Definitions tagged comer in the street dictionary.
To get fixed up, put on makeup, or scarf down food. It refers to the general act of getting oneself ready or into good condition before going out (derived from the term for plastering a wall).
No, girl. I have to repellar before going out with Juan because he is way too picky about clothes.
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To eat every last bit of food served on a plate (Limpiol is a popular brand of household cleaner in Puerto Rico, so the term implies leaving the plate spotless).
He gave Limpiol to his lunch: he did not leave a single grain.
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To pig out or stuff one's face, eating desperately or in excessive, rude amounts.
When I finish my diet, I am going to tragar.
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To pig out or stuff your face as if it were your last meal.
A: Last night the two of us jartamos a family pizza between us. B: Good lord, girl. Why do you guys eat so much?
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A slang term for the stomach or gut. While it technically refers to a bird's crop, it is used informally to describe a person's belly.
'No, Maria, I am not going there on an empty buche, what a drag' : 'Full buche, happy heart.'
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Slang for the mouth, used especially when swallowing or gulping down food (originally refers to a bird's crop).
- And the bread? Where is it? - I stuffed it down my buche. I was starving.
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To grab a quick snack or bite to eat while on the move or in a hurry.
- Did you have lunch? - No, I just picoteé an empanada at the office.
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A slang expression for feeling hungry or having one's stomach growl (a bagre is a catfish, and the phrase compares hunger pangs to a fish biting the stomach).
I haven't eaten anything since this morning and I'm already starting to picar el bagre.
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A traditional Argentine platter of cured meats, cheeses, and cold cuts served on a wooden board. A picada can also include snacks, olives, small breaded cutlets, and bread, usually accompanied by beer, wine, fernet, or soda (it is a social staple often shared among friends before a main meal or while watching sports).
I am going to the cheese shop to buy everything to make a picada. That way we can watch the game.
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Food, grub, or a meal. (A term from Lunfardo, the traditional slang of the River Plate area).
Come on, the morfi is here.
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A coarse or informal way to say you are starving or extremely hungry.
Hand over the breaded cutlet because I have a massive lija!
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A regional expression from Zulia meaning to be absolutely starving. It refers to the stray dogs in the Santa Rita municipality, which is described as a sparsely populated area where street animals struggle to find food (Santa Rita is a town located on the eastern shore of Lake Maracaibo).
Holy crap, I have Más hambre que perro de la Rita!
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A person who is missing one or more teeth.
My little brother is losing his baby teeth, so he is bocacho right now. | I can't chew well because I am bocacho.
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To break into or take the first piece of a new food item, like slicing a fresh loaf of bread or making the first cut into a leg of ham.
Let's encentar this chorizo.
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To stuff oneself or gorge on food. Literally, to fill one's gullet (commonly used in Salamanca).
Always the same, first you embuchas and then your stomach hurts.
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A fast food chain that operated in Caracas during the 1990s. (It was a popular local burger brand in Venezuela that eventually went out of business).
Tropiburger was the place to go on Fridays. Everyone from the 90s remembers the burgers at Tropiburger.
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To pick at food or eat without appetite, often moving it around the plate instead of actually consuming it.
The kid can't eat any more, look at how he Alpitracar.
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To have a light snack between the mid-morning meal and the main afternoon lunch, especially during the harvest season (a tradition in the Guadalajara province).
Let's take a break to bocadillar and then keep working.
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To chow down or grab a bite, specifically referring to having an essential daily meal like lunch during a work break.
Don't waste my time, I'm going to refinar. : What a relief to refinar, I was so hungry.
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A regional slang term from Murcia for overeating to the point that your stomach bulges, making it look like you are gestating a baby.
If you keep eating, you are going to agestarse.
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Informal way to say to eat, similar to to chow down. (Common in the River Plate region, it comes from Lunfardo slang influenced by Italian).
I am going to morfar a sandwich because I am very hungry.
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To grab a bite or have a meal. (In Venezuela, papa is common slang for food).
I am going to meterme una papa at the corner store. / I am looking around the kitchen to meterme una papa.
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Being greedy or gluttonous with food, specifically wanting to eat everything in sight even when not hungry.
You are taking the lambuceo too far, control yourself. Don't be a lambucea, stop eating already.
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To chow down or grab some grub. (Derived from papa, which is a common slang term for food).
That guy is always papeando. / Son, how long are you going to keep papeando?
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Snacks, appetizers, or finger foods served at a party or social gathering, usually intended to accompany drinks. (In Venezuela, these are a staple of any celebration, ranging from simple nuts to small fried items like tequenos).
Let's buy some Pasapalo for the road. / Do you happen to have some Pasapalo around?
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A colloquial term used to describe someone who is very hungry or famished (it is a regionalism specifically from the Merida region of the Venezuelan Andes).
I am feeling hambriado. What do you have to eat? I have arrived hambriado.
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To sample or take small helpings of someone else's food without their permission or consent.
Don't come over to sopetear my fries. Get away, no, you won't sopetear my food.
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A person who has not eaten and is hungry.
I'm hambriado, I'm going to see what I can eat.
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To eat or chow down. (Chao is a common Dominican slang term for food).
I went to tirarse el chao because I could not wait any longer.
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This term means to grab a snack or eat something light. It also refers to the act of hustling or working small, informal jobs to make a living.
I am going to picar something.
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To eat a snack or junk food between main meals.
Buddy, it is almost time to mecatear.
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A massive pig-out or an eating spree. It refers to going out to gorge on food until you are completely stuffed (the term is a slang variation of the standard Spanish word for filling yourself up).
I am going to a jartazon. We should go to a jartazon.
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To pig out or stuff your face, eating a huge amount of food without stopping (this is a phonetic spelling of the standard Spanish verb hartar, meaning to satiate or tire of).
I am going to go jartar. You spend the whole day jartando.
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The physical body or biological system that makes up a person.
His Orgánica is not holding up well.
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A phrase used for someone who does not waste time, acts decisively, or does something bold. It also describes a person who is sharp and cannot be fooled by lies or excuses (the word cuento literally means story or tale, implying a deceptive one).
-Juan: That girl moved to New York! -Maria: Oh yeah, that girl no come cuento, she always got good grades. -I no como cuento, no one can fool me.
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Being keyed up, obsessed, or left craving more of something. It refers to the restless energy or lingering desire you feel when you are not ready for an experience to end (in Argentina, the word literally means a handle or a crank, referring to being wound up).
I was left really manija for pizza, meaning you would have liked to eat a bit more pizza.
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To wolf down, scarf, or devour something or someone greedily.
The wolf likes to engullir the sheep, pigs, and chickens.
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To scarf down, wolf down, or polish off food or drink very quickly and eagerly.
Damn man, I bombié that food in one go!
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To snack or graze without being hungry, often as a mindless activity while doing something else like watching a game (a kiosco is a small shop found on nearly every block in Argentina selling candy and snacks).
Let us go gulear, grab some cookies from the kiosco and a soda.
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To eat, chow down, or scarf. (It is a common slang term derived from the Italian-influenced lunfardo dialect.)
I manduqué a whole platter of ravioli with pesto and now I cannot get up from the chair.
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A binge or an act of stuffing oneself with an excessive amount of something, usually food, which often results in feeling sick or bloated afterward.
Going on a cheese Atracón.
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To eat or grab some grub. It is a very common slang term used in everyday Ecuadorian Spanish.
Hold on a second my friend, I am going to jamear at my house (mi pez literally means my fish but is used for friend, and caleta is slang for home).
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To make out intensely, heavily, or with a lot of physical passion. It is a common slang term for heavy kissing and petting, often used to describe a public or uninhibited display of affection (the source's reference to Latin and Roman emperors is a humorous, fictional etymology).
I saw them atracando behind those bushes.
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To gnaw or nibble on food, specifically by making small holes or leaving tiny bite marks, the way a mouse does.
The mice left some rullio bread on the table.
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To go on a diet or change eating habits to save money. (The term refers to public transport vehicles converted to run on cheaper propane gas instead of gasoline).
The boy is getting too chubby. I will have to ponerlo de gas.
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To tell someone to fuck off or get lost, or to literally tell them to eat a piece of shit (a mojon is a vulgar term for a turd).
Look you ungrateful prick, comete un mojon.
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To eat, to chow down, or to grub. It is a very common, informal way to say the verb comer.
I really feel like jamarme a fried egg with some blood sausages.
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a round vessel, typically circular, used for holding and eating food.
my plato is full of food.
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