Name

Translation

Description

Beginners

Adios

Bye

Gents walk cw around lady under their r arm and go the next lady and do dame immediately.

Adios con la hermana

Bye with the sister

Adios w half enchuffa followed by a dile que no and back to guapea

Baille

Same as pisen but w hey!

Dame

Give me

Give me the next lady

Dame con dos

Give me with two

Dame w two claps starting on l foot

Dame con tres

Give me with three

Dame w three claps staring on l foot

Dame con uno

Give me with one

Dame w one clap on l foot

Dame dos

Give me two

Go to second lady, (if two couples, grab the other gent r-r, and on l foot step back first and then head fast to your own lady and complete the dame, stepping back on the left foot first makes it a bit rushed and you can skip that).

Dame muchacho

Give me gentleman

Dame where the gents push their chest forward

Dame un tarro

Give me one ???

In gurarachea, gents walk on the inside of the circle to the next lady CCW

Dame un tarro para atras

Give me one "tarro" back

Same as Dame un tarro, but walk back (atras) again on the outside to the lady before in the cw direction to your original lady.

Dame un tarro para fuera

Give me two "tarros" on the outside

Same as dame un tarro, but skip one lady on the outside.

Dile que no

Tell her no

Gents L foot into center and ladies r foot. Gents step back to give room for the lady to step in front of them, the gents leads the lady w the r arm in front of them and do the basic guapea steps again.

El dos

The two

Gents does an enchufa with r-r instead of normally l-r (change hands just before doing this combination). When he is on the other side of the lady he starts doing a back step in front of the lady facing in to the center of the circle. On the third time when the gents walk to the r side of the lady he lifts his right arm and do a sombrero ending with the Guapea again.

Enchufa

Switch on, turn on

Lady does inside turn. Gents change place with the lady cw and go strait for the next lady.

Enchufa doble

Switch on double

Same as enchufa, but repeat first turn two times

Enchufa triple

Switch on triple

Enchufa but gents go to third lady

Enroscate

Wind yourself up

Evelyn

 Evelyn

On the way toward pushing the partner in the guapea the gents does almost an adios so that the lady and gent almost changes place, while he does a cw turn and change hands to r-r. Then the gents does a dile que no to the c and goes back to guapea – very cool looking move!!

Exhibela

Exhibit her

turn the lady cw with l-r

Freeze

Yeah guess what!

Freeze on one-three-one-three-one and start on two w. l foot, back to basic steps

Guapea

Act tough

Basic rueda de casino steps (push-your-partner (r-l), on-the-spot)).

Gurarachea

March with sandals

1-2-3, 1-2-3 on the spot with shoulders moving as well

Hombre a la derecha

Gents to the right

Call in Primo a medio to make gents move to the right.

Hombre a la izquirda

Gents to the left

Gents to the left in Prima a medio

Mujeres a la derecha

Ladies to the right

Para Abajo

Down (stream) – indicating against the dir to where the gents is turned in gurarachea.

In gurarachea gents start on l, ladies follow the gent, put the l in the ccw dir and move your l arm down and in the ccw dir so that now the lady is facing inward and the gent outside. Do 2 and 3 as if normal salsa forward step. On 1 step forward with r again in the ccw dir and pull the lady in the cw dir with the gents l hand. Now the ladies face outward and the gents inward. Repeat the pattern until e.g. Exhibela or other call is issued.

Para el medio

To the middle

In gurarachea gents start w l ladies mirror the gents on 1 go to c and at the same time lower your arms that are pointing into the center. On 3 move r into c as well just behind l. On 1 move r out again and start raising your arms again while taking the l out as well on 3. Keep doing this until para abajo or other call is issued.

Pisen

Step down firmly

Sync by stepping into the middle of the circle to mark beat one. Gents w r and vice versa. When called gents should look at caller to sync with his step.

Prima al medio

Cousin to the middle

Combo where gents and ladies make the circle pulsate and which ends up looking like a flower (remember to keep hands outstretched (gents) when walking toward the middle of the rueda.

Principe Bueno

Good prince

Enchuffa where gents kiss lady on r hand on the gents left while passing her.

Principe Malo

Bad prince

Same as Principe Bueno, but with slap on hand instead

Quedate

Stay

Stay – use fx. in gurarachea to stop walking arriva or abajo, or simply to make a nice stopping in the rueda.

Recoge

Pick up

To make the gents do a dile que no in Prima a medio while walking into the circle.

Setenta

Seventy

Lady does cw turn, gents keep r arm down and l up, change place w lady cw, r-r, do di gano (and if two couples only push the other gent with the left (high 5)).

Setenta en Mano

 Seventy in hand

Sententa hermano, but when the gents is doing the last dile que no, they let go of the ladies, creating two circles: The ladies in the inner circle and the gents in the outer circle, walking CW and CCW respectively.

Siete

Seven

Start taking basic steps with 4 steps, gents turn lady l-r cw on 1 while taking steps on the spot in the guapea.

Vacilala

Tease her / treat her

Fake dile que no into a dile que no with original partner.

Vacilala y dame una

Tease her and give me one

Fake dile que no into a dame una.

Siete doble

Seven two

Do the Siete two times

Sombrero

Hat

Start like Siete with a tap on 4 and proceed with r-r on top and l-l in the bottom. Turn the lady 1.105 times cw while moving her cw around the gent 180 degrees. End with arms around the ladies head, do dile que no and return to guapea.