Definitions tagged voluntad in the street dictionary.
Laziness, apathy, or a total lack of motivation to perform a task. It describes the feeling of not being able to be bothered to do something.
A: Are you going to go to Alberto's wedding? B: No, I don't think so, I'm feeling some weba, honestly...
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An extremely mean or inconsiderate person who takes advantage of others or behaves in a cruel way (In Venezuela, calling someone a rat is a standard way to label them a jerk or a scumbag).
Dude, que rata you are, don't you see this is a hospital and you shouldn't smoke! / Man, que rata, you went too far dude! How could you tie his shoes like that?
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Refers to someone being brave or having guts. It is the literal vulgar term for testicles. It is also used to express total indifference, like I do not give a damn, or as an exclamation of disbelief or refusal.
My friend, you really have cojones to face that enemy (culebra refers to a dangerous person or grudge). / My cojones! Rot, you idiot. / If he does not want to come, he should not, who gives a fuck.
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To boss up or get fired up: to summon the grit and willpower needed to handle a situation or task. (In Panama, the word bellaco refers to someone tough or formidable, so this verb means tapping into that mindset).
Do you want to lose weight? Embellácate and do the exercises I told you! : He embellacó because his mom told him he could not, so he went and did it.
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Used to describe doing something with reckless energy, against all odds, or with a total lack of preparation. It implies acting on pure nerve or by brute force regardless of the consequences. (The term is short for military, referring to a blunt or forceful approach).
A: You did not study? And how are you going to take the exam? B: Just like that, a lo mili. I do not care if she has a boyfriend, I am going to woo her, a lo mili.
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Adv. Doing something just as one pleases or however one feels like it, according to one's own whim rather than following rules or instructions (this term is a fusion of the phrase me da la gana, meaning because I feel like it, and the adverbial suffix -mente).
Radames: And what happened to all the things I told you that you had to do to fix the bike? Antonio: But it is fine, right? Radames: If you keep doing things medalaganariamente just to get out of your responsibilities, you are never going to get ahead in life.
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A colloquial and grammatically redundant way to say on purpose or intentionally. It adds the adverbial suffix -mente to the standard phrase a proposito, similar to saying on-purposely in English.
I made you mad apropósitamente. I arrived apropósitamente late to make sure you would wait for me. I wrote the result wrong apropósitamente.
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