Cañón
A small, bar-shaped pastry roll filled with jam (commonly guava paste in Panama).
The kid wants a cañón, go buy it for him.
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Tag: hambre
Definitions tagged hambre in the street dictionary.
PanamáComer en paila
To eat a massive amount of food or pig out. (A paila is a large metal cooking pan common in Panamanian households, so the phrase suggests someone eating enough to fill the entire pot).
Jorge? That kid has been known to comer en paila since he popped out of his mom's belly.
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Arroz con sombrero
A dish of white rice topped with a fried egg. It is a slang term for a very cheap, basic meal typically eaten when money is tight or the pantry is empty (the egg is the hat sitting on the rice).
Grab an egg and make yourself an arroz con sombrero, it is better than nothing.
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Micha de pan
An individual, oval-shaped bread roll, usually sold in local bakeries.
Go to the bakery and buy five michas de pan for breakfast.
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Viril de pan
A single elongated loaf of bread. (This term is used in Panama to distinguish long rolls from the small round rolls known as bolitas).
Didn't I tell you to buy a viril de pan? Why did you bring the round ones?
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Píncho
A wooden skewer used to grill small pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables (a very common street food in Panama).
The Pínchos they sell on that corner are really good | Sometimes I just eat one Píncho for dinner and then go to bed.
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Emparedado
The standard term used in Panama to refer to a sandwich.
A: Ma'am, could I please have a ham and cheese emparedado? B: Oh, sir, right now we only have chicken emparedados.
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Estar pegao
To be absolutely starving or famished.
I am really pegao, Jaime. Do you have any money you can lend me to buy an empanada? My dad always gets home pegao from work, so my mom saves him a lot of food.
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picar el bagre
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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ArgentinaLija
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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Más hambre que perro de la Rita
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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VenezuelaJarto
Describes someone who is completely stuffed or full after a meal (a phonetic variation of the standard word harto).
Oh man, no! I am just totally jarto from so much food. / Sweetie, do not serve me any more because I am jarto from eating.
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FILO
A slang term for hunger, used when someone is famished.
I haven't eaten anything since yesterday, I've got a real FILO.
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PerúYiyinbré
A phonetic adaptation of the English word gingerbread, referring to a spiced bread or cake (a traditional food reflecting Afro-Antillean influence in Panamanian cuisine).
"I have a craving for a Yiyinbré" : "They sell a delicious Yiyinbré at that bakery"
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Hambriado
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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Destutanado
Extremely skinny, weak, or starving. It describes someone who looks frail or completely drained of energy, often from hunger. (Literally refers to being drained of marrow).
This kid is destutanado.
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CubaGOROBETA
The intense hunger or food cravings that occur after smoking marijuana.
This high gave me a hardcore GOROBETA.
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ColombiaInstituto Politecnico Loyola
An educational center located in San Cristobal, DR, notorious for being a living hell. It is a place where teachers take out their frustrations on the students, you go hungry as hell, and you have to struggle like crazy just to graduate. (Loyola is a famous Jesuit technical institute known for its extreme academic rigor and strictness).
-Yo, what happened to you? You look so skinny and ragged. -Man, I enrolled in Instituto Politecnico Loyola and I haven't eaten a thing since this morning. Just a flavorless ten-peso hot dog and a cheap cookie with a five-peso juice.
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República Dominicanahipopapemia
A humorous, mock-medical term for malnutrition or chronic hunger (derived from papa, a Dominican slang term for food).
Juan is suffering from hipopapemia.
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monchi
The intense hunger or cravings for food experienced after smoking hashish or marijuana.
Man, I have got a serious case of monchi, dude.
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Españafrikitaki
A type of sandwich made with ground meat and a salad topping like shredded cabbage or lettuce. It is a simple snack consisting of cooked ground beef and cabbage served on a bun (This is a popular, inexpensive street food snack in Cuba).
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Globalcombo
1. Slang for food or a meal. 2. A punch or physical blow. (In Peru, the phrase tirar combo is a common idiom meaning to go out and eat).
1. Ugh, I am so hungry, what is up? let us go get some combo. 2. Damn, that faggot looked at me the wrong way so I landed a combo on him, so he would stay down.
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Nimita
The tiny spots or stars a person sees in their vision when they are extremely hungry or lightheaded from not eating. (The term literally refers to tiny gnats, comparing the visual disturbance to a swarm of small insects).
I am seeing nimita because I am so hungry.
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Pobre
Despicable individuals who are considered disgusting because they lack any drive or desire to work.
Money doesn't grow on trees, get to work you total slacker.
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Ploplo
The sound and movement of a thick flour mixture, like cornmeal or porridge, as it boils and releases bubbles that pop (in the Dominican Republic, this usually refers to the cooking of cornmeal or oatmeal mush).
- plog plog!
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tragaldabas
A person who eats excessive amounts of all kinds of food, much faster than an average adult. Someone who wolfs down their food.
I am not inviting that tragaldabas Juanito. It is cheaper to buy him clothes than to feed him.
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Yaroa
A staple street food from Santiago consisting of a mix of shredded chicken, french fries, and a ton of melted cheese, all smothered in ketchup and mayo. It comes in three sizes: normal, large, and donkey drowner (a popular late night dish originally from the city of Santiago).
I am totally stuffed from that Yaroa I just inhaled.
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desabollarse
To scarf something down when you are starving. The term literally means to remove a dent, implying that an empty stomach is caved in and needs to be popped back out by eating.
Damn, I am so hungry, let me go desabollarme.
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