Your favorite Spanish word

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#21

Here we also use pequeño mococito for a little boy, similar to “Dreikäsehoch” in German :wink:

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#22

Love that word. When I was at school we had a “Chismógrafo” which was a sort of questionnaire you would give everyone in the classroom to get to know whatever you had written down there. :rofl:

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#23

I also love the word “todólogo” - a person who knows a bit of everything.

#24

Cool, I didn’t know that one. But something similar we use is “todero” who’s the one can do everything.

#25

Mexicooo aqui lo decimos mucho

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#26

Another word along the lines of “apachurrar” and “apapachar” is “acurrucarse”, which means “to snuggle” or “to curl up”.
“Me encanta acurrucarme con mi mamá.”

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#27

I also love the word “camellando”.
It’s mainly used in Guayaquil and means “to work hard like a camel”.

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#28

In Mexico sagen sie dazu “chambeando”. Hahaha

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#29

In Colombia we say “arruncharse” to cuddle up. But “acurrucarse” would mean to bend… like when you squat.
Pretty interesting. :thinking::grin:

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#30

Oh, interesting. In Perú, to squat means “agacharse” or “ponerse en cuclillas”, “acuclillarse”.

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#31

We also say that. I think it is more the “grandparents” who use “acurrucarse” as a “agacharse”. :crazy_face:

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#32

I love the word “mejunje”, which just basically means a mixture of different things, which cannot be identified. It can be used for food, for example: This soup is a “mejunje”. Or for situation: I don’t know in what “mejunje” you’re stuck, but you have to solve it yourself. :rofl:

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#33

I don’t know if this is very common in other Spanish-speaking countries, but we use the suffix “-ón” to describe that a person is characterized by something.
Here are some examples:

  • ricachón (persona sumamente rica)
  • panzón (gordito)
  • cabezón (sabelotodo)
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#34

My favourite word is ahorita !!!

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#35

Hey @Nils.Schneider,
have you read @stefanierambow’s blog post “Ahorita, an elusive temporal concept”?
I absolutely recommend it.

We also talked about it some more in this topic in the Community Forum: ¿Cuándo? ¡Ahorita!
Maybe you can tell us a bit more about your experience with the word there? :slight_smile:

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#36

Another word I like a lot: chompa. In Perú we use this word for wool sweaters that can be open on the front or just a one piece:

I know almost every Spanish-speaking country has another word for this, so write away! :upside_down_face:

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#37

Here we say “chompita” jajajajajaja

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#38

It actually reminds me of the English word “jumper” @stefanierambow, @SKrausser :slightly_smiling_face:
Do you think it is related? And if yes, what was there first? The English or the Spanish word? :female_detective: :mag:

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#39

Ohhh you’re right! I just looked it up and it is indeed from the English word jumper! https://dle.rae.es/?w=chompa

If it’s of any interest, jumper has nothing to do with hopping up and down. Jumper was an old (maybe dialect?) word for a short coat, I think sailors wore them :sailboat: :slight_smile:

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#40

I also love “El burro hablando de orejas”. Did you ever hear that one?

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