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Concha (lit.: " mollusk shell" or "inner ear") is an offensive word for a woman's vulva or vagina (i.e. something akin to English cunt) in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Mexico. In the rest of Latin America and Spain however, the word is only used with its literal meaning.
Chicharrón (Spanish: [tʃitʃaˈron], plural chicharrones; Portuguese: torresmo [tuˈʁeʒmu, toˈʁezmu, toˈʁeʒmu]; Tagalog: chicharon; Chamorro: chachalon) is a dish generally consisting of fried pork belly or fried pork rinds. Chicharrón may also be made from chicken, mutton, or beef.
Oz magazine showed a picture of a pig dressed as a policeman on a front cover [54] and the term inspired "pig cops" in the video game Duke Nukem 3D. Pig Pen Cop shop, i.e., police station. Pinched To be arrested (American slang). Pikachu In Vietnam, this word refers to traffic police, who wear yellow suits and therefore resemble the Pokémon ...
Cueritos. Cuerito is pig skin (pork rind) from Mexican cuisine, Venezuelan cuisine and Spanish cuisine. Cuero is the Spanish-language word for skin, leather or hide, so cueritos means "little skins". They are usually pickled in vinegar [1][2] (cueritos de vinagre) and can be made with a spicy sauce. The vinegar can be seasoned with pineapple ...
Pig Latin in the UK, where I've heard it used, is making latin-sounding words out of English ones. For example, one might use the word "illegitimus" to mean "bastard", rather than the ACTUAL Latin noun, "nothus". There are probably a thousand examples in The Life of Brian and Up Pompeii.
Black Iberian pig. Jamón Ibérico, BEHER "Bellota Oro", was selected as "best ham in the world" in IFFA Delicat 2007, 2010 and 2013. The Iberian pig, also known in Portugal as the Alentejo Pig, is a traditional breed of the domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) that is native to the Iberian Peninsula. The Iberian pig, whose origins can probably ...
A molcajete holds its matching tejolote. A molcajete (Spanish: [molkaˈxete]; Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl molcaxitl) and tejolote (from Nahuatl texolotl) are stone tools, the traditional Mexican version of the mortar and pestle, [1][2] similar to the South American batan, used for grinding various food products.
Philippine tocino. Tocino is bacon in Spanish, [1] typically made from the pork belly and often formed into cubes in Spain. In Caribbean countries, such as Puerto Rico and Cuba, tocino is made from pork fatback and is neither cured nor smoked but simply fried until very crunchy; it is then added to recipes, much like the way lardons are used in French cuisine.