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Jamón, the Spanish word for “ham,” is often used in Cuba to describe any job or chore that is easy to carry out. By extension, a jamonero (“the ham guy”) is a person who always tries to get the easiest chores assigned to him. However, the word is most often used to describe a person that is basically a pervert who ogles over young women in an offensive or undesirable way.

Piña is the Spanish word for pineapple, but to be metido en la piña (to be “inside the pineapple”) can be used to describe someone who is deeply entangled in some sort of scandal or fuss. It is also sometimes used when one is deeply embarrassed by a comment or a situation.