A beach sandal or flip-flop you wear around the house or to the corner store. It's the most casual footwear possible — the shoe equivalent of 'I don't care.'

Thick lips or the mouth in general in the Caribbean. Bemba stars in the expression 'radio bemba' — gossip that spreads by word of mouth faster than any TV news broadcast.

An apartment or flat inside a building in Colombia, Venezuela, and the Caribbean. It's the same thing as 'departamento' in Mexico — different word, same concept of vertical living.

An affectionate or flirty way to refer to an attractive woman, very common in the Caribbean and Mexico. It has nothing to do with motherhood — it's a street compliment that can be sweet or intense depending on context and tone.