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 * Dictionary: Peruvian Spanish - Mexican Spanish - English**

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chompa - sudadera - sweatshirt
 * ===Peruvian Spanish=== || ===Mexican Spanish=== || ===English=== ||
 * al toque || ahorita / al momento || in a second ||
 * alquilo || se renta || for rent ||
 * anexo || extensión (teléfono) || extension (when phoning) ||
 * bacán || que padre / chido || cool / excellent ||
 * boleta || recibo || receipt ||
 * botica || farmacia || pharmacy ||
 * cama de dos plazas || cama matrimonial || double bed ||
 * (factura) cancelada || (factura) pagada || (receipt) paid ||
 * DNI || credencial de elector || identification ||
 * documento || identificación || identification ||
 * grifo || gasolinera || gas station ||
 * papel de seda || papel chino || ? ||
 * (mi) pata || (mi) cuate / compadre || my friend ||
 * playa || estacionamiento || parking ||
 * playa || playa || beach ||
 * (gente) pituca || (gente) fresa? || rich / pretentiously rich people ||
 * auto / carro || coche || motor-car ||
 * coche (de bebe) || carrito de bebe || baby push-cart / stroller ||
 * polo || playera || T-shirt ||
 * papeleta || multa de transito || traffic fine ||
 * calato || desnudo || naked ||
 * pituco(a) || fresa || snobbish / stuck-up rich person ||
 * te bajo la luna? || te bajo la ventana (del coche)? || shall I open the (car) window? ||


 * ===Comida Peru=== || ===Comida Mexico=== || ===Food=== ||
 * averja || chicharro || pea ||
 * culantro || cilantro || cilantro ||
 * aji || chile || chili pepper ||
 * choclo (del quechua) || maiz / elote (del nahuatl) || corn - corncob ||
 * humita (quechua) || tamal (nahuatl) ||  ||
 * palta || aguacate || avocado ||
 * cebollita china || cebollin ||  ||
 * betarraga || betabel || beetroot ||
 * guindones || ciruelas pasas || prunes ||
 * chifa || restaurante chino || Chinese restaurant ||
 * sangucheria || torteria || ? ||
 * sancochar las papas || hervir las papas || boil the potatoes ||
 * chela || chela || beer ||

In Lima, Peru people often sing "Happy Birthday" first in English in a really slow tone and with somber faces, and then swop over to Spanish with hand-clapping and at twice the speed: - "Feliz cumpleaños a ti, feliz cumpleaños a ti, feliz cumpleaños querido Ron, feliz cumpleaños a ti!"

chamba - work chela (cerveza) - beer
 * Words in Mexican and Peruvian slang (yet not in all Latin American countries)**