chicharritas
🇨🇺 Spanish slang from Cuba
What does “chicharritas” mean?
thin fried plantain chips
Example
“Unas chicharritas para picar.”
Some plantain chips to nibble.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
🌮 Food
The textbook way to say it: mariquitas
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