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2020? ¡Guácala! Gross. Learn to say it and other Spanish phrases that capture this season of life in this short video. For more, here’s how to say “Happy New Year” in 20 other languages: https://blog.rosettastone.com/bizarre...

As you’ll hear often in Costa Rica, 2020 was Guácala or Gross. But let’s be real. Complaining about this trash dumpster of a year Es como quejarse en el infierno (which translates: it’s like complaining in hell.

So let’s turn to more hopeful phrases that locals say have grown in popularity recently in Costa Rica. Like, Pura Vida. Literally, it means life is pure. In use, however, it communicates much more. Pura Vida is good vibrations. It’s a mood. And it has us in the right headspace to say Feliz año nuevo or Happy New Year and encourage one another to mantén la llama encendida (keep the fire burning).

Want more? We have more. Explore other ways to say “Happy New Year” as well as local expressions and conversational phrases from around the world:
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