Bolivian Spanish word
la chuspa
Meaning: small woven pouch
How it is used in Bolivia
A little handwoven bag, traditionally used to carry coca leaves or small items. It's the kind of piece a casera may later add as a yapa (a small gift with a purchase), a thread the notebook picks up in a later chapter.
A little Andean woven pouch, traditionally for carrying small things. Here doña Elsa adds one as the yapa, a fitting gift alongside the aguayo, and a piece of the same highland textile tradition.
Learn it in a real situation
Culture, Markets and Money in Bolivia, Practical Spanish
Related words
- ahorita: soon / in a bit (flexible)
- casera / caserita: regular-customer / vendor address term
- caserita / casero: the warm market address term for a vendor (or a customer)
- el aguayo: handwoven Andean textile
- el centro histórico de Sucre: Sucre's historic center
- el sencillo: small change (synonym of suelto)