Spanish Open dictionary by furoya

bipartidario

  33

Related to bipartisanship, which follows or supports two parties, to two options. It can also be a coalition government made up of two parties. See prefix bi- , partisan .

  

ciliario

  26

It is related to cilia, especially to the method of locomotion of cyliophores or to some structures of the eye. It comes from the Greek 954; 965; 955; 953; 962; (kylís "tab") which came into Latin as cilium ("eyelash, eyebrow") the suffix -aryan.

  

incendiario

  50

What burns, which has the ability to start a fire. See arsonist, suffix -aryan .

  

antifonario

  32

1º_ In the Catholic liturgy, the book that gathers the antiphons to sing all year round is called antiphon or antiphonary. See suffix -aryan . 2º_ Although it is of very old use, it used to be called that in the Spain of the sixteenth century to the ass, to the buttocks. There is not much certainty about the origin of this version, some theories associate it with the fact that the antiphon is a dialogue between two choirs, and the book contains both songs (which in one of its meanings means "buttocks"); in others the custom of singing it standing is remembered, but in the face of fatigue the religious were always discovered supporting the buttocks on any protrusion of walls or furniture, although this explanation seems even less plausible than the previous one.

  

contra-

  22

It is a prefix that denotes opposition, that something is located in a place behind what is in front or what is first in rank or category, it would also be what is faced and by extension what is an obstacle. See against .

  

-ismo

  19

This suffix is used to create nouns, but has several interpretations; as in a doctrine or movement, or in a quality or characteristic, or in a physical activity or sport. See also -ista , isms .

  

infra-

  29

'Infra-' is a prefix that comes from the Latin inferus (ínferus "from below or below, inferior in quality"), with its same meaning in Spanish. See sub- .

  

-ario

  17

Latin suffix that has several uses in Spanish, such as "relative to", "place containing a", "profession of", "which is given to".

  

des-

  29

It is a prefix with various uses, such as a form for negation, deprivation, exclusion, inversion; or by antiphrasis for for affirmation, excess. It can be a variant of other prefixes such as de- , dis- or ex- .

  

papaya

  38

1º_ Fruit of the papayo . 2º_ Several objects with the shape of the previous one, such as grenades or throwing bombs that the guerrillas usually use in Colombia. See papayazo . 3º_ Naïve, who gives advantages to others to his own detriment; by extension it is said of something easy to do or get, of an opportunity. The origin seems to be in how easy the papayo tree grows when planting its seeds. See "papaya puesta, papaya partida". 4º_ In some places it is a vulgar name for the vulva.

  

chenca

  37

1º_ Pucho, cigarette butt, or the one that is shorter than usual. 2º_ Probably because of the previous one, tailless lizard. 3º_ Feminine of chenco ("rengo") .

  

ña

  38

'Ña' is a doña apheresis that is used in many regions of America; it can also be a reduction of "madam" (female of lord). See Mrs. , D . ª .

  

estofón

  34

In some regions, such as Puerto Rico, is the student very applied, the nerd, swallow, swallow, bookworm, chacón, nerd, nerdo, nardo, mateo.

  

bírula

  37

Familiar name for the bicycle in some countries.

  

mirrimucia

  29

Venezolanism for "small thing, trout, without importance or value".

  

chuta

  35

1º_ Deformation of the word chota ("penis, virile member") . 2º_ Castellanization of the Aymara ch'utu, which names the thick lips, and by extension the vulva. These first two meanings are also used as exclamation. 3º_ By the previous one, and with a racist origin, people of American ethnicities were called 'chutas' with the characteristic of having prominent lips, and from there also appears a meaning -even more discriminatory- for "rough, without education or manners" and its chuto version ("bad, ugly, broken" ). 4º_ Inflection of the Spanish verb chutar ("to shoot, throw or pull with violence, to kick" ). See verbs/chuta . 5º_ Surely by the previous one, syringe, injectable dose of drug. 6º_ 'Chuta' or 'chucho' is the common name of the bird Glaucidium nana, similar to the owl. 7º_ In Mexico, the graduate of a skydiving course is called 'chuta'. comes from a reduction of the English word parachute ("parachute"). 8º_ Name of a river in Michoacán, Mexico, and one in Ayacucho, Peru. 9º_ Chuta is a town in Zhejiang Province, China.

  

parlache

  30

Jargon typical of Medellín (Colombia); it has a marginal origin, although today they use it throughout the country. The name did not appear naturally, it was created at the University of Antioch joining the voices "parlar" and "patch".

  

piedras preciosas

  36

Plural of precious stone, which as a locution is debatable, because it is understood from stone (mineral) and precious ("appreciated, high priced").

  

petis

  47

Plural of peti ("affectionate diminutive of petiso or petisa, also of petisú") .

  

cabellos

  49

Plural hair. See hair.

  

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