Most Common Phrases:
1. Pura Vida (Pure Life)
2. ¡Que Rico! (Technically, How Rich. But they use it for EVERYTHING)
3. ....este..... (filler word)
4. ....bueno.... (OK/filler word)
5. ¡Tranquilo! (Relax)
Most Common Smells:
1. Pot/Weed/Marijuana/TheGanja
2. Tico boy cologne
3. Dog Poop (Manda doesn't agree with this one)
4. Roasting Coffee (I don't agree with this one)
5. Cilantro
Top Ticoisms:
1. Add "-ita" to names to make things little (ie. Amandita)
2. Add "-isimo" to words to emphasize how awesome they are (ie. Ricisimo)
3. Ridiculously roll "R's"
4. Add a weird "rrjsh" noise to words that end in R
5. Add "-ota" to names to make things big (ie. Amandota)
Phrases spanish speakers say to hit on Gringas:
1. Nice body, nice baby!
2. ¡Sexo! (Translation: ¡Sex! ........I don't know either)
3. ¡Macha! (Translation: ?)
4. "Sschhs"- just an annoying noise (the Tico equivalent of whistling at girls)
5. "I loou you!"
6. I just got a phone call tonight with a stranger telling me "F*** you" over and over, then ended with "I want to make love with you." I said "No thanks" and hung up. Really... What was he expecting. I have never heard of someone making a prank call like that and the girl saying "OK."
2 comments:
I thoroughly enjoyed this! It made me smile a lot :)
Macha means something like blonde (girl) and if add 'ita' it means something like 'blondie' or 'little blonde girl'. The same for 'macho' it's used mostly to refer a male but sometimes is like a buddy. The same happens by adding 'ito' - machito! hahaha!
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