Definitions tagged asustar in the street dictionary.
A boogeyman figure used to scare children into behaving by telling them that he will come to take them away or eat them, instilling fear from a young age (this mythological being is a common parental tool used to enforce obedience across Latin America).
1. I don't want to eat, Mom! If you don't eat, El coco will come and take you away. 2. You can't stay home alone, you little brat, don't you see El coco will come and eat you!
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To scare birds away, which, as the term implies, might temporarily divert them from their path, for the pointless fun of the person doing it (specific to the Salamanca region).
When we were kids, we used to play at arrutar the pigeons.
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To flush out or scare away an animal (specifically one in the Salamanca region) to make it leave its hiding place or move away.
Let's go jaramantear those hares, there are wells in that area and they could fall in.
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An exclamation used to express shock, outrage, or disbelief when someone does something risky or stupid (originally from a viral video and used regardless of the listener's actual name).
I stole a kiss from Maria yesterday... Tu eres loco Ramón, what were you thinking?
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To feel afraid, scared, or to get the creeps from something or someone (the term derives from the word for butt, implying a physical sensation of fear).
It gives me culillo to go to that house; That lady gives me culillo.
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It was scaring or frightening.
The storm was ululaba.
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