In Chile, maricón also means “irrationally sadistic”. Sometimes the words lavahuevos (“egg-washer”) or lamehuevos (“egg-licker”) are used in the same context as “brown-noser” (meaning ambitious and self-effacing) in English. Follar—used particularly in Spain and to a lesser extent in Cuba, but rarely found elsewhere.

‍I can already tell this one will be popular for most people. Especially those who already use the word a lot in English! Like ‘hijo de puta’, the phrase can be used as a hyperbole to exaggerate something you feel. You can request verification for native languages by completing a simple application that takes only a couple of minutes.

Thus, any examination of the provision to local authorities of information about the Community, and their use of it, should be seen against this backdrop. Viewed from the vantage of the student, the typical instructor uses a course management system as a publicly accessible file drawer and little more, posting lecture notes and the syllabus. And we have all of the ingredients for the creation of an atmosphere in which the proponents of expediency could couch their arguments in terms of cost effectiveness.

In Venezuela, chocha is also a type of round seed or a particular type of bird. In the United States, the variant “a la verga” or “a la vé” for short, is very common in northern New Mexico, and is used frequently as an exclamatory expletive. Ñema (a corruption of yema, meaning “yolk”) refers to the glans. The word mamañema is functionally similar to mamagüevo. In Argentina, the term “Vamos Carajo” was used in Quilmes advertising in advance of the 2014 FIFA World Cup as a statement or cheer that an Argentine supporter would use to urge their team to victory.

With the help of a central ‘switching point’ the board hopes to use this information to provide a sophisticated resource sharing scheme. This article uses the example of the needs of library service of Pretoria University as a point of reference. However well a network may function, if the people communicating are not in the same frame of reference, the resulting problems will inpinge upon the benefits of office automation. One of the greatest assets that libraries possess as potential hosts for community information services is their extensive network of service points.

Our punto word of choice for “What do you mean by that? We feel like we’re playing an action game that we’ve invented. When you think about it, it’s kind of like a game of chicken where you run around in circles, looking for a car and trying to get it. A car can be a very powerful weapon and is also very useful for transportation. In the slang, a punto is a type of slang word that is often used to refer to something that is similar or similar to a word that is also used in a similar way. Examples of punto words are “the car”, “sick”, “joke”, and “punch”.

So one way of improving your level of Spanish is to expand on your knowledge of hours in Spanish. You can identify your level of Spanish by whether you’re able to understand and tell the time in Spanish by half, quarter, and three quarters of an hour. After the number of minutes, you can add the word minutos.

In Peru, it means a person who is opportunistic in an immoral or deceptively persuasive manner , and if used referring to a female , it means she is promiscuous . There the word pendejada and a whole family of related words have meanings that stem from these. In Cuba, comemierda (shit-eater) refers to a clueless idiot, someone absurdly pretentious, or someone out of touch with his or her surroundings. “que comemierderia” how do you say kale in spanish , “comerán mierda?” (are they stupid or what?) or “vamos a prestar atención y dejar de comer mierda” (Let’s pay attention and stop goofing off). It is also used in both countries to describe someone who is “stuffy” and unnecessarily formal. In Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic comemierda refers solely to a snobbish person, while in Panama it refers to someone who is both snobbish and mean and/or hypocritical.

Among Latin American speakers, however, it is meant as a usually offensive term for white people or people born in the United States no matter the race of the people. A noun form of the word is gilipollez, meaning “stupidity” or “nonsense.” In South America, it refers to a person regarded with an obnoxiously determined advancement of one’s own personality, wishes, or views (a “smartass”). In South America, pendejo is also a vulgar, yet inoffensive, word for children. It also signifies a person with a disorderly or irregular life.