Slang for a girlfriend or boyfriend. It is also used to refer to friends or to describe someone as thin (In Peru, it is the most common way to say girlfriend or boyfriend regardless of their actual weight).
Used for someone who looks well-fed and healthy with a good complexion, falling between thin and fat (it is usually a compliment implying the person looks robust or well-cared for).
Hey Eduardo, that vacation did you good, you're looking rellenito. / You look so pretty my love, you're getting rellenita.
A portmanteau of flaco (skinny) and triplehijueputa (an extreme, intensified version of son of a bitch). It is used to describe a person who is both very thin and incredibly malicious or evil.
1. A general term for a person, similar to dude, guy, or man (feminine: chabona). (In Argentina, it is a very common informal way to refer to someone). 2. A subgenre of Argentine rock, also known as neighborhood rock, that peaked in the 1990s with bands like Los Piojos and La Renga. (This movement is rooted in working class culture and neighborhood identity).
In Venezuela, it refers to a person who is extremely thin and lanky. (The term comes from a bird of prey, the caracara, which often looks gaunt or bedraggled).
A person who acts superior and behaves like a know-it-all despite being physically unattractive, specifically someone scrawny or thin-legged. It also refers to the absolute last pick at a brothel, the bottom of the barrel left over after the grillos (crickets, or ugly women) and everyone else has been taken.
Sarcophagi, corpses, and Fefita la Grande (Fefita is an iconic, elderly Dominican musician often used as a punchline for people who are extremely old or physically decrepit).
1. A thin strand or blade of grass or bark. 2. A very skinny or scrawny person. 3. A specific Mexican cartoonist (monero) who passed away in 2009 and is remembered as an online specter called El Fantasma Negro (refers to cartoonist Victor Javier Gonzalez Valderrama).
...he took a Brizno of grass between his teeth; you are a total Brizno, eat something; Brizno, the Black Ghost, tortures us from the internet
A person who is stunted in growth or appears underdeveloped for their age. It suggests they were malnourished as a child (falta de cuchara, or lack of spoon, is a Dominican idiom for not having enough food during one's upbringing).
A: Damn, that guy is rebejio, look how tiny he is, and he looks about 25, but damn he looks like he is 15. B: That is because the poor guy lacked a spoon, or maybe he is just a midget.
Someone who has been hit by the wave of extreme poverty affecting the world and has started wasting away or losing weight dramatically. (In Dominican slang, olla refers to being completely broke).
- What is wrong with Roberto? Did he get AIDS? - No, man. The poor guy is so broke he has wasted away and looks like an enclenque.
(adj.) Describing someone who is clumsy, awkward, or has a noticeable physical quirk in their walk, like being bow-legged or hunched over. It often refers to people who look frail, lack coordination, or have mobility issues.
Someone who walks crooked, with a hunched back and eyes on the floor, or a very skinny person who lacks strength and runs slowly, is Desgarbado.
An extremely skinny person who is thought to have anemia or some condition that prevents them from gaining weight.
A: My brother, have you seen that Flaquindé Jose? The poor guy eats like a beast, he wants to gain weight but forget it, he doesn't put on a single pound.