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/Sounds like "chah" (as in "chat") + "BAH" (as in "bar") + "loh" (as in "loan")/
A kid or young boy in Nicaragua, the word that immediately identifies someone as Nica. Used affectionately in everyday life and a fundamental part of Nicaraguan linguistic identity.
“That chavalo is really smart for his age.”
“The chavalos from the neighborhood play baseball every day.”
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/Sounds like "chah" (as in "chat") + "BAH" (as in "bar") + "loh" (as in "loan")/
A kid or young boy in Nicaragua, the word that immediately identifies someone as Nica. Used affectionately in everyday life and a fundamental part of Nicaraguan linguistic identity.
“That chavalo is really smart for his age.”
“The chavalos from the neighborhood play baseball every day.”
Mejenga
An informal pickup soccer game between friends, no league, no referee, just pure street football on any available patch of ground. In Costa Rica, the mejenga is a social institution: on weekends and after work, groups of Ticos gather to play for the joy of playing. No other Spanish-speaking country uses this exact word.