guacarear

es-verb

guacarear (first-person singular present guacareo, first-person singular preterite guacareé, past participle guacareado)

guacareo (first-person present singular)
guacareé (first-person preterite singular)
guacareado (participle past)
guacarear (infinitive)
guacareando (gerund)
guacareado (masculine participle past singular)
guacareada (feminine participle past singular)
guacareados (masculine participle past plural)
guacareadas (feminine participle past plural)
guacareo (first-person indicative present singular)
guacareas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
guacareás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
guacarea (indicative present singular third-person)
guacareamos (first-person indicative plural present)
guacareáis (indicative plural present second-person)
guacarean (indicative plural present third-person)
guacareaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
guacareabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
guacareaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
guacareábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
guacareabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
guacareaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
guacareé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
guacareaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
guacareó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
guacareamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
guacareasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
guacarearon (indicative plural preterite third-person)
guacarearé (first-person future indicative singular)
guacarearás (future indicative second-person singular)
guacareará (future indicative singular third-person)
guacarearemos (first-person future indicative plural)
guacarearéis (future indicative plural second-person)
guacarearán (future indicative plural third-person)
guacarearía (conditional first-person indicative singular)
guacarearías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
guacarearía (conditional indicative singular third-person)
guacarearíamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
guacarearíais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
guacarearían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
guacaree (first-person present singular subjunctive)
guacarees (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
guacareés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
guacaree (present singular subjunctive third-person)
guacareemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
guacareéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
guacareen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
guacareara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
guacarearas (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
guacareara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
guacareáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
guacarearais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
guacarearan (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
guacarease (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
guacareases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
guacarease (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
guacareásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
guacareaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
guacareasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
guacareare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
guacareares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
guacareare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
guacareáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
guacareareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
guacarearen (future plural subjunctive third-person)
guacarea (imperative informal second-person singular)
guacareá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
guacaree (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
guacaree (imperative singular third-person)
guacareemos (first-person imperative plural)
guacaread (imperative plural second-person)
guacareen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
guacareen (imperative plural third-person)
guacarees (imperative negative second-person singular)
guacaree (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
guacaree (imperative negative singular third-person)
guacareemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
guacareéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
guacareen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
guacareen (imperative negative plural third-person)


guácara

Alteration of guácala (interjection of disgust).

(Mexico) gag (a convulsion of the upper digestive tract)


órale

From ora (aphetic form of ahora) + le. Unrelated to the imperative órale (“pray!, say!”) in etymology 2, though perhaps influenced by it through association. Some other Mexican Spanish exhortative exclamations are proparoxytone imperative forms ending in -le (ándale, apúrale, córrele, etc.).

(Mexico) let's go, come on, hurry (used to exhort)

(Mexico) oh my God, wow, whoa (indicates amazement, astonishment, excitement, surprise, shock, fear)

(Mexico) yes, okay, alright (indicates approbation)


chapote

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *ȼapotl. Doublet of zapote.

(Mexico) Texas persimmon, Mexican persimmon; Diospyros texana


diablito

es-noun

diablito m (plural diablitos, feminine diablita, feminine plural diablitas)

diablitos (plural)
diablita (feminine)
diablitas (feminine plural)

→ Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: diablito

(Mexico) crowbar, wrecking bar, jemmy, jimmy, prybar, pinchbar, nail bar


gordita

(Mexico) a thick tortilla, frequently stuffed and made of corn flour


rumbear

es-verb

rumbear (first-person singular present rumbeo, first-person singular preterite rumbeé, past participle rumbeado)

rumbeo (first-person present singular)
rumbeé (first-person preterite singular)
rumbeado (participle past)
rumbear (infinitive)
rumbeando (gerund)
rumbeado (masculine participle past singular)
rumbeada (feminine participle past singular)
rumbeados (masculine participle past plural)
rumbeadas (feminine participle past plural)
rumbeo (first-person indicative present singular)
rumbeas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
rumbeás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
rumbea (indicative present singular third-person)
rumbeamos (first-person indicative plural present)
rumbeáis (indicative plural present second-person)
rumbean (indicative plural present third-person)
rumbeaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
rumbeabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
rumbeaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
rumbeábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
rumbeabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
rumbeaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
rumbeé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
rumbeaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
rumbeó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
rumbeamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
rumbeasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
rumbearon (indicative plural preterite third-person)
rumbearé (first-person future indicative singular)
rumbearás (future indicative second-person singular)
rumbeará (future indicative singular third-person)
rumbearemos (first-person future indicative plural)
rumbearéis (future indicative plural second-person)
rumbearán (future indicative plural third-person)
rumbearía (conditional first-person indicative singular)
rumbearías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
rumbearía (conditional indicative singular third-person)
rumbearíamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
rumbearíais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
rumbearían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
rumbee (first-person present singular subjunctive)
rumbees (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
rumbeés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
rumbee (present singular subjunctive third-person)
rumbeemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
rumbeéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
rumbeen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
rumbeara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
rumbearas (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
rumbeara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
rumbeáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
rumbearais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
rumbearan (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
rumbease (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
rumbeases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
rumbease (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
rumbeásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
rumbeaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
rumbeasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
rumbeare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
rumbeares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
rumbeare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
rumbeáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
rumbeareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
rumbearen (future plural subjunctive third-person)
rumbea (imperative informal second-person singular)
rumbeá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
rumbee (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
rumbee (imperative singular third-person)
rumbeemos (first-person imperative plural)
rumbead (imperative plural second-person)
rumbeen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
rumbeen (imperative plural third-person)
rumbees (imperative negative second-person singular)
rumbee (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
rumbee (imperative negative singular third-person)
rumbeemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
rumbeéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
rumbeen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
rumbeen (imperative negative plural third-person)
rumbearme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
rumbearte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
rumbearle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
rumbearse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
rumbearnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
rumbearos (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
rumbearles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
rumbearse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
rumbearme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
rumbearte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
rumbearlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
rumbearla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
rumbearse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
rumbearnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
rumbearos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
rumbearlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
rumbearlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
rumbearse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
rumbeándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
rumbeándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
rumbeándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
rumbeándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
rumbeándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
rumbeándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
rumbeándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
rumbeándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
rumbeándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
rumbeándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
rumbeándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
rumbeándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
rumbeándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
rumbeándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
rumbeándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
rumbeándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
rumbeándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
rumbeándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
rumbéame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
rumbéate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
rumbéale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
rumbéanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
rumbéales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
rumbéame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
rumbéate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
rumbéalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
rumbéala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
rumbéanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
rumbéalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
rumbéalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
rumbeame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
rumbeate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
rumbeale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
rumbeanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
rumbeales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
rumbeame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
rumbeate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
rumbealo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
rumbeala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
rumbeanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
rumbealos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
rumbealas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
rumbéeme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
rumbéele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
rumbéese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
rumbéenos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
rumbéeles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
rumbéeme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
rumbéelo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
rumbéela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
rumbéese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
rumbéenos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
rumbéelos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
rumbéelas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
rumbeémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
rumbeémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
rumbeémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
rumbeémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
rumbeémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
rumbeémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
rumbeémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
rumbeémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
rumbeémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
rumbeémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
rumbeémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
rumbeémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
rumbeadme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
rumbeadle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
rumbeadnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
rumbeaos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
rumbeadles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
rumbeadme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
rumbeadlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
rumbeadla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
rumbeadnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
rumbeaos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
rumbeadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
rumbeadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
rumbéenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
rumbéenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
rumbéennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
rumbéenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
rumbéense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
rumbéenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
rumbéenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
rumbéenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
rumbéennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
rumbéenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
rumbéenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
rumbéense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

(Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Hunduras, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) to party


agüitarse

agüitarse (first-person singular present me agüito, first-person singular preterite me agüité, past participle agüitado)

me agüito (first-person present singular)
me agüité (first-person preterite singular)
agüitado (participle past)
agüitarse (infinitive)
agüitándose (gerund)
agüitado (masculine participle past singular)
agüitada (feminine participle past singular)
agüitados (masculine participle past plural)
agüitadas (feminine participle past plural)
agüitarme (first-person infinitive singular)
agüitarte (infinitive second-person singular)
agüitarse (infinitive singular third-person)
agüitarnos (first-person infinitive plural)
agüitaros (infinitive plural second-person)
agüitarse (infinitive plural third-person)
agüitándome (first-person gerund singular)
agüitándote (gerund second-person singular)
agüitándose (gerund singular third-person)
agüitándonos (first-person gerund plural)
agüitándoos (gerund plural second-person)
agüitándose (gerund plural third-person)
me agüito (first-person indicative present singular)
te agüitas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
te agüitás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
se agüita (indicative present singular third-person)
nos agüitamos (first-person indicative plural present)
os agüitáis (indicative plural present second-person)
se agüitan (indicative plural present third-person)
me agüitaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
te agüitabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
se agüitaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
nos agüitábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
os agüitabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
se agüitaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
me agüité (first-person indicative preterite singular)
te agüitaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
se agüitó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
nos agüitamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
os agüitasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
se agüitaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
me agüitaré (first-person future indicative singular)
te agüitarás (future indicative second-person singular)
se agüitará (future indicative singular third-person)
nos agüitaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
os agüitaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
se agüitarán (future indicative plural third-person)
me agüitaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
te agüitarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
se agüitaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
nos agüitaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
os agüitaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
se agüitarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
me agüite (first-person present singular subjunctive)
te agüites (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
te agüités (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
se agüite (present singular subjunctive third-person)
nos agüitemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
os agüitéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
se agüiten (plural present subjunctive third-person)
me agüitara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
te agüitaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
se agüitara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
nos agüitáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
os agüitarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
se agüitaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
me agüitase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
te agüitases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
se agüitase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
nos agüitásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
os agüitaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
se agüitasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
me agüitare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
te agüitares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
se agüitare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
nos agüitáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
os agüitareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
se agüitaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
agüítate (imperative informal second-person singular)
agüitate (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
agüítese (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
agüítese (imperative singular third-person)
agüitémonos (first-person imperative plural)
agüitaos (imperative plural second-person)
agüítense (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
agüítense (imperative plural third-person)
te agüites (imperative negative second-person singular)
se agüite (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
se agüite (imperative negative singular third-person)
nos agüitemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
os agüitéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
se agüiten (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
se agüiten (imperative negative plural third-person)

(colloquial, El Salvador, Mexico) to become saddened; to feel let down or disillusioned


tejocote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl texocotl (literally “stone fruit”), from tetl (“stone”) + xocotl (“plum, fruit”).

bor+

(Mexico) Crataegus mexicana, a species of fruit-bearing hawthorn

(Mexico) the small, yellowish fruit of this tree


quelite

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl quilitl (“edible herb or vegetable”).

(usually in the plural, Mexico) any of a number of plants eaten fresh as leaf vegetables or herbs


guachinango

guachinangos (plural)
huachinango (alternative Mexico)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl [Term?].


huachinango

(Mexico) alternative form of guachinango


quiote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl quiyōtl (“offshoot, stem”).

(Mexico) the edible peduncle of an agave plant, which supports its inflorescence


chiquihuite

chiquihuites (plural)
chiquigüite (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chiquihuitl (“basket”).

(Guatemala, Mexico) a small, handleless woven wicker or reed basket


mecapal

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl mecapalli (“tumpline”), based on mecatl (“cord, rope”).

Mecapalli. mecapal, cordel para lleuar carga acueſtas.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 55r. col. 1:

Mecapalli. tumpline, cord to bear a load on the back.


huauzontle

huauzontles (plural)
huazontle (alternative)

From Classical Nahuatl huāuhtli (“amaranth”) + tzontli (“hair, head”), because of the shape of the plant's inflorescence.


escamole

escamoles (plural)
escamol (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āzcamōlli (“dish of ant larvae”), from āzcatl (“ant”) + mōlli (“stew”).

(usually in the plural, Mexico) the larvae of certain ants eaten as a delicacy


chavo

es-noun

chavo m (plural chavos, feminine chava, feminine plural chavas)

chavos (plural)
chava (feminine)
chavas (feminine plural)

El Chavo del Ocho

(Mexico, slang) guy (usually in his 20's)


estéticista

Literally, “one that works at an estética or hair salon”.


taquero

es-noun

taquero m (plural taqueros, feminine taquera, feminine plural taqueras)

taqueros (plural)
taquera (feminine)
taqueras (feminine plural)

(chiefly Mexico) Someone who makes or sells tacos


me vale

Euphemistic ellipsis of me vale madre (literally “that is worth (a) mother for me”), in the sense of "it does not cost a thing". In Mexican Spanish, madre sometimes symbolizes very important matters, othertimes very contemptible or valueless things.


zacatal

(Central America, Mexico, Philippines) grassland, pasture


chapuza

(Mexico) cheat, trick, cheating, deceit (specially in sports, games, gambling, elections, seldom in commerce, almost never in sentimental relationships)


pejelagarto

From peje (“fish”) + lagarto (“lizard, alligator”), so named for their primitive, lizard-like appearance.

compound

(chiefly Mexico and Central America) gar; garfish (fish of the family Lepisosteidae)


hierbero

es-noun

hierbero m (plural hierberos, feminine hierbera, feminine plural hierberas)

hierberos (plural)
hierbera (feminine)
hierberas (feminine plural)
yerbero (alternative)

[ɟ͡ʝeɾˈβ̞e.ɾo]

[ɟ͡ʝeɾˈβ̞e.ɾo]

From hierba + -ero. Cf. also Latin herbārius.

(Cuba, Mexico) Someone who sells or cultivates herbs, especially medicinal ones

(Mexico) a medicine man or other healer who uses herbs


hocicón

hocicón m (plural hocicones, feminine hocicona, feminine plural hociconas)

hocicones (plural)
hocicona (feminine)
hociconas (feminine plural)

(colloquial, Chile, Mexico) bigmouth (who talks too much or says things which should not be said)

(colloquial, Mexico) foul-mouthed, profane


flor de muertos

flor de muertos f (plural flores de muertos)

Literally, “flower of the dead”, because in Mexico and Central America the flower is traditionally used to honor the deceased.

(Central America, Mexico) Mexican marigold


changarro

(colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ecuador) small shop or business


acocil

Borrowed from a Nahuan language (cf. Classical Nahuatl ācōcīlin).

(Mexico) acocil (Cambarellus montezumae)


cacle

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cactli (“sandal, shoe”).

bor+

(colloquial, Mexico) shoe (any kind of footwear)


pulquero

es-adj

pulquero (feminine pulquera, masculine plural pulqueros, feminine plural pulqueras)

pulquera (feminine)
pulqueros (masculine plural)
pulqueras (feminine plural)

(Mexico) Pertaining or relating to pulque


pulquero

es-noun

pulquero m (plural pulqueros, feminine pulquera, feminine plural pulqueras)

pulqueros (plural)
pulquera (feminine)
pulqueras (feminine plural)

(Mexico) a person who makes or sells pulque


pulquería

(Mexico) an establishment where pulque is sold


súchil

(rare, dialectal, poetic, Mexico) flower


temazcal

temazcales (plural)
temascal (alternative)
temescal (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl temāzcalli (“sweat lodge, sweat bath”), from tēma (“to pour, bathe by pouring”) + calli (“house, structure”).

bor+

(El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico) a sweat lodge, traditionally one made from adobe bricks


tlazol

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tlahzolli (“trash, garbage, dirt”).

(Mexico) forage, fodder, especially that made from cropped cane


taxcal

Shortened from Classical Nahuatl tlaxcalchiquihuitl (“basket for carrying tortillas”), from tlaxcalli (“tortilla”) + chiquihuitl (“basket”).

der

(Mexico) a basket used to carry or store tortillas


chichicuilote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl ātzitzicuīlōtl (“phalarope”), from ātl (“water”) + tzitzicuiltic (“something thin or dry”) + huīlōtl (“dove”).

bor+

Charadrius wilsonia
Charadrius wilsonia#Translingual

(Mexico) Wilson's plover (Charadrius wilsonia)


xóchil

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xōchitl (“flower”).


xocoyote

xocoyotes (plural)
socoyote (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xōcōyotl (“youngest child”).


chinampero

es-adj

chinampero (feminine chinampera, masculine plural chinamperos, feminine plural chinamperas)

chinampera (feminine)
chinamperos (masculine plural)
chinamperas (feminine plural)

(of a crop or plant, Mexico) Cultivated in a chinampa


chinampero

es-noun

chinampero m (plural chinamperos, feminine chinampera, feminine plural chinamperas)

chinamperos (plural)
chinampera (feminine)
chinamperas (feminine plural)

(Mexico) a person who cultivates using chinampas


neutle

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl neuctli (“honey, syrup”).


xoconostle

xoconostles (plural)
joconostle (alternative)
soconostle (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xoconōchtli (“sour prickly pear”), from xococ (“something sour”) + nōchtli (“prickly pear”).

(Mexico) a species of prickly pear cactus, Opuntia matudae, native to Central Mexico

(Mexico) the acidic fruit of this cactus


xocoatole

From Classical Nahuatl xococ (“something sour”) + ātōlli (“atole”).


pinacate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl pīnacatl (“type of flightless beetle”).


ahuate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl ahhuatl (“thorn”).

(Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) a slender, hairlike thorn (villus) such as that of the cornstalk or sugar cane


tepalcate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tapalcatl (“potsherd”).


cacahuacintle

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cacahuacentli (“cacao pod”), from cacahuatl (“cacao bean”) + centli, cintli (“dried maize still on the cob”).

cacahuazintle (alternative)
cacahuacentli (alternative)

(Mexico) a variety of maize with large, whitish grains, used in the making of pozole and other traditional dishes


teocinte

French: téosinte

English: teosinte

apparently from Classical Nahuatl teōtl (“god”) + cintli (“dried maize”).

(Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) teosinte


sotol

sotoles (plural)
zotol (alternative Mexico)

→ English: sotol

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl zōtolin (“palm tree”).

(chiefly Mexico) sotol (distilled spirit)


uchepo

(Mexico) a tamale prepared with sweet corn, originating from the state of Michoacán


nahual

→ English: nahual

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl nāhualli (“sorcerer”).

(Central America, Mexico) healer, witch doctor


cacomixtle

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tlahcomiztli.

Bassariscus astutus
Bassariscus astutus#Translingual

(Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras) ring-tailed cat (Bassariscus astutus)


chamaco

es-noun

chamaco m (plural chamacos, feminine chamaca, feminine plural chamacas)

chamacos (plural)
chamaca (feminine)
chamacas (feminine plural)

Possibly from Classical Nahuatl chamahuac (“plump”).

Extrañamente seducido por aquel chamaco se dejó llevar por algunas callejuelas del barrio.

1967, Antonio Domínguez Hidalgo, Lo ineludible y otros cruentos:

(informal, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico) a boy or teenager; a male youth


rocola

From Rock-Ola, an American manufacturer of jukeboxes.

(Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela) jukebox, nickelodeon


tameme

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tlamāmah (“load-bearer, porter”), shortened from tlamāmahqui, from māmā (“to carry, bear”).


tapanco

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tlapanco (“loft, attic”), from tlapantli (“roof”).


cócono

es-noun

cócono m (plural cóconos, feminine cócona, feminine plural cóconas)

cóconos (plural)
cócona (feminine)
cóconas (feminine plural)

Uncertain. Perhaps from Classical Nahuatl cōconeh (“children”), absolutive plural of conētl (“child”).


zacamecate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl zacamecatl (“rope made with grass”), from zacatl (“grass”) + mecatl (“rope”).

bor+

(Mexico) a scourer made from plant fiber


cábula

(Mexico, colloquial) joking, mischievous person; bully (doing pranks)


nanacate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl nanacatl (“mushroom”).

(Mexico) an edible or hallucinogenic mushroom


metlapil

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl metlapīlli (“hand-held grinding stone”), from metlatl (“metate”) + pīlli (“son”).

(Honduras, Mexico) a cylindrical grinding stone, especially one used with a metate


moyote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl mōyōtl (“mosquito”).


teporingo

teporingos (plural)
teporinco (alternative)

Unknown. Perhaps connected to Classical Nahuatl tepētl (“mountain”), olīn (“movement”) + the locative suffix -co.


equipal

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl icpalli (“seat, chair”).

Flexibles por naturaleza pero a la vez resistentes, son las más aptas para muebles, armazones, equipales, jaulas, juguetes, canastas para cosechar y lavar productos agrícolas (café, cacao, chile, pimienta, etc.), chiquihuites y petates, entre otros, elaborados después de ocho a once fases previas.

1988, Marta Turok, Cómo acercarse a la artesania, Editorial Plaza y Janés, page 71:

Naturally flexible but at the same time resistant, they are the most well suited for furniture, frames, seats, cages, toys, baskets for harvesting and washing farm produce (coffee, cocoa, chili, pepper, etc.), handleless baskets and mats, among other things, manufactured after eight to eleven previous stages.

(Mexico) a type of reed or wicker chair with a leather-sheathed seat and back


barandilla

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines


chinicuil

chinicuiles (plural)
chilocuil (alternative)
chinocuil (alternative)

Alteration of chilocuil, from Classical Nahuatl chihchīlocuilin, from chihchīltic (“red, chili red”) + ocuilin (“worm”).

(Mexico) the edible larva of the moth Hypopta agavis, used in traditional Mexican cuisine


tecol

From Classical Nahuatl tletl (“fire”) + ocuilin (“worm”), for its reddish color.


ayate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āyātl (“cloth or cloak made from maguey fiber”).

(Mexico) a cloth made from the fiber of the maguey plant, similar to henequen or sisal


achís

Contraction of ¡ah, chingados! (“ah, damn it!”).

contraction

(colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador) damn!


calentón

(Mexico, regional) heater (device that produces and radiates heat)


cabronazo

(Mexico, vulgar) a sharp blow, punch or strike; thump; thwack; whack; bash


acal

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl ācalli (“boat, canoe”), from ātl (“water”) + calli (“structure”).


tianguista

es-noun

tianguista m or f by sense (plural tianguistas)

(Mexico) a vendor located in a tianguis; a marketeer


tianguero

tianguero m (plural tiangueros, feminine tianguera, feminine plural tiangueras)

tiangueros (plural)
tianguera (feminine)
tiangueras (feminine plural)


hula-hula

hula-hula m (countable and uncountable, plural hula-hulas)

hula-hulas (plural)
hulahúla (alternative)
ula-ula (alternative)
julajú (alternative)

(uncountable, playground games, Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, uncommon in Venezuela, Argentina) a game in which a person spins a hula hoop around the waist with the movements of the hips


overo

es-adj

overo (feminine overa, masculine plural overos, feminine plural overas)

overa (feminine)
overos (masculine plural)
overas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *falvārium, from falvus, from Proto-Germanic *falwaz. Cognate with Portuguese fouveiro, Catalan falb, French fauve, and further German fahl, falb, English fallow. The expected Spanish spelling would be hovero, which is attested.

(Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Southern Cone) piebald, mottled


niguas

(slang, Mexico, Guatemala) Used to express negation: no


chalán

es-noun

chalán m (plural chalanes, feminine chalana, feminine plural chalanas)

chalanes (plural)
chalana (feminine)
chalanas (feminine plural)

(colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) an assistant or helper of a contruction worker, especially of a mason or painter


verdiblanco

(soccer, Mexico) a player, supporter, or someone who works for Club León, a football club in León, Mexico


tenamaste

tenamastes (plural)
tenamaztle (alternative)
tenamastle (alternative)
tinamaste (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tenamaztli (“hearthstone, triplet”).

bor+

(Central America, Mexico) a hearthstone, any of the three stones traditionally used to elevate a comal above a fire


ámpula

Borrowed from Latin ampulla. Doublet of ampolla.

(Cuba, Mexico) ampoule (small glass vial)


aditar

es-verb

aditar (first-person singular present adito, first-person singular preterite adité, past participle aditado)

adito (first-person present singular)
adité (first-person preterite singular)
aditado (participle past)
aditar (infinitive)
aditando (gerund)
aditado (masculine participle past singular)
aditada (feminine participle past singular)
aditados (masculine participle past plural)
aditadas (feminine participle past plural)
adito (first-person indicative present singular)
aditas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
aditás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
adita (indicative present singular third-person)
aditamos (first-person indicative plural present)
aditáis (indicative plural present second-person)
aditan (indicative plural present third-person)
aditaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
aditabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
aditaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
aditábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
aditabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
aditaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
adité (first-person indicative preterite singular)
aditaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
aditó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
aditamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
aditasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
aditaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
aditaré (first-person future indicative singular)
aditarás (future indicative second-person singular)
aditará (future indicative singular third-person)
aditaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
aditaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
aditarán (future indicative plural third-person)
aditaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
aditarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
aditaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
aditaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
aditaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
aditarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
adite (first-person present singular subjunctive)
adites (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
adités (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
adite (present singular subjunctive third-person)
aditemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
aditéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
aditen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
aditara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
aditaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
aditara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
aditáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
aditarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
aditaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
aditase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
aditases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
aditase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
aditásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
aditaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
aditasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
aditare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
aditares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
aditare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
aditáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
aditareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
aditaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
adita (imperative informal second-person singular)
aditá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
adite (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
adite (imperative singular third-person)
aditemos (first-person imperative plural)
aditad (imperative plural second-person)
aditen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
aditen (imperative plural third-person)
adites (imperative negative second-person singular)
adite (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
adite (imperative negative singular third-person)
aditemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
aditéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
aditen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
aditen (imperative negative plural third-person)
aditarme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
aditarte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
aditarle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
aditarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
aditarnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
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aditarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
aditarme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
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aditarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
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aditándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
aditándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
aditándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
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aditadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
aditadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
adítenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
adítenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
adítennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
adítenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
adítense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
adítenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
adítenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
adítenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
adítennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
adítenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
adítenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
adítense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

From Latin additus (“annexed, augmented, having been added”), perfect passive participle of addō (“to add”). Related to añadir.

bor

(transitive, Mexico, Bolivia, Argentina) to add (something)


agrura

(pathology, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, chiefly in the plural, Mexico) heartburn


lapicero

From lápiz (“pencil”) + -ero (relatonal suffx).

af

(Central America, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, south and southwestern Mexico, Peru, Venezuela) pen

(central Mexico) mechanical pencil (Canada, US), propelling pencil (UK)


traste

Probably a variant of trasto; cf. Portuguese traste.

(Mexico, Dominican Republic, in the plural) dirty dishes

(Mexico, in the plural) laundry (dirty clothes)


güila

Compare güilo, itself a Mexican variant of huilo (“crippled”).


quiúbole

(colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) alternative spelling of quehúbole


qué ondas

From qué (“what”) + ondas (“mood, vibes”), meaning “what's the vibe?” or “what (is) the mood?”.

(colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) What's up?


pipián

(Mexico) a type of sauce made with pumpkin seeds or almonds, toasted corn and green chili

(Mexico) a type of stew made with such sauce


chota

(dated, slang, derogatory, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico) the police


encular

es-verb

encular (first-person singular present enculo, first-person singular preterite enculé, past participle enculado)

enculo (first-person present singular)
enculé (first-person preterite singular)
enculado (participle past)
encular (infinitive)
enculando (gerund)
enculado (masculine participle past singular)
enculada (feminine participle past singular)
enculados (masculine participle past plural)
enculadas (feminine participle past plural)
enculo (first-person indicative present singular)
enculas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
enculás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
encula (indicative present singular third-person)
enculamos (first-person indicative plural present)
enculáis (indicative plural present second-person)
enculan (indicative plural present third-person)
enculaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
enculabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
enculaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
enculábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
enculabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
enculaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
enculé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
enculaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
enculó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
enculamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
enculasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
encularon (indicative plural preterite third-person)
encularé (first-person future indicative singular)
encularás (future indicative second-person singular)
enculará (future indicative singular third-person)
encularemos (first-person future indicative plural)
encularéis (future indicative plural second-person)
encularán (future indicative plural third-person)
encularía (conditional first-person indicative singular)
encularías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
encularía (conditional indicative singular third-person)
encularíamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
encularíais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
encularían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
encule (first-person present singular subjunctive)
encules (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
enculés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
encule (present singular subjunctive third-person)
enculemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
enculéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
enculen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
enculara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
encularas (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
enculara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
enculáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
encularais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
encularan (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
enculase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
enculases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
enculase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
enculásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
enculaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
enculasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
enculare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
enculares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
enculare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
enculáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
enculareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
encularen (future plural subjunctive third-person)
encula (imperative informal second-person singular)
enculá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
encule (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
encule (imperative singular third-person)
enculemos (first-person imperative plural)
enculad (imperative plural second-person)
enculen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
enculen (imperative plural third-person)
encules (imperative negative second-person singular)
encule (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
encule (imperative negative singular third-person)
enculemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
enculéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
enculen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
enculen (imperative negative plural third-person)
encularme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
encularte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
encularle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
encularse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
encularnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
encularos (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
encularles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
encularse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
encularme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
encularte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
encularlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
encularla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
encularse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
encularnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
encularos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
encularlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
encularlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
encularse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
enculándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
enculándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
enculándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
enculándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
enculándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
enculándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
enculándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
enculándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
enculándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
enculándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
enculándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
enculándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
enculándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
enculándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
enculándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
enculándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
enculándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
enculándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
encúlame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
encúlate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
encúlale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
encúlanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
encúlales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
encúlame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
encúlate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
encúlalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
encúlala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
encúlanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
encúlalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
encúlalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
enculame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
enculate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
enculale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
enculanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
enculales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
enculame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
enculate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
enculalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
enculala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
enculanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
enculalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
enculalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
encúleme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
encúlele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
encúlese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
encúlenos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
encúleles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
encúleme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
encúlelo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
encúlela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
encúlese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
encúlenos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
encúlelos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
encúlelas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
enculémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
enculémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
enculémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
enculémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
enculémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
enculémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
enculémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
enculémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
enculémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
enculémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
enculémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
enculémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
enculadme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
enculadle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
enculadnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
enculaos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
enculadles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
enculadme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
enculadlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
enculadla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
enculadnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
enculaos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
enculadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
enculadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
encúlenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
encúlenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
encúlennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
encúlenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
encúlense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
encúlenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
encúlenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
encúlenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
encúlennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
encúlenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
encúlenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
encúlense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
encularse (infinitive)
enculándose (gerund)
enculado (masculine participle past singular)
enculada (feminine participle past singular)
enculados (masculine participle past plural)
enculadas (feminine participle past plural)
encularme (first-person infinitive singular)
encularte (infinitive second-person singular)
encularse (infinitive singular third-person)
encularnos (first-person infinitive plural)
encularos (infinitive plural second-person)
encularse (infinitive plural third-person)
enculándome (first-person gerund singular)
enculándote (gerund second-person singular)
enculándose (gerund singular third-person)
enculándonos (first-person gerund plural)
enculándoos (gerund plural second-person)
enculándose (gerund plural third-person)
me enculo (first-person indicative present singular)
te enculas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
te enculás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
se encula (indicative present singular third-person)
nos enculamos (first-person indicative plural present)
os enculáis (indicative plural present second-person)
se enculan (indicative plural present third-person)
me enculaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
te enculabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
se enculaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
nos enculábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
os enculabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
se enculaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
me enculé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
te enculaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
se enculó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
nos enculamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
os enculasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
se encularon (indicative plural preterite third-person)
me encularé (first-person future indicative singular)
te encularás (future indicative second-person singular)
se enculará (future indicative singular third-person)
nos encularemos (first-person future indicative plural)
os encularéis (future indicative plural second-person)
se encularán (future indicative plural third-person)
me encularía (conditional first-person indicative singular)
te encularías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
se encularía (conditional indicative singular third-person)
nos encularíamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
os encularíais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
se encularían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
me encule (first-person present singular subjunctive)
te encules (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
te enculés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
se encule (present singular subjunctive third-person)
nos enculemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
os enculéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
se enculen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
me enculara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
te encularas (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
se enculara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
nos enculáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
os encularais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
se encularan (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
me enculase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
te enculases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
se enculase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
nos enculásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
os enculaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
se enculasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
me enculare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
te enculares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
se enculare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
nos enculáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
os enculareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
se encularen (future plural subjunctive third-person)
encúlate (imperative informal second-person singular)
enculate (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
encúlese (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
encúlese (imperative singular third-person)
enculémonos (first-person imperative plural)
enculaos (imperative plural second-person)
encúlense (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
encúlense (imperative plural third-person)
te encules (imperative negative second-person singular)
se encule (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
se encule (imperative negative singular third-person)
nos enculemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
os enculéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
se enculen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
se enculen (imperative negative plural third-person)

From en- + culo (“ass”) + -ar. Cf Catalan encular, French enculer.

No quiere encularse.

Me estoy enculando.

(reflexive, intransitive, colloquial, Mexico, Central America) to fall madly in love, to have a crush on


emputarse

emputarse (first-person singular present me emputo, first-person singular preterite me emputé, past participle emputado)

me emputo (first-person present singular)
me emputé (first-person preterite singular)
emputado (participle past)
emputarse (infinitive)
emputándose (gerund)
emputado (masculine participle past singular)
emputada (feminine participle past singular)
emputados (masculine participle past plural)
emputadas (feminine participle past plural)
emputarme (first-person infinitive singular)
emputarte (infinitive second-person singular)
emputarse (infinitive singular third-person)
emputarnos (first-person infinitive plural)
emputaros (infinitive plural second-person)
emputarse (infinitive plural third-person)
emputándome (first-person gerund singular)
emputándote (gerund second-person singular)
emputándose (gerund singular third-person)
emputándonos (first-person gerund plural)
emputándoos (gerund plural second-person)
emputándose (gerund plural third-person)
me emputo (first-person indicative present singular)
te emputas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
te emputás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
se emputa (indicative present singular third-person)
nos emputamos (first-person indicative plural present)
os emputáis (indicative plural present second-person)
se emputan (indicative plural present third-person)
me emputaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
te emputabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
se emputaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
nos emputábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
os emputabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
se emputaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
me emputé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
te emputaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
se emputó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
nos emputamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
os emputasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
se emputaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
me emputaré (first-person future indicative singular)
te emputarás (future indicative second-person singular)
se emputará (future indicative singular third-person)
nos emputaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
os emputaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
se emputarán (future indicative plural third-person)
me emputaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
te emputarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
se emputaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
nos emputaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
os emputaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
se emputarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
me empute (first-person present singular subjunctive)
te emputes (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
te emputés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
se empute (present singular subjunctive third-person)
nos emputemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
os emputéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
se emputen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
me emputara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
te emputaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
se emputara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
nos emputáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
os emputarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
se emputaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
me emputase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
te emputases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
se emputase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
nos emputásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
os emputaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
se emputasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
me emputare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
te emputares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
se emputare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
nos emputáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
os emputareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
se emputaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
empútate (imperative informal second-person singular)
emputate (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
empútese (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
empútese (imperative singular third-person)
emputémonos (first-person imperative plural)
emputaos (imperative plural second-person)
empútense (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
empútense (imperative plural third-person)
te emputes (imperative negative second-person singular)
se empute (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
se empute (imperative negative singular third-person)
nos emputemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
os emputéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
se emputen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
se emputen (imperative negative plural third-person)

Ya te emputaste. ¿Ya ves?, por eso no te quería decir.

And now you got angry. See, that's why I didn't want to tell you.

emputarse con

Me emputé con mi hermano por lo que me dijo.

I got really angry at my brother for what he told me.

(reflexive, vulgar, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama) to get really angry


tambo

Detalló que también implica el inicio de un procedimiento administrativo en materia aduanera, el decomiso de la mercancía que se pretenda ingresar y la retención en garantía del interés fiscal del vehículo en que se transporten los galones, recipientes o tambos con gasolina.

2017 January 10, “Sancionarán cruce ilegal de gasolina de EU a México”, in Frontera.info:


guaro

According to the DRAE, from the same root as guarapo, ultimately from Quechua [Term?].

(colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Guatemala) guaro, a clear liquor distilled from sugar cane juice


ostionería

(Mexico) synonym of ostionera (oyster bar)


ostionera

(Mexico) an oyster bar; a place where oysters can be bought (and eaten)


cajete

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl caxitl (“bowl, basin”).

bor+

(Mexico) a bowl, basin or similar container

(El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico) an unglazed clay pot used in cooking

(Mexico) a hole made to plant a seed, plant, sapling, etc.


cajete

Shortening of molcajete, or directly from Classical Nahuatl caxitl; see above.


berengo

es-adj

berengo (feminine berenga, masculine plural berengos, feminine plural berengas)

berenga (feminine)
berengos (masculine plural)
berengas (feminine plural)


jicote

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl xīcohtli (“bumblebee”).

cog

(Central America, Mexico, Louisiana, Texas) bumblebee


jicotera

(colloquial, Mexico) commotion; fuss, bustle


chambelán

Borrowed from Old French chamberlayn, chamberlenc (“chamberlain”), from Frankish *kamarling (“chamberlain”), equivalent to *kamer (“chamber”) + *-ling (“-ling”). Cognate with Old High German chamarling (“chamberlain”). Doublet of camarlengo

(Mexico) a male member of the court of honor at a quinceañera


flor de Nochebuena

es-noun

flor de Nochebuena f (plural flores de Nochebuena)


chichifo

Apparently a Mexican rendering (by mishearing) of cicisbeo, with Italian pronunciation, with the sense of kept man.

(Mexico, gay slang) male prostitute, he-whore (he who has only or chiefly male clients)


catrín

es-adj

catrín (feminine catrina, masculine plural catrines, feminine plural catrinas)

catrina (feminine)
catrines (masculine plural)
catrinas (feminine plural)

(Mexico, Central America, of a person) elegant dressed, stylish, posh

(Mexico, Central America, of a person) wealthy, rich


catrín

(Mexico, Central America) a fop or dandy, a gentleman who is a stylish dresser


plomería

(US, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Venezuela, Argentina, obsolete in Uruguay) plumbing

(Mexico, Honduras, Panama, Venezuela, Paraguay) plumbing store

(Paraguay, Rioplatense, rare in Uruguay) plumber


fontanería

(Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras) plumbing


chilchote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chīlchotl (“green chili pepper”).

bor+

(Mexico) a spicy, green variety of chili pepper used in cooking


tamaleada

(Central America, Mexico) a gathering of people to make and eat tamales


acuyo

(Mexico) Mexican pepperleaf, root beer plant, an aromatic herb used in Mexican cuisine (Piper auritum)


me la pela

(Mexico, Spain, idiomatic, colloquial, vulgar) I don't give a shit


fodongo

es-adj

fodongo (feminine fodonga, masculine plural fodongos, feminine plural fodongas)

fodonga (feminine)
fodongos (masculine plural)
fodongas (feminine plural)

[foˈð̞õŋ.ɡo]

(Mexico, El Salvador) lazy, filthy, sloppy (of a person)


fodongo

es-noun

fodongo m (plural fodongos, feminine fodonga, feminine plural fodongas)

fodongos (plural)
fodonga (feminine)
fodongas (feminine plural)

[foˈð̞õŋ.ɡo]

(Mexico, El Salvador) lazy, filthy person


cotonete

(Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay) cotton swab


galguear

es-verb

galguear (first-person singular present galgueo, first-person singular preterite galgueé, past participle galgueado)

galgueo (first-person present singular)
galgueé (first-person preterite singular)
galgueado (participle past)
galguear (infinitive)
galgueando (gerund)
galgueado (masculine participle past singular)
galgueada (feminine participle past singular)
galgueados (masculine participle past plural)
galgueadas (feminine participle past plural)
galgueo (first-person indicative present singular)
galgueas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
galgueás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
galguea (indicative present singular third-person)
galgueamos (first-person indicative plural present)
galgueáis (indicative plural present second-person)
galguean (indicative plural present third-person)
galgueaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
galgueabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
galgueaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
galgueábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
galgueabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
galgueaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
galgueé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
galgueaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
galgueó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
galgueamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
galgueasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
galguearon (indicative plural preterite third-person)
galguearé (first-person future indicative singular)
galguearás (future indicative second-person singular)
galgueará (future indicative singular third-person)
galguearemos (first-person future indicative plural)
galguearéis (future indicative plural second-person)
galguearán (future indicative plural third-person)
galguearía (conditional first-person indicative singular)
galguearías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
galguearía (conditional indicative singular third-person)
galguearíamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
galguearíais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
galguearían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
galguee (first-person present singular subjunctive)
galguees (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
galgueés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
galguee (present singular subjunctive third-person)
galgueemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
galgueéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
galgueen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
galgueara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
galguearas (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
galgueara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
galgueáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
galguearais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
galguearan (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
galguease (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
galgueases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
galguease (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
galgueásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
galgueaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
galgueasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
galgueare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
galgueares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
galgueare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
galgueáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
galgueareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
galguearen (future plural subjunctive third-person)
galguea (imperative informal second-person singular)
galgueá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
galguee (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
galguee (imperative singular third-person)
galgueemos (first-person imperative plural)
galguead (imperative plural second-person)
galgueen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
galgueen (imperative plural third-person)
galguees (imperative negative second-person singular)
galguee (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
galguee (imperative negative singular third-person)
galgueemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
galgueéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
galgueen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
galgueen (imperative negative plural third-person)

(dialect, Central America, Mexico, Argentina) to be hungry


cuacha

(Mexico, vulgar, rare) despicable person


pollero

es-noun

pollero m (plural polleros, feminine pollera, feminine plural polleras)

polleros (plural)
pollera (feminine)
polleras (feminine plural)

From pollo + -ero, or from Latin pullārius.

Trabajar de pollero era legal en El Salvador a finales de los 70.

To work as a coyote was legal in El Salvador during the late 70s.

Es un coyote, un pollero, que ha visto los diferentes tiempos de la migración [...]

2014-07-13,, Óscar Martínez with reports from Jimmy Alvarado, "Los niños no se van: se los llevan", El Faro, newspaper, URL:http://www.elfaro.net/es/201407/noticias/15683/ link, accessed 2014-07-18

He is a coyote, a smuggler of illegal immigrants, who has seen different epochs of migration …

(El Salvador, Mexico) smuggler of illegal immigrants


chuchupate

→ English: chuchupate

(Mexico) balsam of Peru, Myroxylon balsamum


tlacoyo

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tlahtlaōyoh.


acotamiento

(road transport, Mexico) hard shoulder, emergency lane (part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency)


agujeta

(Mexico) shoelace, lace (cord for fastening a shoe or garment)


alipús

(Mexico) drink (served alcoholic beverage)