Cubabembé
noun · Informal · bem-BEH
A drumming celebration held for the orishas in the Lucumí religious tradition: batá drums, singing, dancing, food, and possession. This is the primary and literal sense.
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Cuba
Cuban Slang for Going Out & Partying
5 Cuban slang terms for going out & partying, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
Nights out, drinking, dancing and the aftermath. A category where slang renews itself every few years as each generation renames the same activities.
chispa 'e tren
noun · Colloquial · CHEES-pah eh TREN
Home-distilled rotgut spirit, sold illegally by the bottle. Rough, strong and occasionally dangerous, since the raw material is whatever was available.
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descarga
noun, verb · Informal · des-KAR-gah
A jam session: musicians playing together without a set arrangement. The term is Cuban and gave its name to a whole recorded genre in the 1950s.
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echar 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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friki
noun, adjective · Informal · FREE-kee
A rocker or metalhead — long hair, black shirts, imported cassettes. In Cuba this names a specific subculture that was harassed by the police through the 1980s and 90s, not merely a person with unusual tastes.
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