Definitions tagged garrapata in the street dictionary.
Refers to the crowd or specific person someone spends time with. It is typically used in a negative way to imply bad company or a bad influence.
I do not like that JUNTA of yours, son. / Look at the JUNTA Adrian has now.
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It means chewing gum. Figuratively, it refers to a person who sticks to someone else like glue, whether as inseparable friends or a clingy, annoying individual who won't leave others alone.
Let's buy some chicles for the trip to the paramo so our ears don't pop (the paramo refers to high-altitude Andean moorlands). / Don't you two ever get tired of being chicles? / This guy is such a pain and won't leave, he is being way too much of a chicle.
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A name for a small, reddish tick commonly found in the fields of Miranda State and other rural regions of Venezuela.
Those dogs are full of chivacoas, they need a bath.
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A marbled gray cattle tick common in the town of Motatán (located in the Venezuelan state of Trujillo). In colloquial use, it describes an incredibly clingy person who refuses to leave someone's side.
Berta's brother is like a garrapata robelera, he is stuck to her all day long.
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A regional name used in the Salamanca area for a type of tick that typically attacks dogs (Salamanca is a province in western Spain).
I might have to get my dog treated for parasites, I think he has borrecetes.
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A parasite or moocher who likes to live at other people's expense.
Politicians are sanguinario.
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Bedbugs, specifically the ones found in mattresses (the source uses the Spanglish term matrees for mattresses).
Those Chinchas suck your blood.
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1. A term for various types of insects depending on their size. 2. A derogatory name for a newcomer or subordinate, used by someone with more experience in a specific field, most commonly used among women.
I can not believe this bicho is telling me what I have to do.
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