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Tag: anatomia

Definitions tagged anatomia in the street dictionary.

Despellicar

A regional expression from Salamanca used to describe peeling skin, usually after a sunburn, which most other Spanish speakers simply call peeling. (Salamanca is a city and province in western Spain).

When I got back from the beach, I was despellicando for a week.

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Pellica

A regional term from Salamanca, Spain, used colloquially to refer to human skin. It specifically denotes the skin on a person's body as opposed to processed leather.

All the pellica on this arm is irritated.

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chola

A slang term used in Salamanca for the head or noggin (the Spanish definition includes a joke about local scholars only using their heads after drinking alcohol, which is locally called cholar).

Be careful not to hit your chola on the ceiling.

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Chenga

A local term used in the province of Salamanca, Spain, to refer to the left hand.

He hurt his chenga, so we need bandages.

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Ancón

A particularly large haunch or hip bone in a person, vulgarly known as the hip area.

He told me he was at the hospital, his grandma fell down and they think she broke her ancón.

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mollero

A slang term for the biceps or arm muscles.

Look at those guys flexing their molleros at the corner store (a colmado is a neighborhood grocery store that doubles as a hangout spot).

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