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Tag: jíbaro

Definitions tagged jíbaro in the street dictionary.

Guaymara

A rustic, rural term used to refer to a cockroach (jíbaro refers to the traditional country folk from the Puerto Rican mountains).

There must be something rotten in that box because there are a lot of guaymaras.

Automatically translated from Spanish

Puerto Ricoby Anónimo

gibaro

A person of mixed race, specifically the offspring of a lobo and a china (terms from the colonial Spanish caste system used to describe specific racial combinations).

The gibaro sells drugs with his dad.

Automatically translated from Spanish

Españaby Anónimo

baquine

A traditional wake held at home for a deceased child. The event combines religious and secular elements such as prayers, folk songs, and even crude jokes. The songs typically celebrate the child's return to heaven as a little angel. (This practice is a traditional Afro-Puerto Rican custom).

Last night we went to the baquiné for Chencha's son.

Automatically translated from Spanish

Puerto Ricoby Anónimo

Asorao

Someone who is constantly jumpy, easily startled, and timid (often used to describe someone who acts overwhelmed by their surroundings, similar to a rural person in a big city).

Jessy is asorao all the time, he acts like he is from the sticks.

Automatically translated from Spanish

República Dominicanaby toto