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The primary word used in Cuba to refer to a bus or any public transportation vehicle. It is used for both local city transit and long-distance trips between provinces.
Run, the guagua is coming, and if it gets full we are going to have to go hanging from the door.
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A term for a vehicle that can mean a bus or a van depending on the context. (In the Dominican Republic, it usually refers to the public transportation buses or minibuses that run specific routes).
The guagua was full of passengers.
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The standard term used in Cuba for a public bus. It refers to the motorized vehicles that follow established routes to transport people during their daily commutes.
See if you have change for the fare, because the guagua is already coming around the corner.
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In northwestern Argentina, this term refers to a nursing infant or a very small child. It is the common, affectionate way to talk about newborns in that region (a word of Quechua origin used throughout the Andean provinces).
Be careful when you hold her, look, the guagua just fell asleep and we do not want her to wake up.
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A popular term in southwestern Colombia used to refer to a baby or a small child (it originates from the Quechua word for child and is used affectionately in the Narino and Putumayo regions).
Hold the guagua for a moment while I get the bottle ready.
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A term for a very young baby, especially a nursing infant who has not started walking yet. It is a common way to refer to little ones in various regions of the country (the word has Quechua origins and is most frequently used in the Andean Northwest).
Be careful not to make any noise when you come in because the guagua just fell asleep and it was a real struggle.
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The term for a public transport bus in the Canary Islands, used for both city trips and travel between towns. It is a staple of Canary Island Spanish, originally brought back by residents who had emigrated to Cuba.
Wait a second at the stop, the guagua is just about to get here.
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Public transportation that fits a lot of people, or in other words, the bus.
- When does the guagua for Bayaguana arrive? - I couldn't tell you.
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A word used in the Canary Islands for a bus. It describes any public or private transport vehicle that carries passengers, regardless of whether the route is within the city or between towns.
Let's hope the guagua comes soon: I've been at the stop for a while and I don't want to be late for dinner.
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A baby or infant. (In Chile, this is the standard everyday term for a newborn or small child, regardless of social class, unlike in the Caribbean where the same word means a bus.)
My mom is pregnant with a Guagua.
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A show-off or someone who acts superior because of what they own. It describes a person who is full of themselves (In Mexico this refers to vanity, whereas in other regions the word can mean baby or bus).
You are such a Guagua. 2: Not so much Guagua.
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A typical Dominican bus, though the name has become generic and is now used to refer to all types of buses.
She is waiting for the guagua to go to work.
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A term for infants, newborns, or toddlers under three years old. It is the standard everyday word in Bolivia for small children (derived from the Quechua word for baby).
Please, turn down the TV volume because the guagua just fell asleep.
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A Dominican public bus or van where everyone is squeezed so tightly together that if someone lets out a fart, everyone else is forced to smell it. (These are typically privately owned buses that serve as the main transit system).
A Guagua passes through here.
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The common term for a bus, including public transit vans and minibuses.
When you need to take a bus to get somewhere, instead of saying I am going to take the bus, in the D.R. you say: I am going to catch the guagua.
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A clunker or beater, used to describe a very old car in terrible condition.
'When are you going to replace that guagua?' | 'My dad's guagua is in worse shape every day.'
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A weird kind of cockroach or rare insect specimen. It is characterized by having a mark or growth on its head that looks like a giant eye.
Whoa! A guagua cockroach! Kill it, kill it, kiiiill it!
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