enjoy or have fun at the expense of someone who is going through an embarrassing situation
coger un aire
to expose oneself to the night weather without appropriate clothing, as a result you get an acute and sporadic pain in any part of your body
cojonú
a brave person
colgar el sable
to quit
colgar los guantes
to quit
comecandela
fanatic of the communist system in Cuba
comer tierra
starving, extremely hungry
chivatón
snitch, informer
chivichana
a wooden homemade sled / go-kart contraption kids in Cuba use to race, also used to transport stuff, like a small wagon
chochera
impatient and very ill-tempered old people
chorro de plomo
a rude person, that nobody likes
coba
lie
coger botella
hitchhiking
coger la confronta
too late to do something
cardiolos
men’s underwear
catao
the switch that controls the electricity in a house or building, from the English “cut out”
cayuco
Small, narrow boat
cazuelero
nosy, intrusive, meddlesome, a gossip
chalana
a big shoe
chama
a kid
champola
a juice or shake made by mixing water (or milk), sugar and soursop fruit
chao pescao
see you later alligator
chapear
it is said when a police officer shows people his badge to enter without problems or to skip a line, or receive some other advantage
chavacán
vulgar, crude, coarse
chaveta
1) a barber blade 2) boasting about oneself
cherna
a fag, a queer
chícharos
dried peas
chispaetren
homemade rum of poor quality, also written as chispa e’ tren
chivatear
to snitch on, to denounce
caldosa
a traditional soup made with vegetables, fruit, meat and many other things, boiled for hours and served hot