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Rojo
/Sounds like "ROH" (as in "row") + "hoh" (as in "hope")/
A thousand-colón bill in Costa Rica, named for the red color that once distinguished it. "Un rojo" means 1,000 colones, "cinco rojos" means 5,000. Even after redesigns changed the actual color, the word stuck in everyday Tico speech for any informal transaction.
“Lend me a rojo, dude, I will pay you back on Friday.”
“That dish costs three rojos, that is pretty steep.”
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Rojo
/Sounds like "ROH" (as in "row") + "hoh" (as in "hope")/
A thousand-colón bill in Costa Rica, named for the red color that once distinguished it. "Un rojo" means 1,000 colones, "cinco rojos" means 5,000. Even after redesigns changed the actual color, the word stuck in everyday Tico speech for any informal transaction.
“Lend me a rojo, dude, I will pay you back on Friday.”
“That dish costs three rojos, that is pretty steep.”
Matear
To drink mate together, the sacred ritual of Argentina and Uruguay where a gourd of the herbal infusion passes around a group. Mateando is not just drinking, it is a slow social ceremony where conversation flows without hurry. To be invited to matear is to belong.