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Ultimate Immersion
Experience!
SAVE
5% when you enroll in a 9 week program.
Plus customize up to 3 different locations.
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SPANISH IN COSTA RICA
At CPI you will learn
a standard, universal form of Spanish that is used throughout
the Latino world. But since each 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. After
you have mastered the basics in Spanish it's fun to be able experiment
with the richness of the Spanish spoken in Costa Rica!
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achará |
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 |
| ojalá |
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! |
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