Spanish Word of the Day
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August 15, 2018
estar yesca
to be broke
EXAMPLES
Claro que estás yesca. Pasas todo el día lagarteando en vez de ir a trabajar. — Of course you're broke. You spend all day lazing around instead of going to work.
August 14, 2018
chacharse
to play hooky
EXAMPLES
¿Quién se anima a chacharse de su laburo conmigo? — Who's up for playing hooky from work today?
August 13, 2018
¡Qué macana!
Darn!
EXAMPLES
¡Qué macana! No sé qué ñañaca le pasa a mi carro, pero ya no sirve. — Darn! I don't know what's up with my car, but it's not working.
August 12, 2018
el soroche
altitude sickness
EXAMPLES
Les dio soroche a varios miembros del equipo de fútbol visitante. — Several members of the visiting soccer team got altitude sickness.
August 11, 2018
la trancadera
traffic jam
EXAMPLES
Con todo y la trancadera en Miraflores, llegamos temprano al trabajo. — Despite the traffic jam in Miraflores, we got to work early.
August 10, 2018
estar camote de
to be crazy about
EXAMPLES
Anita está camote de Mario. — Anita is crazy about Mario.
August 9, 2018
yeyé
groovy
EXAMPLES
Toquemos unos temas yeyé en la fiesta. — Let's play some groovy tunes at the party.
August 8, 2018
el mopri
buddy
EXAMPLES
No te preocupes, mopri. Vamos a encontrar una solución a tu problema. — Don't worry, buddy. We'll find a solution to your problem.
August 7, 2018
tildearse
to stop working
EXAMPLES
Juan, tu computadora no prende. - No te preocupes. Esa vaina se tildeó hace rato. — Juan, your computer is not turning on. - Don't worry. That thing stopped working a while ago.
August 6, 2018
la chantin
house
EXAMPLES
Hay un restaurante chino muy bueno al lado de mi chantin. — There's a really good Chinese restaurant next to my house.
