{"id":145,"date":"2009-03-12T11:03:05","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T15:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=145"},"modified":"2009-03-12T11:03:05","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T15:03:05","slug":"cuban-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/cuban-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we\u2019ll have a look at some typical vocabulary used in Cuba. Check them out!<\/p>\n

Amarillo <\/strong>\u2013 a coward person. Aquel hombre es un amarillo. <\/em>(That man is a coward.)
\nCaballo <\/strong>\u2013 friend. \u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1s, caballo?<\/em> (How are you, my friend?)
\nCurralo <\/strong>\u2013 work. Voy pa\u2019l curralo. <\/em>(I\u2019m going to work.)
\nEmbori <\/strong>\u2013 a snitch, a rat. Ten cuidado con ese tipo, es embori. <\/em>(Be careful with that guy, he\u2019s a rat.)
\nFacho <\/strong>\u2013 theft, robbery. El facho fue anoche.<\/em> (The robbery happened last night.)
\nFardo <\/strong>\u2013 pants. \u00bfCu\u00e1nto costar\u00e1 este fardo? <\/em>(I wonder how much these pants cost.)
\nFuca <\/strong>\u2013 a gun. Cuando la polic\u00eda lleg\u00f3 al local del cr\u00edmen, la fuca ya se hab\u00eda desaparecido. <\/em>(When the police arrived at the crime scene, the gun was already gone.)
\nGao <\/strong>\u2013 house. Aquel gao se est\u00e1 cayendo.<\/em> (That house is falling down.)
\nG\u00fciro <\/strong>\u2013 a party. El s\u00e1bado habr\u00e1 g\u00fciro en la casa de Ana.<\/em> (On Saturday there will be a party over at Ana\u2019s.)
\nJama <\/strong>\u2013 food. Ven ya, que la jama se enfr\u00eda.<\/em> (Come quickly because the food is getting cold.)
\nLima <\/strong>\u2013 a shirt. \u00bfTe compraste una nueva lima?<\/em> (Did you buy a new shirt?)
\nMacri <\/strong>\u2013 a white man. Ese macri no es de aqu\u00ed.<\/em> (This white man is not from here.)
\nN\u00e9bole <\/strong>\u2013 a friend, a buddy. \u00a1Hace cu\u00e1nto que no te veo, n\u00e9bole!<\/em> (I haven\u2019t seen you for so long, buddy!)
\nPincha <\/strong>\u2013 work. Est\u00e1 muy dura esta pincha.<\/em> (This work is very hard.)
\n \u00a1Qu\u00e9 bola!<\/strong> \u2013 How are you doing?<\/em>
\nTacle <\/strong>\u2013 deceit, swindle. Con tacles no me vas a convencer.<\/em> (You won\u2019t convince me with deceits.)
\nTeque <\/strong>\u2013 a long-winded speech. No me vengas con teques, chico.<\/em> (Don\u2019t give me your long speeches, boy.)
\nYira <\/strong>\u2013 Money. Estoy sin yira.<\/em> (I’m broke.)<\/p>\n

Take a look at this video of a boy speaking in typical Cuban accent, vocabulary and speed!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kYWdy1dMkuY&feature=related<\/a><\/p>\n

Nos vemos prontito!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today we\u2019ll have a look at some typical vocabulary used in Cuba. Check them out! Amarillo \u2013 a coward person. Aquel hombre es un amarillo. (That man is a coward.) Caballo \u2013 friend. \u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1s, caballo? (How are you, my friend?) Curralo \u2013 work. Voy pa\u2019l curralo. (I\u2019m going to work.) Embori \u2013 a snitch…<\/p>\n

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