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Tag: absurdo

Definitions tagged absurdo in the street dictionary.

roca

In colloquial speech, this refers to an absurdity or a piece of nonsense. It is used when someone says something completely incoherent or makes a blunder during a conversation.

We were talking about politics and your sister-in-law dropped such a huge roca about religion.

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Absinio

A local slang term used in the Spanish province of Guadalajara to describe someone who is considered ridiculous or a laughingstock.

I do not speak with that absinio of a brother of hers.

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La burla

An expression used when something is completely absurd, ridiculous, or shocking. It implies that a person or situation is an absolute joke or a total embarrassment.

La burla with those clothes. I cannot believe you said that, you are la burla.

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FARUCA

To become a FARUCA refers to someone who loses their self-control for some reason and goes a bit wild, or rather, totally off the rails. (This usage is regional).

He had a few drinks and became a FARUCA.

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pollada

Bullshit or nonsense. (A vulgar term derived from the word for penis, used to dismiss an idea or statement as stupid.)

-Dude, I know you like Laura. -Come on, man, stop talking polladas!

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Chorpatelico

In the memoir I Confess That I Have Lived, Pablo Neruda explains that Federico Garcia Lorca used this word to describe funny and nonsensical objects or situations (Garcia Lorca was a famous Spanish poet and Neruda was a Chilean Nobel laureate).

Garcia Lorca says to Neruda about a dog they find: Pablo, I bet this dog is very chorpatelico. Neruda asks him: What is chorpatelico? Garcia Lorca replies: I have no idea, but you have to admit it is very chorpatelico.

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