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tijereta
  25

1º_ Scissor derogatory ("cutting tool") . 2º_ Tendrils that come out paired in the vine plants. 3º_ It is one of the common names of the South American bird Tyrannus savana. 4º_ The common earwig or Forficula auricularia is an insect of the order Dermaptera whose abdomen ends in two appendages or fences similar to tongs or scissors. 5º_ Lesbian sexual practice where the shape of the scissors is alluded to by the position of the legs. See fricatriz, also safism.

  
divisoria de aguas
  24

It seems a perfectly descriptive name, but in geography it has a specific use for the line that divides the source of rivers that create channels by different slopes in the mountains. See divortium aquarum, watershed.

  
carro bomba
  31

It is a way of calling the car bomb ("vehicle loaded with explosives"), separating both words and in places where the car is commonly called a car. Actually the autobomba ("mobile hydrant of the firefighters") would be a confusion, since the prefix auto- is for "autonomous pump" and not for the vehicle; that's why it's a feminine noun .

  
antónimo extremo
  21

It is the true antonym among the so-called 'gradual', the opposite meaning to another that lies in the opposite place of a range. See extreme .

  
matapiojo verde
  23

It is a matapiojo (insect) of green color. In the case of the praying mantis, almost all are green and no distinction is usually made, but the dragonfly also has blue or red glows, and there is a belief that finding the green ones brings prosperity and good luck.

  
luna lunera
  30

It is the title of a famous bolero written by Tony Fergo (pseudonym of Antonio Fernández Gómez). It seems that 'lunera' is a word created only to make a rhyme, but it is possible that the author took a zaragocí expression for the "view of the moon from the locality of Luna", where it is used as a demonym to lunero. The phrase is also part of other poems, songs and even the title of a book.

  
portero eléctrico
  23

It is a communication system between the entrance door and the interior of a house. It allows you to know who intends to enter and in many cases also releases the lock remotely. The name is an allusion to the doorman, tasked with guarding the door and announcing visitors, and the electricity that powers the system. See intercom .

  
espíritu de adivinación
  27

It is a concept taken from the Old Testament, where spirits of the dead consulted by fortune tellers to know the future are mentioned. Although doing so is an apostasy punishable by death.

  
dulce de leche
  21

It is a creamy sweet prepared with cooked milk, sugar and baking soda, plus some flavoring and flavoring. It is traditional from Argentina and has versions in other countries with different recipes (p. e.g. using goat's milk, cornstarch, vanilla and different amounts of sugar), and names like white delicacy, cajeta, delicacy, kajmak, arequipe, confiture de lait, milk sweet or doce de leite. There is a legend stating that the 'dulce de leche' was accidentally created in Cañuelas (province of Buenos Aires) by a cook of the caudillo and governor J. M . of Roses in the mid-nineteenth century, but this is also supposed to be an irony invented by J. L . Borges for a promotional item that was used in a campaign of the dairy company La Martona (also from Cañuelas), owned by the family of his friend A. Bioy Casares in the mid-twentieth century, reminiscent of another earlier legend where a Napoleon cook created the confiture de lait when he forgot a jug with milk over the fire.

  
antepasados
  30

Plural of ancestor ("ancestor") .

  
xamues
  21

Plural of xamue or xamui ( insect ) .

  
lágrimas
  17

Plural of teardrop (in its various meanings) .

  
empanadillas
  39

Plural of empanadilla ("diminutive of empanada, although it makes sense of its own" ).

  
bambalinas
  25

Plural of backstage ("curtain that hides the tramoya") . See "behind the scenes".

  
reminiscencias
  19

Plural of reminiscence ("remembrance, evocation").

  
baquiñas
  21

Plural of baquiña ( plant ) .

  
piernotas
  50

Plural of piernota ("leg augmentative" ). It is actually used a lot like this, in the plural, as an adjective for "beautiful, sensual legs (especially if they are feminine)."

  
robbery
  10

It means "robbery, robbery". It comes from the Old French roberie ("marauding, assault").

  
sinverguenzura
  39

Error by venezolanism scoundrel ("lack of shame") .

  
cosmobiologica
  21

Error by cosmobiology, or the feminine of cosmobiological.

  






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