Ch. 2 Cultura

• "First names"

  nombres de pila
• Apodos aceptables

  gordo, Pepe, Lupita
• "ez"

  hijo de...
• Chiva, camioneta, colectivo, guagua, camión

  autobús
• Folk medicine

  remedios caseros
• Harelip

  eclipsado, comido de la luna
• Folk healer who practices magic and ridding of evil spirits (Puerto Rico)

  espiritista
• Lay midwife

  partera
• Folk healer/herbalist

  curandero
• Folk practitioner who is adept at massage

  sobador
• Folk healer who practices magic and ridding of evil spirits (South America)

  chamán
• Belief in the power of saints to speak and cure (Cuba)

  santeria
• Alleviates or cures menstrual cramps, diarrhea, nausea, flatus, colic, anxiety

  té de manzanilla
• Alleviates/cures coughs, anemia, digestion

  té de canela
• Alleviates/cures hypertension, infection, cough

  Ajo
• Arthritis, colic, hay fever, menstrual cramps, empacho

  Cold diseases
• Touching the person/thing removes the force from this

  mal (de) ojo
• hex/bewitchment

  hechicería
• attributed to "weak blood"

  decaimiento
• impaction; bowel obstruction

  empacho
• dislocated nerves

  bolitas
• inability to cope with personal experience

  susto
• fright due to an encounter with the supernatural

  espanto
• "bad air" due to evil spirits

  mal aire
• night air ("dangerous" for children)

  sereno
• A cold/nasal or intestinal congestion

  constipación
• headache, chest pain, stomach ache, general body ache, allergic reactions, breathing problems, etc.

  congestión
• nerves, anxiety

  palpitaciones, presión alta
• dehydration

  mollera caída
• constipation

  estreñimiento