More about the Nicaraguan Spanish

Tureca I used one of these when I was a Kid.

Hulera Same for this one.

Let me know in case you can't find it profe,thou I have faith in You and Your book :=)

FAP

Chilincoco very Nicaraguan word profe.

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I certainly appreciate the help with Spanish, especially Nicaraguan spanish. I talked by phone to the maid at my house in Managua and she told me that a woman took one of the beds out of the house yesterday or that she was locking my bedroom door when she leaves to visit her family in Pochomil this weekend. I'm hoping it was the second choice. Anyway, keep on educating!! Julia

but here's the rest of that post(I hope!). We were recently discussion a few Nicaraguan words (chingaste & pepenar, specifically), and then I found a blog post from last year called Spanish 101, so I thought I'd put the info from there into the Spanish section. From my Diccionario del Habla Nicaraguense, by Alfonso Valle: "CHIGUIN: hibridismo mayapipil, guina, en maya es gente; chi, corrupción de tzin, en pipil significa pequeño: así chiguín o chiguina quieren decir gente pequeña, gente menuda, niños. Esta terminación se encuentra en nombres de diversas lenguas indígenas de Nicaragua; PIPANTE: nombre sumo de la canoa; CHAGUITE - del azteca, zoguitl, ciénaga, lodazal, pantano. En el Oriente se da el nombre de chaguite a la plantación de plátanos o guineos, sin duda porque para ese cultivo se prefiere el terreno cenagoso o muy húmedo.--Desolladura causada por la espuela en los ijares de las bestias de montar; CHICHICASTE: Vocablo azteca, tzicatl, especie de hormiga ponzoñosa. Planta urticante muy común. Existen en Nicaragua dos o tres especies: la llamada chichicaste blanco es la máS temible, porque al más leve rozamiento produce el dolor de un termocauterio.--Persona de mal carácter, irritable, de malas pulgas". Translation follows: Chiguin(a): from a combination of maya & pipil; means small or short people, or children. This is found in the names of a number of indigenous languages of Nicaragua; Pipante - the sumo language word for canoe; Chaguite - marsh,swamp, muddy place. In the Oriente (east) it's the name given to where plantains & bananas are grown, because these plants need this type of soil. Also, term for the places on a horse's flanks where spurs are dug in; Chichicaste: aztec, type of dangerous/poisonous ant, a plant that causes itching. There are 2 or 3 species in Nicaragua; the one called white chichicaste is the most fearsome, because even the slightest rubbing against it produces a burning hot pain; an person of bad character, irritable, ill-tempered, a person of bad character, irritable, ill-tempered.