The Quick Guide to Cuban SpanishA Colloquial Spanish Dictionary discover the local languageQuick Guide to Cuban Spanish eBookThe collection of more than 952 terms and sayings will help you become familiar with the richness of the country’s Spanish. It includes slang and colloquial expressions that you will likely run across in everyday conversations. BUY ON […]
zoquetada
something foolish
zumbarse
to overstep the bounds
zunzú
the smallest bird in Cuba
yuma
U.S.A.
yutongs
a brand name of bus
zambumbia
a bad-tasting fruit beverage
zamparse
to scarf down food or drink
zanaco
imbecile, asshole, idiot
zancajear
to walk a lot to find something
zancalejear
to walk a lot to find something
zíper
a zipper
zoncear
to fool around
tufado
body odor, stench
verraquear
to behave like a fool
volao
1) to be lucky 2) angry, extremely mad 3) someone who has a high level of skills in a specific discipline
yeguada
to behave like an animal
yipi
a jeep
titimanía
addicted to sex or having sex with young women
tostao
crazy, nuts
trajín
a person who is poorly treated by everyone else, a whipping boy
trapalero
a dishonest person
tresochenticinco
a bottle Havana Club rum, named because the cost is $3.85
tirisia
1) yellowish color in newborns 2)untidiness, neglect, laziness
singao
a son-of-a-bitch
singar
to fuck
solar
an old, antique home, generally for rich families, taken over by poor people, converted to slums
tambullero
a fat person who eats like a pig
tanque
the tank, referring to prison
temba
a mature person