Very tiny — an affectionate diminutive for something or someone of reduced size. In the Caribbean, diminutives ending in '-ico' are characteristic of the regional dialect and carry warmth.

Tipsy, buzzed — someone who's had enough drinks that it's showing in their step and their smile. In Chile chispa is the pleasant early stage of being drunk, before it gets messy.

A hearty Caribbean soup made with root vegetables and various meats — yuca, plantain, corn, chicken or beef — simmered low and slow. Sancocho is Sunday comfort food and celebration in a bowl.

A chaotic mix, a messy jumble where nothing makes sense and everything is tangled together. In Venezuela salcocho is disorder taken to its logical extreme.