How to Say Straw in Spanish

language-craze:

lemonadeandlanguages:

I’m pretty sure everyone who speaks Spanish knows how impossible it is to ask for a straw in a country that is not your own. So here are the different words for straw and the country where they are used!

1. Pajita

Argentina, Chile, Spain, Uruguay

2. Pajilla

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

3. Pitillo

Colombia, Venezuela

4. Bombilla

Bolivia, Chile

5. Calimete

Dominican Republic

6. Cañita

Peru

7. Carrizo

Panama

8. Popote

Mexico

9. Sorbete

Argentina, Ecuador, Peru

10. Sorbeto

Puerto Rico

11. Absorbente

Cuba

Remember that these words can have very different, sometimes vulgar, meanings in different countries. Be careful of what you say!!

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@spanish speaking countries: why do u like to suffer