Definitions tagged desperdicio in the street dictionary.
A small pile of trash or a very messy, cluttered area. (The name is a diminutive of Cerro Patacon, the primary landfill for Panama City).
The neighbor's yard is a pataconcito or You have this room looking like a pataconcito.
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A common term for a trash can or garbage bin. (The word is derived from Tin & Co., the company responsible for waste collection in Panama City and Colon during the construction of the Canal, whose name appeared on all the waste containers).
Throw it in the tinaco : Put a bag in the tinaco
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Describes something that is even lower or worse than waste or trash; a total piece of junk or a complete failure. (A play on the Spanish word 'desperdicio', meaning waste).
That job was an esperticio.
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A splash of liquor poured onto the ground as a symbolic offering to the deceased, instead of using it to get properly trashed (it is a traditional custom to honor the dead or ancestors before beginning a drinking session).
- Open the Carta Dorada, but do not forget El trago de los muertos! - To hell with El trago de los muertos! I bought this rum myself, and I am not just going to throw it away!
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Beyond meaning an old rag, it is used to label people or objects as worthless, low quality, or pathetic. (In the Dominican Republic, it is a common intensifier used to belittle the subject).
1. Look at that trapo of a crazy woman. 2. Let me at least save these trapo of 20 pesos for the fare. 3. Get your trapo of an iPod out of here. Wow, what a trapo of a movie! 4. You are nothing but a trapo of a doctor.
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A neighborhood bum who stays high all day, looks scruffy and skinny, wears the same clothes every day, and refuses to work. (Refers to someone addicted to crack, derived from the word for pipe).
That guy who is always hanging out on the corner, everyone thinks he is crazy, but drugs and alcohol fucked up his nervous system and he is good for nothing now.
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