Sicario
The etymology of sicario refers to the Latin plural of sicarius, which is the name given to the dagger or short sword, which in Latin is sica, and which was usually used by assassins because it was very easy to hide under the folds of their tunics.
Rankiao
This term derives from the Anglo-Saxon word “ranking” which means “classification”. It refers to the relationship between a set of elements, such that for either, the first is “ranked higher than”, “ranked lower than” or “ranked equal to” the second.
Roncar
A generalized description of snoring refers to the loud or hoarse sound that is produced when air passes through the tissues of the nose and throat because they are relaxed, and causes them to vibrate while breathing while sleeping.
Anormales
In general terms, the word abnormal has its meaning as “that which is not common” or is not “usual” and derives from the Greek prefix a meaning “without” and the Latin suffix al which translates as “relative to”, all this on the Latin word “norma” which translates as “rule”.
Hooka
The hookah is of oriental origin, although it has been implanted since the first years of the 21st century in American countries and in Europe, and has gained a lot of popularity among people of different ages.
Guillaera
The term comes from guillao which means to give oneself a lot of importance without foundation or someone who wants to believe that he/she is a lot, but in reality he/she is not. For example: “that individual is guillao but you will see how quickly I take away that guille he has”.
Liga
The origin of the word liga refers to everything that can be bound. It can be found in the Latin “ligare” as meaning to bind or tie. The word has the meaning of “ribbon, or cord” and is derived from the verb “to bind”. It is related to the Indo-European root “leig”, present in words such as ligament, and ligature.
Josear
The word Josear has been coined in the Caribbean slang for more than a decade and in recent times has had its boom in the urban genre known as trap, where it is used to refer to places where drugs are sold.
Fulete
Since this music is street music and many of the artists have come from the streets, it is evident that their lyrics are full of a lot of street lexicon, even many of them have who not grown up and have not come from that environment still use these terms and make use of the lexicon since the identity of the genre they represent is based on it.
Guayando
This term is composed of an interjection already in disuse: “guay”, and also of the noun “guayo” and the inflectional suffix “ar” that refers to the infinitive of verbs, so this word turns out to be an intransitive neutral verb.
Aluvión
This word, comes from the Latin “alluvĭo” and from the old “lēre” which means to erase, also from alluvionis, which formerly meant, flood or overflow of waters, although it also meant flooded land. It is formed with the prefix ad- plus the root that comes from the verb lavare (to wash, to bathe).
SOS
It has its origins in the early twentieth century, until then the distress signal used in telegraph transmissions in Morse code was ‘CQD’ ‘Copy Quality’ or Quality test, which was the call code for radio stations operating in the same band, along with ‘Distress’ which meant trouble.