"Las playas ticas..." What does "tica" mean?

Question

I'm trying to read a text obviouslu not meant for beginners - which I am - and I found a sentence like this: "Las playas ticas son un escenario paradisíaco..." Couldn't find anything logical based on the "tic.." stem. One of the translation engines came up with "Costa Rican", which perfectly suits the context of the text. Is that right? If so, is this word really commonly used? Is it some kind of shortened word from Costa Rican?

Answer 1

Hola Esp211,

You are right, it means Costa Rican.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for confirming my guess :-) I did some more web research and finally found it in a dictionary: http://www.wordmagicsoft.com/dictionary/es-en/tica.php - esp211, Aug 18, 2010

¡Pura Vida! - Sheily, Aug 18, 2010

Exactly! :-) - esp211, Aug 18, 2010

Answer 2

yeah it is like a different and nice way of calling costa ricans for boys is tico and for girls is tica, im costa rican thats why i know, but i´ll let you know that we dont call each other tica or tico nonono its just another way of saying our nationality!! did i help you? and any other question you have i can help!!