Popular Expressions

This expression is an expression used in the song “Cógela que van sin jockey” by reggateonero artist Daddy Yankee and is used to refer to a free woman, who has no commitment, that is to say, she has no boyfriend and is alone.

Toyaco is used within the urban movement in general from hip hop to regueton, for those who seek to enter the urban movement without really feeling it just for fashion, those who want to be part of it without knowing what it is.

The word pegao is the vulgarization of a verb and like all participles, it always denotes the past tense “pegado”.

At some uncertain time this expression became fashionable on the Internet and now it is used without knowing what it really means. “Estar burlao” does not have a very specific meaning, it depends a lot on who uses it and the context in which it is used.

This rhythm emerged in Jamaica in the 80s. Although it got its boom in the mid 1990s (and early 2000s), it can be said that its origins are crossed with rap and hip hop influences.

It derives from the verb caer, used in an informal way to mean to dare, but is sometimes used to mean salte and even ven.

This term is actually a Spanish spelling of the term Bling-Bling, which means to excessively flaunt bracelets, diamonds and gold objects that shine, onomatopoeia in reference to the fictitious sound made by the glitter or sparkle of the jewels.

Meter cabra is an expression frequently used in the Caribbean, for example in countries such as Puerto Rico and Panama, where it means to scare or to scare.

Before being frequently used by urban music singers, it was used as part of the nautical language to designate a ship that has been left aimless at the mercy of the wind and the current.

Mahon is the name given to cow’s cheese of which there are two different kinds, the fresh cheese, made of a soft, white and creamy paste, with a mild flavor and the cured Mahon cheese, made of a hard paste, a little darker and with a rather strong flavor.

Its origins go back to the Caló language which was used by the Roma and later adopted by the Gypsies, and means shame or dishonor. In trap slang it is used to refer to the same thing.

Mesky must have had its origin within this urban movement of informal lexicon, meaning a person who is involved in some shady business, such as selling drugs and who, naturally, risks his life for it.