New words today:
Vitrinear - From the same root as "vidrio", for glass, this is "window-shopping" / "just looking".
But there's another level to eyeing temptations when you're in a country that loves going out to enjoy the towns on weekends, so you also get...
Puebliar - To skip out to the village / villages, to sample their delights.
This is why Antioquia's pride and joy is Feria de las flores, every August: because the people here are *proud* of their rural treasures. 💛
I'm aware that Guatemalans call Salvadoreans "Guanacos" and Guatemalans are known as "Chapines" through most of Latin America.
I don't know the context or history, but we do tend to say "Guanaquear" instead of "Vitrinear"
I'm pretty sure "Chapinear" may mean something out there lol
That's an interesting example of taking the word back. "Guanaquear" usually has a really negative meaning, closest in English to "acting like a redneck". But it sounds like you've spun a positive out of it, so that it also just means "living rustically", yeah?
@MLClark
yeah, hanging out while spending no money, window shopping, kinda thing