TICO-DICTIONARY (costarican Spanish)

¡pura vida! „Pure, true life“, greeting formula for: hello, how are you? all right?!
tuanis From English „too nice“ – cool, super, great, but also used as a greeting formula.
agüevado/-a Frustrated, annoyed.
menudo Loose change
mae „Dude“
el brete / bretear Work
buena nota / mala nota nice, sympathetic (in persons), also nice gesture (in actions) / unsympathetic, corrosive
Bulto backpack, bag
chante “Location”, place
Chepe San José
chingo naked
chiva super, cool, great, … (but also angry, angry)
que dicha / por dicha What a luck! / fortunately…
enagua Skirt
campo (Seat) place
matizado chillig, relaxed, cool
salado (word oversalted), unlucky
a la par de next to
amigovio Mixture of „amigo“ and „novio“
amigo con derechos Friend with „rights“ = Lover
¡solo bueno! just good!!!
rico, -a delicious, good, pleasant, pretty and hot (vulgar)
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