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15 Funny Spanish Words That Will Make You Sound Like a Local
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Add a word/Sounds like "mah" (as in "mark") + "tah" (as in "tar") + "BOO" (as in "boot") + "rrohs"/
Meaning
A dictionary, especially a big heavy one you use to look up difficult words. The name comes from the joke that even a donkey would learn from that book, used affectionately and jokingly.
Examples
“Look up that word in the mataburros.”
“Before the internet, the mataburros was the only option.”
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/Sounds like "mah" (as in "mark") + "tah" (as in "tar") + "BOO" (as in "boot") + "rrohs"/
Meaning
A dictionary, especially a big heavy one you use to look up difficult words. The name comes from the joke that even a donkey would learn from that book, used affectionately and jokingly.
Examples
“Look up that word in the mataburros.”
“Before the internet, the mataburros was the only option.”
Regional synonyms
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Atolondrado
A scatterbrained or impulsive person who acts without thinking and consistently makes a mess of things through pure recklessness. In Colombia and Venezuela, the atolondrado is always rushing but somehow always the last to arrive, with everything upside down and no idea what went wrong.