A machete that has been filed down to remove metal, making the blade thinner and lighter so it can be swung faster (often done to make the tool more effective as a weapon or for specific types of brush work).
He caught him groping his girlfriend and went after him with a machete vaciao.
A sharp, jagged knife or shank used to settle scores when a gun is not available, commonly used by street youths for fighting or mugging. (The name literally translates to liver-remover, and menores refers to young gang members or delinquents in the Dominican Republic.)
If you go to La Tablita and ask for a pound of rice, they will show you a sacahígado.
An extremely powerful body odor, a concentrated stench between aloe and onion, strong enough to burst the capillaries in your nose. (Grajo is a common term for armpit odor in various Latin American countries).
(Spanish style) Fuck man, that grajaso you have is ruining my train of thought, move it already damn it, put some lettuce under those caves for real.
A long, thin machete or large blade used to intimidate others, often carried by street thugs or aggressive public transport drivers (The term literally means midge tongue, an ironic reference to how long and sharp the blade is).
1) Holy shit! Run, the guy you punched just pulled out a lengua e mime! 2) The driver pulled a lengua e mime on him because he crashed into him.
A term for a large machete or sword-like knife (derived from the Collins Company, an American manufacturer whose brand name became a generic term for the tool in the country).
1. A large, heavy blade used mainly in rural areas for farming. In the city, it is typically used as a weapon for self-defense or crime. 2. A strong, foul armpit odor resulting from a lack of deodorant (synonymous with the Dominican term grajo).
1. Farmers use a machete to cut banana bunches from the plants, and criminals use them to chop off heads and arms. 2. Go two or three days without deodorant in the summer heat while sweating. Then smell your armpits: if you survive, you just smelled a burning machete.