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  • Lexi-tico: Gato0

    GATO (ga-to) And now, the time has come to talk about one of those strikingly polysemic words Costa Ricans have -and use- in a variety of situations. Chances are, if you do speak Spanish, even at a beginner level, that this word is probably one of the first one hundred you ever learned. I mean, at

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  • Lexi-tico: Gallito0

    GALLITO (ga-ʝi-to) Most Costa Ricans have a thing for diminutives and, you probably know this by now, right? And chances are some of these words have already been incorporated into your Spanish language arsenal. Words like “momentito” (jiffy), or the much used “toquecito” (jiffy),  chiquito/a (little boy/girl), and/or others ending in -ico (pequeño/pequeñitico), the latter two translating as

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  • Lexi-tico: Polaco0

    POLACO (po-la’-ko) So, in Spanish, we would use the words brasileño/brasileña to refer to a Brazilian national, for instance, -a male and a female in this case-. And the same word endings are used with most nationalities. So, it is no surprise that a national of, say, Poland, is called polaco or polaca. So, what

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  • Lexi-tico: Nandayure0

    NANDAYURE (nan-ða ʝu’-re) Being born and raised Costa Rican, my first Geography memories date back to elementary school, where our first Social Studies lessons would inevitably be linked to the country’s administrative division into provinces, cantons, and districts. And then, I first learned about Guanacaste, its people, traditions, music, and most remarkable landmarks. As with all

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  • Lexi-tico: María0

    MARIA (ma-ɾi-a) According to a report by the U.S. Social Security Administration, James and Mary are the most popular given names for male and female babies born during the 1920-2019 period, with James with 4,735,694 occurrences and Mary with 3,265,105 occurrences. And it continues to be a very popular name in the United Kingdom, too.

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  • Lexi-tico: Feria0

    FERIA (fe-ɾja)  So many things have changed along this pandemic. I mean, needless to say, the freedom and some of those things and habits we had -and took for granted- are just barely getting back to a somewhat similar -yet still distant- scenario. But, of course, having no certainty of much -at all- in the

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