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Aguapanela
Traditional drink typical of rural and coffee-growing areas.
Learn Spanish while traveling through Colombia
Try using these expressions as you travel around the Coffee Region and talk with local people — for example, in a café, a shop, a market, or during a tourist activity. Many people will be happy to help if you don't understand a word or expression. You can also practice your pronunciation by repeating the phrases and using them in everyday conversations.
Traditional drink typical of rural and coffee-growing areas.
To drive or guide pack or draft animals.
Person whose job is to transport goods, food or people using pack animals.
Large wooden or plastic container, oval or rectangular.
To work hard, especially in physical or heavy labor.
Container woven from wicker or plastic.
Rural agricultural or livestock property.
Drink made from sugarcane juice.
High point with a panoramic view.
Person who collects harvests or things.
Black coffee, traditional in Colombia.
Noisy, loud or disruptive person.
Canvas footwear with a rope or jute sole.
To adapt to a place or situation, to feel comfortable or well-settled.
Very angry; also very difficult or impressive. It can be vulgar.
Elegant or well-dressed person; a person from Bogotá.
Trivial, unimportant conversation; gossip.
Rude or discourteous person who does not watch their words.
To hit or crash into something; also to get drunk.
Annoyance, laziness or an irritating situation.
Flattering person who seeks favors through praise.
Trusted friend or companion.
Annoying, insistent person or situation that repeats something nonstop.
Sadness, heartbreak or emotional pain after a romantic breakup.
Expression of agreement or surprise: oh, I see! or really?
Person who covers up or facilitates secret relationships, usually feminine.
Hard blow from falling; also a complete failure.
Shop for used or second-hand household objects.
Crispy fried pork skin; also a problem or mess.
Lunch with meats and vegetables, eaten cold or away from home.
Place to eat, drink and dance to traditional music.
Small green fruit with acidic pulp around a seed.
Tropical fruit; also an easy or vulnerable situation, as in dar papaya.
Colloquial expression used to get someone's attention or to emphasize a phrase
Colloquial expression used to give continuity, emphasis or proximity to an idea. It can appear at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of a sentence.
Expression used at the end of a sentence to seek confirmation or agreement from the other person.
Informal expression used to ask for confirmation or show enthusiasm in a conversation.
Close and affectionate way of addressing another person. It is used with family members, friends or even strangers in informal contexts.
Colloquial word used to describe a hardworking, brave or very good person in something. It can also refer to a difficult situation.
Informal greeting very common in the Coffee Axis used to ask how someone is doing or start a conversation.
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Below you'll find cultural aspects of the Coffee Region to help you learn more about the region and its people. Explore these traditions and try sharing two cultural details from your country with a local, then record your experience in “My diary”.
Words and expressions you discovered on your journey
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