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Definitions tagged lentes in the street dictionary.

Antiparras

A colloquial and often humorous term for glasses or spectacles. (The word is a play on the prefix anti and the word parras, meaning grapevines, though in practice it is simply a slang way to say specs or goggles).

I cannot read it, I left my antiparras at home.

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Cuatro pepas

A slang term for someone who wears glasses, equivalent to four-eyes. (In Venezuela, pepas is common slang for eyes).

Hey cuatro pepas, look over here. / I hate being cuatro pepas.

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Tapa nota

A slang term for sunglasses used in low-income neighborhoods. The name refers to the practice of wearing them to hide bloodshot eyes after getting high (the term 'nota' refers to a drug-induced buzz).

There is a group of guys on scooters wearing tapanotas on the corner.

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