Words from Chiriquí
Chiriquí is the border with Costa Rica, the Barú volcano and the coffee highlands, and people from Chiriquí speak with a regional pride you can hear in every sentence. This list gathers the words the corpus marks as local: those of everyday Chiriquí speech and those that come from Ngäbe culture, each with its register and a usage example.
8 entries in this list
¡meto!
An all-purpose interjection for almost any strong reaction: surprise, anger, admiration or annoyance.
aguanchinche
Carrying someone on your back, piggyback style, as if they were a backpack.
alborotao
Said of a person, usually young: hormones running high, restless with desire or a crush.
apolismao
Beaten up and battered, like someone who came out badly from a fall or a fight.
berraco
Someone very good at what they do: skilled, capable, someone who gets things done.
chácara
A bag hand-woven from plant fiber by Ngäbe women, an elastic mesh strong enough to carry a harvest.
nagua
The long loose dress worn by Ngäbe women, in strong colors with bands of sewn triangles at the chest and hem.
ngäbere
The language of the Ngäbe people, the most widely spoken Indigenous language in Panama.