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  2. Strigoi - Wikipedia

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    The strigoi are said to be bald on top of the head, do not eat garlic and onions, avoid incense, and towards the feast of Saint Andrew they sleep outdoors. Their spine is elongated in the shape of a tail, covered with hair. If there is a drought in a village, it means that there is a strigoi that prevents the rains.

  3. Puerto Ricans are pushing to make these unique slang words ...

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    Distinct Puerto Rican words like "jevo,", "jurutungo" and "perreo" have been submitted to Spain's Royal Academy- considered the global arbiter of the Spanish language.

  4. List of Puerto Rican slang words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    While in other countries this word means "insolence", [13] in Puerto Rico it has an entirely different meaning and is used to describe that something is good, fun, funny, great or beautiful. [14] corillo Friend, or group of friends. [9] dura Normally means “hard”, but in Puerto Rican slang means that someone is really good at what they do. [3]

  5. Category:Spanish slang - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Spanish slang" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Barbudos; Bolillo; C.

  6. Madrid Slang - AOL

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    A visitor to Madrid relying on rusty high school Spanish may not hear much slang, known as "argot" or "jerga," while in Spain's capital. Not because it's rare, but because people tend to speak so ...

  7. Strix (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Strega (obviously derived from Latin striga) is the Italian term for witch. This word itself gave a term sometimes also used in English, stregheria, a form of witchcraft. In Romanian, strigăt means 'scream', [42] strigoaică is the name of the Romanian feminine vampire, [43] and strigoi is the Romanian male vampire. [44]

  8. Vampires in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    The term is used to describe vampires in general in the book series The Hunt by Susan Sizemore. The Strigoi play a central role in Graham Masterton's 2006 book, The Descendant. Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy novels features Strigoi as villains. The Strigoi play a central role in Dan Simmon's 1992 book, Children of the Night.

  9. Güey - Wikipedia

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    Güey (Spanish pronunciation:; also spelled guey, wey or we) is a word in colloquial Mexican Spanish that is commonly used to refer to any person without using their name. . Though typically (and originally) applied only to males, it can also be used for females (although when using slang, women would more commonly refer to another woman as "chava" [young woman] or "vieja" [old lady])