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From a Costa Rican slang perspective, what is another way to ask "como esta?".

I know the basics: que hace and que tal. What do the locals say to one another, and what is the proper context: (ie. male-male, male-female, young-old, etc).

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Que pasa - what's up

Cool chicas say that to me.

Just add "Mae" to the beginning or end of any phrase and you've pretty much got it.

In 5 years of living there with the locals, "Que tal mae?" was the most common form I noticed.

¿Hola como te va?
Hello how's it going?

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Pura vida, mae? = how are you?
Tuanis o agüevado? = alternative to denote mood (doing well or bummed out?)

Not trying to be the language expert here because I'm not, but I have found 'Hola, Como le va?" to be a bit more formal & polite, especially to someone you don'y know or when asking for info.

Although far from fluency. I have used all of the above and. "Que Mas" (What's up).

Obviously much more casual


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"Qué mas?" is paisa talk...not tico.

"qué mas, todo bien o no?" is also common in Antioquia.

Agreed..

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I use: hola, q tal guapa?

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"Hola" has always worked for me. I'm a gringo, I don't pretend to be a local. It's one thing to be a gringo who lives in CR, but a guy on vacation sounds funny using words like rojo (Tico slang for ¢1,000 note), chepe (San Jose centro), brete (work/job), tuanis (cool/good). Pura Vida may be the only one where a gringo can get away with it.

Not what I say but how I say it. The calm smile. The eye contact, the pause and then "Buenas Dias" slowly. All very calm, relaxed and 100% confident.

or Buenas tardes or Buenas noches.

And then pause and 90% per cent of the time she will respond with a slow comfortable, almost flirty , "Buenas Dias, " and will often add her own "how you doin" to it.

That is the main reason I live here. The woman are feminine enjoy contact with men.

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A few days in this paradise turns the most beaten down, timid American males into confident, self appreciating men. It only takes the courage to try something adventurous once in your life. However you say "como estas" the effect of a friendly response from a beautiful woman that you would be hesitant to speak to in the states for fear of her taking offense is amazing for your ego. It is not just the working girls, the whole society tends to be much friendlier once you try to communicate with them.

I use 'rojo' and 'azul' exclusively when referring to the bills, and have never even gotten a strange look. I refer to downtown as 'chepe' when in a cab, or the valley in general when outside of it, and no one has ever looked twice. I use those words in proper context and it doesn't occur to them that it isn't the proper spanish terms to use.

I hear 'rojo' and 'azul' in the marketplace often. Though (since it is obvious I am a gringo) no one has ever used 'chepe' in conversation to me, I hear many cabbies on the phone using it. I finally asked one about it's specific usage, and (since traffic was heavy) I got a complete lesson in it's usage and (from his perspective) it's origin.

As for your other words, I don't know them ... so my ignorance saves me there.

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Right on! Through a series of life events and choices I looked down one day to discover my testicles went missing!

I was stunned to find they rolled all the way to Centro America... and I'm glad to have them back!

I do try to use the local vernacular. It's a fun challenge.

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