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Náhuatl Words You Use as Mexican Slang Without Realizing It
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Add a word/Sounds like "ehs" (as in "egg") + "KWEEN" (as in "queen") + "kleh" (as in "clerk")/
Meaning
A small child, usually mischievous, restless, and who won't stop making noise. Comes from the Nahuatl 'itzcuintli' (dog) and is one of the most Mexican words that exist.
Examples
“Those escuincles won't stop screaming all day.”
“When I was an escuincle I spent all my time playing in the street.”
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/Sounds like "ehs" (as in "egg") + "KWEEN" (as in "queen") + "kleh" (as in "clerk")/
Meaning
A small child, usually mischievous, restless, and who won't stop making noise. Comes from the Nahuatl 'itzcuintli' (dog) and is one of the most Mexican words that exist.
Examples
“Those escuincles won't stop screaming all day.”
“When I was an escuincle I spent all my time playing in the street.”
Word family
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Encojonado
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Extremely furious, angry at the absolute maximum level. In Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, encojonado describes the point of no return in anger: the person is no longer holding anything back and anything could happen next.