Module 5 - Colloquialisms

Question 1

A la larga

Answer 1

In the long run

Question 2

Achicopalado

Answer 2

Downhearted/sad

Question 3

Atiporrarse o atiborrarse

Answer 3

Take a bunch/get stuffed

Question 4

Bajar

Answer 4

To have one’s period

Question 5

Chiflón

Answer 5

Draft/cold air current

Question 6

Chimuelo/cholco/sholco

Answer 6

Toothless/without teeth

Question 7

Chiveado

Answer 7

Embarrassed/ashamed

Question 8

Cuerpo cortado

Answer 8

Body aches/feeling achy

Question 9

Derrame

(derrame cerebral/parálisis facial)

Answer 9

Stroke/facial droop

Question 10

Desvelado

Answer 10

Sleep-deprived

Question 11

Devolver

Answer 11

vomit

Question 12

Dolor de Caballo

Answer 12

Side stitch

Question 13

Estar malo

Answer 13

To be sick

Question 14

Estar tapado

Answer 14

Constipated

Question 15

Estómago suelto

Answer 15

To have the runs

Question 16

Lomo

Answer 16

Back

Question 17

Lonja

Answer 17

Love handles

Question 18

Magulladura

Answer 18

Bruise

Question 19

Mal de los nervios

Answer 19

To have problem with the nerves

Question 20

Mal de ojo

Answer 20

Evil eye

Question 21

Mal de orín

Answer 21

To have urinating issues/problems

Question 22

Matriz

Answer 22

womb/uterus

Question 23

Melindroso

Answer 23

Picky eater/fussy

Question 24

Miembro

Answer 24

Penis/male organ/virile member

Question 25

Mormado

Answer 25

Congested/stuffy nose/stuffed-up

Question 26

Pacha/mamila

Answer 26

baby bottle

Question 27

Paleta/paletilla

Answer 27

Shoulder blade/scapula

Question 28

Panocha, cuca, concha

Answer 28

Vagina

Question 29

Pasmo

Answer 29

Spasm/contraction

Question 30

Patatús

Answer 30

blackout/a faint fit

Question 31

Pellejo

Answer 31

Skin

Question 32

Pescuezo

Answer 32

Neck

Question 33

Postemilla/afta

Answer 33

Canker Sore/sore/ulcer

Question 34

Rabo/Rabadilla

Answer 34

Tail/butt

Question 35

Regla

Answer 35

Period/to be on the period

Question 36

Retorcijones/Cólicos

Answer 36

Stomach cramps/menstrual cramps

Question 37

Sentaderas/pompas/posaderas

Answer 37

Butt/bottom

Question 38

Sesos

Answer 38

Brains

Question 39

Sobaco

Answer 39

Armpit

Question 40

Sobador

Answer 40

Sobador/folk bonesetter/folk masseur/masseuse

Question 41

Suero

Answer 41

IV

Question 42

Tener asientos

Answer 42

The runs/diarrhea

Question 43

Teta

Answer 43

Boob/breast

Question 44

Tetita

Answer 44

Nipple

Question 45

Titipuchal

Answer 45

A lot/a bunch/a ton

Question 46

Tripas

Answer 46

Guts

Question 47

Tullido

Answer 47

Paralyzed/crippled

Question 48

Vahído

Answer 48

Sensation of dizziness/faintness

Question 49

Ventoso/Ventosa

Answer 49

Gas/fart or Cups/Cupping

Question 50

Vientre

Answer 50

Belly/insides/womb (can refer to stomach or uterus, even though technically vientre is the cavity where the organs of the digestive, genital, and urinary system are found)