Pachuco: People with low educations that talk a lot of slang and behave “inappropriately”. “Ahüevado” is also common and it means someone or something that is sad or depressed/depressing.Įs vara: It’s just not worth it. Me ahüevas: Something that is just too disappointing. ¡Sea tonto! : It can be translated into, “Come on!” or “Oh my God!” Güila: A kid, or if it’s La Güila, this means girl or girlfriend. ¿Tiene menudo?: Do you have any change? (small bills/coins) ![]() ![]() Pura paja: Someone who talks a good game but doesn’t deliver. Limpio: The word in itself means clean ticos use it to refer to someone who has no money. No tengo un cinco: I don’t even have a penny (The thousand colones bill in Costa Rica is red) “Teja” used as slang also means 100 colones. Manudos: People that live in Alajuela or those that follow the Alajuela soccer team “La Liga” (which is another name for the province of Alajuela)Įs un hueco: Although “hueco” means “hole” in this case it refers to a place that is not nice, dangerous.īocas: Boca means mouth, but when ticos talk about “bocas” we refer to the small size dishes or snacks that you get at a bar along with your beer/drink.Ĭabra/Cabro: Slang for girlfriend or boyfriendĮs una teja: A person who is super nice. ¡Qué Güevon!: This means dumb, or behaving in a ridiculous or dumb way.īuena Nota/ Mala Nota: It refers to a person or action that is either nice (Buena Nota) or not nice. It means nice, cool, good.Īl Chile: Really? Seriously? or Really! Seriously! Tuanis: Supposedly it comes from “too nice”, although no one really knows for sure. ![]() Pura Vida: Of course we have to begin with the simplest and most popular one, Pura Vida can mean hello, good bye, good, and cool. Costa Ricans seem to always have a nickname for things and places, there are also a lot of phrases used by “ ticos” that can be both funny and confusing.įor those foreigners that have spent enough time in Costa Rica and are already familiar with the country’s slang many of the following will be familiar while for those visiting or planning to visit it might be useful to understand some of the most used terms or idioms in “tico” language: Foreigners that live in Costa Rica have learned that knowing Spanish is sometimes not enough to understand or communicate properly in the country.
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