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Órale, the expression 'dale shine' is the feature for this episode of Caló. The literal translation is "make it shine or stand out." But what it means is,…

The word of the day is cuitcha, an alternative spelling is cuatcha. It means excrement and comes from the Comanche or Numunuu word for poop, cuita. Its…

Órale, ranfla is the featured word of this episode. It’s an endearing word for one’s car. Comparable words in English are jalopy and hot rod. It comes…

Órale, the word of the day is agüite. It comes from the Spanish word for watered down, aguado. In Caló, it describes a situation where you’re beaten down,…

“The past,” it's famously been said, “is a foreign country.” But the deep human past is better described as another continent. We humans have had the same…

Órale, the Caló word for today is chonteado. It’s a very colorful word made up of two otherwise unrelated words: choteado, which means disqualified or…

Today we continue with an important root word in Caló that’s come in up previous episodes: madre. We’ve already used madre for two other expressions:…

The Borderlands Research Institute – at Alpine's Sul Ross State University – was founded in 2007, with a mission to empower land managers to conserve the…

The Caló word for this episode is muleta. In modern Spanish, it means crutch or wooden peg leg. But it's the Spanish word maleta — which means suitcase —…

“These are the days of miracle and wonder, and don't cry, baby, don't cry.”Those lines from a Paul Simon song resonate in a time of unprecedented and…