To help someone out, do a favor, or back someone up (the term gamba refers to a leg in the local slang, meaning you are providing support to the other person).
- Haceme la gamba and let's take these boxes to the storage room.
A person, group, or entity that receives suspicious help or favoritism to achieve their goals. (The name is a pun on a popular Argentine brand of bleach that sounds like the word for help, used in sports to suggest a team is receiving unfair assistance from referees).
"Miadosqui bought himself a bleach factory in the final weeks: Ayudín," said Ricardo Caruso Lombardi referring to the president of San Martín de San Juan, a club he was fighting against to avoid relegation.
An extra advantage, head start, or handicap granted by an opponent or another person to help someone succeed. (Commonly used in sports or friendly bets to level the playing field).
1. I will give you a 5-minute gavela to get ready. 2. What gavela are you giving me so we can play the match? 3. He could not win even with a gavela.
To be totally screwed, in deep trouble, or in a very bad situation and needing help. (La fregada is a common euphemism used to describe a disastrous fate or situation without using a stronger profanity.)
Used in Mexico to ask someone to keep a lookout or guide you through a task. It is a way of telling someone to watch your back or give you a heads-up. (The phrase is related to the common Mexican warning Aguas! which means Watch out!)
Échame aguas to park the car, I do not want to hit the one behind me.
In the Dominican Republic, this term has several slang meanings: 1. A cheat sheet or crib note used for a test. 2. A missed spot or blemish left when painting a surface. 3. An adjective for a suspicious or distrustful person. 4. A very selective or picky person (referencing the goat's habit of being a picky eater). 5. To get a vehicle stuck in mud or a ditch (verb: enchivarse). 6. Chivirica: a girl who is overly flirtatious, high-energy, or constantly seeking male company. 7. Chivato: a snitch or someone who tells on others.
A comprehensive discipline and self-proclaimed science that studies the Laws of Life and Hermetic principles to explain their impact on the mind, body, and relationships. It uses self-knowledge practices and emotional intelligence techniques to help followers resolve conflicts, improve health, and find inner peace. (This refers to a specific Mexican self-help and spiritual movement that blends New Age philosophy with Hermeticism.)
In this guide you can find the foundations of VITAElogía and Zen and check the Laws that govern your life. VITAElogía is the comprehensive science and discipline that studies the Laws of Life and principles found in Hermetic books explaining their implications on the mind and body.
A piece of horse tack consisting of a strap or set of straps attached to the girth, passing between the animal's front legs, and connecting to the reins or bit. (This is a staple of Venezuelan coleo, a traditional sport where riders pull bulls to the ground by their tails).
They help ensure the horse does not raise its head too much and lose control.
A) A goat. B) Suspicious or fishy: used when something causes doubt or wariness. C) A cheat sheet: a small paper with answers used to cheat on an exam. D) Goat meat (often served with chenchen, a traditional Dominican dish of cracked corn). E) A missed spot: an unfinished area or flaw in a job, like a patch of wall a painter forgot to cover.
A) Look at that Chivo in the meadow. B) Well, that story about him getting robbed makes me feel Chivo. C) Oh my god, the teacher found Juan's Chivo. D) Later we are going to Pedro's house to eat chenchen with Chivo. E) Look, the painter left a Chivo on that wall.
A small donation or handout given to disabled or destitute people wandering the streets. It refers to spare change or excess belongings given to those who have nothing.
Give some Limosna to that poor man who has not eaten.