Type of
government: |
Democratic republic |
Capital City: |
San José |
Currency: |
1 US
Dollar = 460.350 Costa Rican Colon
1 Costa Rican Colon = 0.002172 US Dollar |
Languages
spoken: |
Spanish, Bribri and Cabecar |
Motto: |
Not
official but people use it: “Pura Vida” which stands for the
state of happiness, peace, and tranquility that the political
stability and freedom bring to Costa Ricans. |
Refranes or
Dichos
(sayings/phrases from that place): |
achará
- What a pity!
irsele la onda - to forget
agarrado - miser
jale - let's go
agüevado – bore
joder - to bother
andar de tanda - bar-crawling
lancear - to seduce
batear - to make wild guesses
llegar a la hora del burro - to arrive
late
brete - work
mae - dude
cada muerte de Obispo - once in a blue moon
meter la pata - to put one's foot in it
carajada - thing or situation
meter una yucca - to tell a lie
con toda la pata - in good form
minche - fistfight
¡Cierre el pico! - Shut up!
no darle la gana - to not want to
choque ese hueso - shake my hand
no entender ni papa - to not understand anything
choza - house
no es vara - it's not a lie
chunche - stuff
ojalá - if only / god granted
diay - hey
pasar la brocha - to have an ulterior
motive
dolor de jupa - headache
pinche - stingy
embarcarse - to take a risk
por si las moscas - just in case
empuncharse - to work hard
pura vida - perfect, wonderful
estar de chichi - to be angry
¡Que tirada! - What a mess!
estar de goma - to be hung over
sacarse el clavo - to get it off one's chest
estar hecho leña - to be in a bad state
suave - wait
estar en la luna - to daydream
salado - too bad
fregar - to bother
ser chineado/a - to be spoiled
grosero - rude
¡Soque! - Hurry up!
Güila - kid
Tirito - just a moment
hablar paja - to talk nonsense
¡Tome chichi! - Take that!
hacerse el chancho - to not pay attention |
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Religion: |
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Climate: |
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Festivals/Celebrations/Holiday traditions
(list by month): |
Festivals
http://www.mundoafrolatino.com/english/Events.htm |
Time
differences from Alaska (e.g. hours of difference between
the country and Alaska; daylight savings): |
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Cost,
total travel time, and mileage for a round trip to that
country from Alaska on December 21-28 and June 12-19: |
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