botella
🇨🇺 Spanish slang from Cuba
What does “botella” mean?
a ride, hitchhiking
Example
“Cogí botella hasta La Habana.”
I hitched a ride to Havana.
Good to know
Literally 'bottle'. 'Pedir botella' = to hitch a ride.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
☕ Everyday
The textbook way to say it: autostop
Heard in a conversation
Late for the ball game
Melissa En la parada todavía 😭 La guagua no aparece, esto está en candela.
still at the bus stop 😭 the bus isn't showing up, this is a disaster
Yoandri ¡Pide botella, monina! Un almendrón te deja en el Latino en diez.
hitch a ride, pal! a classic-car taxi drops you at the Latino in 10
Melissa No sé, no tengo ni un baro para el almendrón 🙃
idk, I don't have a single peso for the taxi 🙃
🚗 How other countries say “a ride, a lift”
- 🇲🇽 aventónMexico
- 🇵🇷 ponPuerto Rico
- 🇻🇪 colaVenezuela · 'Dar la cola': to give a lift.
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Songs from Cuba
- Bailando · Enrique IglesiasLevel A2
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