Cancha
Quechua in South American Spanish: The Inca Words That Survived the Conquest
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Add a word/Sounds like "yoh" (as in "yoke") + "KAH" (as in "car") + "yah" (as in "yard")/
Meaning
A word from Aymara and Quechua meaning a young boy, a kid, or a youth. Used in the Bolivian highlands in family conversations, local radio, and everyday speech. "Ese llokalla" can refer to a child, a teenager, or a young man depending on context. It carries the warmth and familiarity of a living indigenous word woven naturally into Bolivian Spanish.
Examples
“My neighbor's boy is already in college, time really does fly.”
“Those young guys from the market helped me carry all the bags, really kind of them.”
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/Sounds like "yoh" (as in "yoke") + "KAH" (as in "car") + "yah" (as in "yard")/
Meaning
A word from Aymara and Quechua meaning a young boy, a kid, or a youth. Used in the Bolivian highlands in family conversations, local radio, and everyday speech. "Ese llokalla" can refer to a child, a teenager, or a young man depending on context. It carries the warmth and familiarity of a living indigenous word woven naturally into Bolivian Spanish.
Examples
“My neighbor's boy is already in college, time really does fly.”
“Those young guys from the market helped me carry all the bags, really kind of them.”
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Enclochar
To become overly attached or fixated on someone or something, refusing to let go even when it is clearly time to move on. The person who is "enclochado" does not listen to reason and cannot see other options, no matter how obvious it is to everyone around them. Used in Colombia.