toca

"Chivo pagado, chivo brincado" and "Musica pagada, toca mal son" are axioms which symbolize a cultural mistrust which isn't shared by very many expats living in Mexico.

trying to decide whether or not to move... 2009

"Chivo pagado, chivo brincado" and "Musica pagada, toca mal son" are axioms which symbolize a cultural mistrust which isn't shared by very many expats living in Mexico.

trying to decide whether or not to move... 2009

Or is the difference that they called the cloth a toca?

Matthew Yglesias » No One Expects The Spanish Inquisition 2010

Well, the second replied, if there is only a cold shower, toca.

A Cold Shower « Unknowing 2010

One technique they used, waterboarding, bears a great deal of similarity to the so-called “tormenta de toca” from the Spanish Inquisition.

Matthew Yglesias » No One Expects The Spanish Inquisition 2010

An iron prong, distended the mouth, a toca, or strip of linen was thrust down the throat to conduct water trickling slowly from a jarra or jar, holding usually a little more than a quart.

Matthew Yglesias » No One Expects The Spanish Inquisition 2010

"Chivo pagado, chivo brincado" and "Musica pagada, toca mal son" are axioms which symbolize a cultural mistrust which isn't shared by very many expats living in Mexico.

trying to decide whether or not to move... 2009

"Chivo pagado, chivo brincado" and "Musica pagada, toca mal son" are axioms which symbolize a cultural mistrust which isn't shared by very many expats living in Mexico.

trying to decide whether or not to move... 2009

The patient strangled and gasped and suffocated and, at intervals, the toca was withdrawn and he was adjured to tell the truth.

Matthew Yglesias » No One Expects The Spanish Inquisition 2010

An iron prong, distended the mouth, a toca, or strip of linen was thrust down the throat to conduct water trickling slowly from a jarra or jar, holding usually a little more than a quart.

Matthew Yglesias » No One Expects The Spanish Inquisition 2010