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la yesca(
yehs
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kah
)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
1. (kindling)
a. tinder
Necesitamos conseguir un poco de yesca para poder encender la hoguera.We need to get some tinder in order to start the bonfire.
a. flint
Pablo golpeó dos yescas repetidamente hasta que una chispa encendió el fuego.Pablo struck two flints together repeatedly until a spark started the fire.
a. tinderbox
El ambiente en la casa se está poniendo muy tenso; es pura yesca.The situation at home is getting very tense; it's a real tinderbox.
4. (colloquial) (drug) (Central America) (Mexico)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Mexico
a. pot (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
¿A poco fumaste yesca antes de ir a clases?Did you really smoke pot before school?
b. weed (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Ese man vende yesca. Me lo dijo mi compa.That dude sells weed. My buddy told me so.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
a. broke (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Compa, estoy yesca. Préstame diez pesos.Buddy, I'm broke. Lend me ten pesos.
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