Definitions tagged boda in the street dictionary.
A cynical term for a wedding, viewed as a depressing event where friends watch a couple make the mistake of getting married. While grandmothers and aunts think these ceremonies are beautiful, friends see them as a tragedy. (The word is a colloquial shortening of matrimonio).
On Saturday we went to my best friend's matriqui. Now the guy is really screwed for good.
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A trial marriage or common-law union where a couple lives together to test their compatibility before getting officially married. (This is a traditional Andean practice where living together serves as a precursor to formal religious or civil ceremonies).
Carlos and Manuela are in sirwiñaku, we will have to see how they get along.
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A sharp outfit or a specific set of clothes chosen for a party, a night out, or any event where someone needs to dress to impress.
How do you like my Pinta for tonight? / I have to pick out my Pinta for the wedding.
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An informal way to refer to a wedding, originating from Lunfardo (the traditional slang of the Buenos Aires and River Plate area).
I am going to put on a suit this weekend because I have a casorio.
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Gifts presented to a bride during the traditional rosca dance at weddings in the Salamanca region. (The baile de la rosca is a ritual folk dance where guests offer money or presents to the couple).
Don't forget to take the esoiga for Maria.
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In the region of Guadalajara, to arrange a marriage or set a wedding date, specifically with the feast or banquet in mind. (Puchero is a traditional stew, used here to represent the meal provided at the celebration).
The wedding will be in August, we have already apañado puchero.
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To marry someone or move in together to live as a couple (a colmado is a neighborhood grocery store that often serves as a local social center).
I heard you mudaste the daughter of the corner store owner.
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The name given to the man I am going to marry and the person I love most in this world.
People, especially women when they are in love, usually spend their time writing their loved one's name in a notebook, in the sand at the beach, on a tree (mata is the local word for a tree or plant), on a wall that always has some graffiti, etc. RAY and Raquel.
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Mathematically, Matrimonio is the addition of affection, subtraction of freedom, multiplication of responsibilities, and division of assets.
Matrimonio is famously known as the leading cause of divorce and one of the fastest, most efficient ways to get fat.
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A mocking term for marriage, treating it like a death sentence or a criminal act. It refers to a couple about to get hitched, whether they are both into it (which they often are not), because the girl is pregnant, they are actually in love, or because the parents are forcing one of the victims into the union.
Do you take Jane Doe? Yes (he says through gritted teeth), and the woman thinks, hell yeah, I finally screwed him over.
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A slang term portraying marriage as a form of suicide because it results in being tied down and losing one's freedom. (In the Dominican Republic, the term amarre or being tied down refers to the loss of a social life or the ability to hang out with friends once someone enters a serious relationship.)
A: Where is Ramon? Why is he not coming to play dominoes with us? B: Man, you did not hear? He committed Matrisuicidio last week. A: For real? He married that girlfriend of his? B: You bet, so forget it, he will not be back around here for a couple of years.
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