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With Spanish being a grammatically gendered language, one's sexuality can be challenged with a gender-inappropriate adjective, much as in English one might refer to a flamboyant man or a transgender man as her. Some words referring to a male homosexual end in an "a" but have the masculine article "el"—a deliberate grammatical violation.
Slang, sometimes derogatory or vulgar, literally meaning "Smurf". Spanish slang referring to a member of Cuerpo Nacional de Policia. Originated in the 1980s when police uniforms were changed to blue. Plastic Policeman UK slang term for Police Community Support Officers. Placa Mexican slang for police officer. Plod, PC Plod or Plodder
From standard Spanish acicalado bembé a big party. [3] [6] bichote Important person. From English big shot. [7] birras Beer. [3] bochinche gossip [8] boricua The name given to Puerto Rico people by Puerto Ricans. [3] bregar To work on a task, to do something with effort and dedication. [9] broki brother or friend. [5] cafre a lowlife.
Pueblo City Councilor Vicente Martinez Ortega told the Chieftain that Griego called him a “j---,” an offensive and derogatory Spanish word that can translate to the word “f-----” in English.
"Shut up" is a direct command with a meaning very similar to "be quiet", but which is commonly perceived as a more forceful command to stop making noise or otherwise communicating, such as talking. The phrase is probably a shortened form of " shut up your mouth " or " shut your mouth up ".
Good afternoon, I have a question. I was just told by my supervisor that I cannot speak Spanish to my coworkers in our department. She states that some other non-Spanish speaking workers claim it ...
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One of the four suits in a French-suited or Spanish-suited pack of cards. [9] [1] Symbol: or coat card Original term for court card, now obsolete. [29] coffee housing To talk and act in order to mislead one's opponents about one's cards. [29] 7 of Coins Coins One of the four suits in a Latin-suited pack of cards. [1] Symbol: or color, colour