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Tag: puerta

Definitions tagged puerta in the street dictionary.

puertear

To hang out by your front door or sit on the sidewalk in your neighborhood to get some fresh air and gossip. (It is a traditional social practice in Argentina for neighbors to set out chairs on the sidewalk to watch the street and chat).

I can't go out because the neighbor is always puerteando and knows exactly when I leave and come back.

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Argentinaby DiegoEFE

telon

A large painted canvas or curtain used as a backdrop on a theater stage.

theater telón, kitchen telón

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Globalby Anónimo

Persiana

The term used for windows in Dominican homes (most often referring to the louvered or jalousie style common in Caribbean architecture).

Look boy, open the persianas because it is so hot in this house.

Automatically translated from Spanish

República Dominicanaby Anónimo