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Tag: celos

Definitions tagged celos in the street dictionary.

Psycho

Pronounced saico. A term for someone who behaves in an intense, unhinged, or impulsive way. It is especially common when describing jealous girlfriends. (Panamanian slang often adopts and respells English words).

A: Hey, that girl of yours is a Psycho: how is it that she hit your cousin because she thought she was your mistress? B: I am going to have to break up with that girl, friend. That girl is totally crazy. (Note: in Panama, man is used as a gender-neutral term for a person).

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Panamáby Rita.AP

PEGOSTE

A clinger or someone who constantly follows another person around, often becoming annoying because they do not give the other person any privacy or personal space (the term literally refers to something sticky or a glob of glue).

You are such a PEGOSTE, at least let me go to the bathroom. / Daniel has become such an annoying PEGOSTE.

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Venezuelaby Johanabra30

Cuaima

It refers to a woman who is extremely jealous and possessive. (The term originally refers to a highly venomous snake native to South America, used here to suggest a dangerous or overbearing temperament).

'Your girlfriend is a total cuaima' / 'You have been acting like such a cuaima lately'

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Venezuelaby Mariabarros09

envidia

A feeling of resentment or bitterness toward a person for having something that you do not possess.

One girl has something and since her friend does not, she feels envidia.

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Argentinaby Anónimo

Celosa Empedernida

A woman who is extremely and obsessively jealous, referring to someone whose behavior is chronic and stubborn.

Listen, you do not even let me walk to the corner in peace, that jealousy of yours is wearing me out already, you are a Celosa Empedernida.

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República Dominicanaby benjamin