Guatemalan Slang: Chaye
Chaye is the Guatemalan slang for broken glass. Lots of chayes are installed on top walls to discourage people who like to “borrow” the belongings of other people. 😉 Well, you get the idea with the photo above.
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Guatemalan Slang: Shuco and Chapin
Double hit today for the Guatemalan Slang category. Shuco(a) is the Guatemalan slang for dirty. Shuco is also used for Guatemalan hot dog. The Guatemalan shuco hot dog comes with guacamol (avocado sauce), boiled cabbage, mayonnaise, tomato sauce, mustard, hot sauce, and one or more of the following: chorizo (Guatemalan red sausage), longaniza (Guatemalan white … Read more
Guatemalan Slang: Chilero
Today we open a new category that was long overdue: Guatemalan Slang. I mean we have seen some of the slang used in Guatemala in AntiguaDailyPhoto before, but it didn’t occur to me to classify it as such. Previous examples include words like Chamusca, Sompopo, Ishto, et cetera. Chilero is a word we use in … Read more