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Me llamo ...

My name is ...

Mucho gusto.

Nice to meet you, or in Costa Rica, this can mean "thank you".

No gracias.

No thanks.

la lengua, el idioma

Spanish is the official language of Costa Rica

los uniformes

Students in public and private schools wear uniforms

La tecnología en las escuelas

Technology in all schools is common. Costa Rica spends a lot of money on education.

¡Por dicha!

Thank goodness!

Muchas gracias.

Thank you very much.

Gracias.

Thank you.

San José, Costa Rica

The capital of Costa Rica

Ticos, Ticas

The nickname Costa Ricans give themselves

El bosque tropical

There are fertile tropical forests throughout Costa Rica

¡Qué pereza!

Ugh, what a drag! (syn. of "que tigra!")

Somos de ....los Estados Unidos

We are from...the USA

¡Qué torta!

What a mess!/How awful!

¿Cómo se llama?

What is your name? [formal]

¿Cómo te llamas?

What is your name? [informal]

¿Que miche?

What's up? What do you have to tell me?

¿Fijate? ¿Fijese?

Would you believe it? (informal, formal)

un cafetal

a coffee plantation

una pulpería

a general store

un dolor de jupa

a headache

una caminata

a long walk or hike

una lacra

a thief

aventurero, aventurera

adventurous

chepe

affectionate word for San José

el ocelote

an ocelot

las hormigas

ants

el armadillo

armadillo

el plátano

banana

la biodiversidad

biodiversity

macho, macha

blond, but used to describe any light skinned person. Also means guy (derived from machismo)

la mariposa

butterfly

el teleférico

cable car

la cucaracha

cockroach

el coco

coconut

los cangrejos

crabs

la artesanía

crafts

el cocodrilo

crocodile

Mae

dude (or any man/woman)

disculpe

excuse me

la pulga

flea

la jama

food

la rana, el coquí

frog

regalitos

gifts

una guila

girl

la guayaba

guava

el cobaya

guinea pig

el chante

home/house, place

el caballo

horse

¿Cómo amanecio?

how are you this morning?

el colibrí

hummingbird

el iguana

iguana

el lagarto

lizard

el mango

mango

los melones

melons

el mono, el chango

monkey

el mosquito

mosquito

la papaya

papaya

el pavo real

peacock

la piña

pineapple

porfa, por favor

please (porfa most commonly used in Guanacaste)

¡Pura vida!

pure life (a way of life, use to answer "how are you?", "thank you" or "you're welcome")

el perezoso

sloth

recuerdos

souvenirs

las arañas

spiders

las aguas termales

the hot springs

un chunche

thingamajig

regatear

to barter

estar de chicha

to be angry

jamar

to eat, to stuff oneself

regalarse

to give (instead of using the verb "dar")

Hacer canopy

to go ziplining

ganar

to rob

el tucán

toucan

las selvas tropicales

tropical rainforests

la tortuga

turtle

di, diay

used at the beginning of a sentence, similar to um or well

¡Ojo!

watch out!

la cascada, la catarata

waterfall

la sandía

watermelon

¡Que mala nota!

what a bad person!

el gusano

worm or caterpillar

Con gusto.

you're welcome (replaces "de nada")

Parque la amistad

"Friendship Park", a park shared by Costa Rica and Panama

el gallo pinto

A breakfast dish of rice and beans mixed together, served alongside eggs and fried plantains. Gallo pinto literally translates to painted rooster.

Agricultura

Agriculture is a large part of Costa Rica's economy

una carreta

An ox cart, it is a symbol of Costa Rica

Playas hermosas

Beautiful beaches line the coasts of Costa Rica

La tecnología limpia

Clean technology such as wind power are important to preserving the environment in Costa Rica

un quetzal, los quetzales

Colorful birds mostly found in South America.

un colón

Costa Rica's currency (money)

La bandera de Costa Rica

Costa Rica's flag has two stripes of blue, two stripes of white, one wider stripe of red with the coat of arms centered on the left side of the flag

El Volcán Arenal

Currently inactive, it is a volcano in the northwest of Costa Rica

pinche

Despite its meaning in Mexico, this word means "stingy" in Costa Rica.

el fútbol

El deporte nacional de Costa Rica

¡Qué dicha!

How great, How nice!

¡Que chiva!

How neat/cool!

No entiendo.

I don't understand.

Hablo un poco español.

I speak a little Spanish.


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