a bad person
espantar la mula
to leave
echar un patín
to run as fast as you can
echar una surna
a nap
el culo del mundo
Timbuktu, the end of the world
el horno no está para galleticas
things are really bad right now
él no dispara un chícharo
he does nothing
empinar chiringa
1) to fly a kite 2) to waste time
de a viaje
do something quickly and only once
de carretilla
by heart, by memory
de pascuas a San Juan
almost never, very seldom
desmaya eso
an order to finish something, forget about talking, get back to work
durar como merengue en la puerta de una escuela
gone in a flash, literally “to last as long as candy at a school’s door”
dar cabilla
to fuck
dar chucho
mocking of a person
dar la punzada del güajiro
brain freeze
dar muela
to woo someone
dar tranca
to fight
darse lija
to be pretentious, arrogant or showy
darse tremendo tanganazo
to hit yourself by accident, bump yourself
darse un golpe de suegra
to bang your funny bone (in your elbow) really hard
darse Violín
to scratch yourself
completo Camagüey
an expression said after finishing a task
cruzársele los cables
to become crazy, a lunatic
coger mangos bajitos
to grab low hanging fruit, do something easy
coger para el bonche
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
colgar el sable
to quit
colgar los guantes
to quit
comer tierra
starving, extremely hungry