CUBAN SLANGS (III)

 Guagua : autobus

 Guajiro: peasant, farmer

Por la izquierda: through the black market (with the left hand = black market or bolsa negra).

 Jama: food

Jamar: to eat

Jaba : plastic bag (to carry groceries)

Kiosko : little shop

Monada : police

Padrino : Santeria priest

 Patón : bad dancer

Pinchar : to work

 Pulover : T-shirt

 Queik : cake

 Socio: budy , mate

 Tacos, llanta: shoes

 Zafra : the sugar cane harves

CUBAN SLANGS (II)

Chancletas : flip-flops

 Chebi : taxi ( official state taxi)

 Chopin: shopping ( refers to dollar shop, tourist shop)

 Chocolate: a mobile telephone with a glider..

Consorte : friend

 Chao : (good) bye

 Chivato : squeaker, police informer

 Cuarto : a room (in a hotel) (Spanish: habitación)

 Delgado : slim person

 Entufado : drunken (also borracho)

Filtro : smart person

 Fosforera, encendedor: lighter

Gringo, Yuma: foreigner 

CUBAN SLANGS (I)

Asere: friend, mate

¿Qué bola asere?: how are you mate?

Babalao : Santeria priest

 Baro, maniquiqui : money

 Bemba : lips

Radio Bemba : Gossip, Grape-vine

 Bicitaxi : bicycle taxi

 Bodega : ( state owned) grocery store

Bolsa negra : black market (translated: black bag)

 Borracho : drunken

Bisnero : business man ( hustler)

 Campesino : farmer

Carro : car

 Carné (de identidad): Cuban identity card

GUAYABA/ GUAVA

Las guayabas son frutas tropicales  cultivadas en muchas regiones tropicales y subtropicales .

Guavas are common tropical fruits cultivated and enjoyed in many tropical and subtropical regions.

ME VUELVES LOCA

Me vuelves loca- You drive me crazy

The Spanish love phrase Me vuelves loca (You drive me crazy) can be used in a postivie and a negative way, so watch out and use it correctly.

For example, a woman could say to a man "Me vuelves loca", with the meaning that she likes him.

TRABALENGUAS/ TONGUE TWISTER

TRABALENGUAS/ TONGUE TWISTER

TRABALENGUAS/ TONGUE TWISTER

LAS FRUTAS (THE FRUITS)

MY BOOK FOR SALE

 By Nibaldo Calvo Buides

In  this book I include some of my articles published in a Spanish newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky, where I used to work as journalist. It has 66 pages.

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