Words from Coclé
Coclé is the land of sugarcane and hats. The cane gives raspadura, which sweetens the treats of the interior sold by the roadside, and La Pintada gives the sombrero pintao worn all over the country. This list gathers the words the corpus marks as from Coclé, from the sweets to the interjections of everyday speech.
7 entries in this list
¡diablo!
An interjection of surprise or emphasis.
¡ve!
An interjection that comes from "ver" (to see), like a "look", but asks no one to look at anything: it expresses disbelief, complaint or surprise, calls for…
bienmesabe
An interior sweet of ground rice (or rice flour) cooked with milk, sugar and cinnamon until thick.
chirrisco
A homemade alcoholic drink prepared in Panama's rural interior, known for being strong.
huevito de leche
A small firm sweet of milk cooked down with sugar, with the shape of an egg, wrapped in colorful papers.
raspadura
A block of evaporated, unrefined cane juice.
sombrero pintao
A traditional hand-woven hat made with plant fibers dyed black to form its characteristic rings.