¡Hoy es jueves jovial! (Today is jovial Thursday!)
La fecha es el primero (1st) de agosto del año dos mil veinticuatro. (The date is August 1, 2024.)
Visitemos Caracas, Venezuela. (Let’s visit Montevideo, Uruguay.)
A chamo (“guy” in Venezuelan slang) from Barquisimeto gives his tips and perspective on visiting Caracas in this fourteen-minute video tour.
Here is some new vocabulary from the video:
| peaje | (to stand out) |
| habitante | (inhabitants) |
| vayamos al grano / claro y raspado | (let’s get to the point) |
| pana | (buddy) |
| truncado | (cut short) |
| en obras | (under construction) |
| boquiabierto | (open-mouthed) |
| acogedor | (warm; inviting) |
| chumpitos / platica | (money) |
| sacar el provecho | (to take advantage) |
| aglomeración | (crowd) |
| derrochar / despilfarrar | (to waste; to squander) |
| feria de comidas | (food court) |
| curdas | (drinks) |
| cursi | (cheesy; corny; ridiculous) |
| rústico cuatro por cuatro | (off-road vehicle) |
| extranjero | (foreigner) |
| inigualable | (incomparable) |
| panteón | (cemetery; mausoleum) |
| rueda de la fortuna | (ferris wheel) |
| motorizados sin casco | (motorcyclists without a helmet) |
| semáforo | (traffic light) |
| radicar | (to reside; to live) |
| picar | (to sting; to bite) |
| morder | (to bite) |
¡Que tengas un jueves justo! (May you have a fair Thursday!)
L. A. Feliz