Tico Talk Crossword #1

Nikki Whelan — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 23:54:53 +0000

How good is your Tico Talk?

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ACROSS

2	Raining buckets
4	Thingamajig
5	To say your “other half” is: media …
6	Complete the phrase for light rain: “pelo de …”
8	When you are getting on the party train, what do you get on?
11	To say you are in a jam, not with a yam
12	Funny Tico phrase that means rain is coming. They say the lady is coming with what?
13	It’s the wrong tree to bark up
15	To say in slang something is okay or cool, it meets standards
17	To say something is cool
19	To dress up, take care of or treat good
20	Smooth, polite and cool
22	Thank goodness, how fortunate

DOWN

1	What is the last thing in the desert that you are not?
3	To say something is a total bummer
4	We don’t say “de nada”, we say
7	Person who can’t sit still is said to have
9	All of these are idioms
10	Most popular Costa Rican saying
14	A body part and used to say be careful
16	When it is a torrential downpour
18	What should we not follow?
21	Last call
22	Free like a …
23	Ticos always give thanks to

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Tico Talk – Common Phrases

Nikki Whelan — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 23:50:47 +0000

Hands down, the best way to fit in, is to speak the local language. And we are not just talking words, but common phrases and sayings, the ones where you really get to express what you mean as well as perhaps displaying some personality and humour. This time we are taking common sayings in English and translating them into Spanish. Here are a few tongue twisters for you to learn and try out at your next locals night… even if it’s only you and your spouse (or your furry friend!).

Barking up the wrong tree	Ladrandole al árbol equivocado
To be mistaken, to be looking for solutions in the wrong place	Buscar soluciones en el lugar equivocado
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush	Más vale pájaro en mano que dos volando
What you have is worth more than what you might have later	Lo que tienes vale más de lo que podrías tener más tarde
He has bigger fish to fry	Tiene peces más grandes para freír
He has bigger things to take care of than what we are talking about now	Tiene cosas más importantes que cuidar de lo que estamos hablando ahora.
Let the cat out of the bag	Sace el gato de la bolsa
Give away a secret	Regalar un secreto (Huele Gato encerrado – guardar un secreto)
The early bird gets the worm	El qui madura come lechuga (He who sleeps in eats lettuce)
The first people who arrive will get the best stuff	Camarón qui se duerme se lo lleva la corriente (Shrimp that sleep get taken away by the current)
There are other fish in the sea	Las primeras personas que lleguen obtendrán las mejores cosas
It’s ok to miss this opportunity.	Hay muchas peces en el mar
Others will arise	Está bien perder esta oportunidad. Otros surgirán.
It’s raining cats and dogs	Lueve sapos y culebras
It’s raining hard	Está lloviendo mucho (In spanish they use frogs and snakes)
Go on a wild goose chase	No sigue une mosque cuando no puede verla
To do something pointless	Hacer algo sin sentido (Don’t follow a fly if you can’t see it)
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch	No cuentes tus pollos antes que nazcan
Don’t count on something good happening until it’s happened.	No cuente con que algo bueno suceda hasta que haya sucedido.

See you next time! Nos vemos la próxima!

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