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TICO-TALK OR COSTARRIQUEÑISMOS

Spanish speaking country has its own slang, you can also learn some modismos (slang words) from Costa Rica. If you want to speak Spanish like a Tico, you will need to learn at least a few of these expressions.

COSTARRIQUEÑISMOS

acharà	What a pity!
agarrado	miser
agüevado	bored
andar de tanda	bar-crawling
batear	to make wild guesses
brete	work
cada muerte de obispo	once in a blue moon
carajada	thing or situation
con toda la pata	in good form
¡Cierre el pico!	Shut up!
choque ese hueso	shake my hand
choza	house
chunche	stuff
diay	hey
dolor de jupa	headache
embarcarse	to take a risk
empuncharse	to work hard
estar de chicha	to be angry
estar de goma	to be hung over
estar hecho leña	to be in a bad state
estar en la luna	to daydream
fregar	to bother
grosero	rude
güila	kid
hablar paja	to talk nonsense
hacerse el chancho	to not pay attention
irsele la onda	to forget
jale	let's go
joder	to bother
lancear	to seduce
llegar a la hora del burro	to arrive late
mae	dude
meter la pata	to put one's foot in it
meter una yuca	to tell a lie
minche	fistfight
no darle la gana	to not want to
no entender ni papa	to not understand anything
no es vara	it's not a lie
ojalà	if only/ god granted
pasar la brocha	to have an ulterior motive
pinche	stingy
por si las moscas	just in case
pura vida	perfect
¡Que tirada!	What a mess!
sacarse el clavo	to get it off one's chest
suave	wait
salado	too bad
ser chineado	to be spoiled
¡Soque!	Hurry up!
tirito	just a moment
¡Tome chichi!	Take that!