Cubachispa 'e tren
noun · Colloquial · CHEES-pah eh TREN
Home-distilled rotgut spirit, sold illegally by the bottle. Rough, strong and occasionally dangerous, since the raw material is whatever was available.
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Cuba
Cuban Slang for Food & Drink
4 Cuban slang terms for food & drink, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
Informal words for eating, drinking and the state of having done too much of either. Frequently borrowed across borders, and frequently mistranslated.
fruta bomba
noun · Colloquial · FROO-tah BOM-bah
Papaya. The fruit is called this in Havana and the west of the island because papaya is a coarse word for the vulva, and asking for one in a market will get you laughed at.
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jama
noun, verb · Informal · HAH-mah
Food, grub. Hay jama — there's food, said as good news.
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paladar
noun · Informal · pah-lah-DAR
A privately run restaurant, originally one operating out of the owner's home. The word is now used of every private restaurant in Cuba, including large and expensive ones.
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