, touching shapes for orientation sopa negra tico -- nickname for a person from Costa Rica. pretty sure the feminine form also exists, unlike the case with nica for Nicaraguans. also used as an adjective? timón  m -- piece to drive a boat tinajos  m -- NOT in RAE. comes from tinaja, big tina tintero  m – inkwell? tiple -- in RAE, kind of opera singer tiquete -- (Costa Rica) ticket. (alt spell: tique, possibly tiquet. syn: boleto)

tiquisque  m -- (Nicaragua, Costa Rica) A plant, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, eaten as a vegetable. Similar or related to the yucca? Different spelling used in Nicaragua? (see also: otoe - possible syn?) tiste titiles tiza -- cary??, thing used to write in blackboard. chalk? tlacoyo tlapeño tlayuda  f -- a mexican snack based on a large crunchy tortilla about the size of a pizza, mainly in oaxaca state tobillo  m — ankle tocar de oídas – play by ear tocineta -- bacon (Costa Rica) (related: tocino) todoterreno -- all terrain vehicle? tomate de árbol tomillo -- Costa Rica - food word torerito  m -- not in babelfish, diminutive of torero torito  m -- in RAE, small toro, bull torta de huevo -- (Costa Rica) Spanish tortilla? torzón -- in RAE tos ferina -- NOT in babelfish tostón -- very boring, colloquial word; (Nicaragua) fat deep fried plantain slice - different to a tajada which is thinner tozudez -- in RAE, noun of stuborn (I think) when you want always to be right traba  f -- in RAE trabapalancas  m -- NOT in RAE tracatera  f tráfago trajín  m -- rushy trama tramposo  m -- in RAE, tricky in games trancar -- stride along trasponer trastornado Plantilla:pos a -- ill (mental) travesura  f — prank trazado -- in RAE trazo -- outline trecho  m -- a stretch (of road etc) trillizo -- to born 3 children at the same time. triplet? trinche  m -- not in babelfish tripulación  f -- crew triquiñuelas – NOT in babelfish. tricky things trompa -- nose of elephant trompetista  m -- (cats: irreg. gender) tronar -- roar tronera  f tropel  m -- bustle tropelías  f plural tropezón -- in RAE trotamundos Plantilla:pos n Trotski -- Trotsky trozo -- piece, syns pedazo, pieza tarde o temprano tuera tufo  m -- colloquial word for bad smell - stink, stench tugurio -- bad shop or bar, derogative - dive, hole, joint. The Moon Guidebook to Costa Rica claims it means slum. tullido  m -- in RAE tumbona tur (needs Spanish) -- Panama and some other parts of Latin America, tour. (syn: excursión). NOT in RAE turrón  m — Spanish nougat tusar -- in RAE tuso -- in RAE

U

urdiendo -- gerund of urdir

V

Traducciones

vainica -- tradicional kind or knitting; a fruit or vegetable in Costa Rica valse  m vecindario  m vejado -- NOT in babelfish ventolera  f -- in RAE veraneante -- summer holiday maker? verdugones -- NOT in babelfish, like "morados", bruises verse (needs Spanish) verdirrojo  m verdosa -- greenish vereda  f -- path vergajazo

vericueto – NOT in babelfish. formal word to mean turning vetas f plural viceministro vicio -- vice vigorón -- NOT in RAE, seen in Nicaragua villista  m -- Pancho Villa supporter vinculación viñeta  f -- in RAE vitores -- NOT in babelfish, to say "bravo!", to aplaud orally volcada  f vomitona  f -- in RAE vuelve a la vida -- seen in Mexico and Costa Rica - food word - not sure if it refers to the same thing in both places

X

Traducciones

xalapeño -- a person from Xalapa / Jalapa

xantana -- NOT in RAE. something to do with xanthum gum?

Y

yugular Plantilla:pos vt (verb sense needed)

Z

Traducciones

zambullar -- plunge (zambullir?) zapatillo -- a fruit or vegetable in Costa Rica (related: zapato) zarpazo  m -- in RAE

zarzales zuavo  m -- in RAE zuchiny zuquini -- zucchini (US, Canada, Australia) , courgette (UK) . Also seen other weird spelling variants. NOT in RAE