Cubaechar un pie
idiom, phrase · Informal · eh-CHAR oon PYEH
To dance — and specifically to go and dance now, with the person you are talking to. The standard Cuban invitation, and considerably less formal than bailar.
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Cuba
Cuban Slang for Romance & Flirting
7 Cuban slang terms for romance & flirting, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
Flirting, dating, attraction and rejection. Rich in euphemism, and the category where a literal translation is most likely to embarrass you.
jamonear
verb · Vulgar · hah-moh-neh-AR
To grope someone in a crowd — on a packed bus, in a queue, at a concert — exploiting the press of bodies. The noun jamonero names the man who does it.
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jeva
noun · Informal · HEH-vah
A girlfriend. Mi jeva is the ordinary way a young Cuban man refers to the woman he is with.
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jinetera
noun · Colloquial · hee-neh-TEH-rah
A woman who forms relationships with foreign tourists for material benefit. The term deliberately blurs sex work, a hustle and an actual relationship, because in practice the categories blurred.
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mango
noun, adjective · Informal · MAHN-goh
A very attractive person, male or female. Estar tremendo mango is the standard Cuban way of saying someone is gorgeous.
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templar
verb · Vulgar · tem-PLAR
To have sex. The everyday Cuban verb for it: coarse but not the coarsest, roughly where 'to shag' sits in British English.
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titimanía
noun · Colloquial · tee-tee-mah-NEE-ah
A middle-aged man's compulsion to pursue much younger women. Mocking rather than condemnatory, and usually said about a man by his friends.
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