SpainTerms category: Term
| Presumido, a |
adjective |
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This refers to someone who thinks highly of themselves.
Example: She was very vain before suffering the injury, it is more humble.
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| Andrajos |
noun |
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A piece of very used clothing. A despicable person or thing.
Example: Some avant-garde fashion rags used for recycling into new fashion trends.
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| Andrajoso(a) |
adjective |
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Dressed with raggedy clothing.
Example: The mendicants are usually dressed in a tattered.
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| Apabullar |
verb |
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To make someone confused and ashamed.
Example: The teacher was known for his despotic attitude and a habit of overwhelm students.
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| Apañárselas |
verb |
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To make do.
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| Avutarda |
noun |
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The Great Bustard is a large, low-flying bird, a typical specimen of the Spanish fauna. Of the word’s population of these birds, 57% percent are found In the Iberian Peninsula. The Great Bustard is one of the largest species of European birds. Male Great Bustards are also the heaviest of all flying birds.
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| Chacha |
noun |
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A maid or servant.
Example: The children were spoiled by the maid.
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| Cháchara |
noun |
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Frivolous conversation.
Example: The Nordic countries are often unaware of talk time or practice.
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| Chacharear |
verb |
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To engage in lighthearted conversation.
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| Chanchullo |
noun |
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Term used to indicate a wrongful act, accomplished by trickery and deceit.
Example: Agree the sale of land and this was a scam.
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| Chapuza |
noun |
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Something poorly prepared.
This term is used to signal the laconic imperfect realization of something, usually requires compromise.
Example: The gardener did a real sloppy in the settlement of the lawn.
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| Chorizo |
noun |
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Chorizo is Spanish smoked pork sausage, often served with other tapas.
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| Chupachups |
noun |
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This is a very popular brand of suckers, licking candy on a stick.
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| Colega, Un |
noun |
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A friend or buddy.
Example: Peter was not really his colleague, his friend and colleague was John.
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| Comecocos |
noun |
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An alienating thing, person, institution, or doctrine.
Example: Children and youth are often exposed to countless crooks.
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| Currar |
verb |
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There are two important meanings, both used in informal speech:
1. To work.
Debo currar todos los dÃas si quiero pagar la hipoteca. (I must work every day if I want to pay the mortgage).
2. To hit
Le curraron al salir del colegio. They hit him as he was leaving school.
In colloquial communication or informal speech, the first meaning is used. From it the term "curante" derives. "Currante" is a common term referring to a worker without making reference to his or her academic or professional status. Sometimes it refers to a temporary worker.
The use of the term is widespread throughout the Iberian Peninsula at the grassroots level. It has been added to the D.R.A.E. (Diccionario de la Real Academia Española de la Lengua) in its latest edition.
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| Desfachatez |
noun |
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Brazenness, insolence.
Example: To the older generations, young people today are models of impudence.
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| Enrollar, enrollarse |
verb |
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In this expression, the meaning of the verb "roll", wrap several turns, making a roll, he suffers a variation or linguistic turn, taking a figurative sense indicates spin on the same, troubled, deeply about something messy.
Example: The philosophical conversation between friends, after several hours, began to roll.
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| Enrollarse |
verb |
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To speak and chatter excessively.
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| Estar flipado |
idiom |
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Te be greatly suprised or to be slightly crazy.
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