FOOD AND DRINK

• Bocadillo, bocata - any of various typical sandwiches
• Cachi (katxi) - a liter of beer (or other beverage)
• Caldico - cup of soup that is taken early in the morning to warm the stomach and regain strength from the night’s excesses.
• Calimocho (kalimotxo) - a mixture of wine and Coca-Cola.
• Caña - a small draft beer
• Carajillo - coffee with cognac or whisky
• Chistorra (txistorra) - a bright red sausage, typical of the Navarra.
• Churros - fried dough, dusted with sugar which are often eaten with chocolate.
• Cubata - rum or whiskey with Coca-Cola (alcohol and a soft drink)
• Pacharán (Patxarán) - A typical liqueur from Navarra, made from blackthorn berries and anise, usually enjoyed after a meal, served cold as a digestif.
• Pincho (pintxo) - a typical hors d’oeuvres of northern Spain, a gourmet snack.
• Zurito - a small (half) draft beer
• Zurracapote - sweet fruit juices and wine (similar to sangria)

EVENTS AND TRADITIONS

• Baile de la alpargata - At 9am every day the Dance of the Alpargata begins at the Casino Principal, located on first floor of building number 44 on the central Plaza del Castillo.
• Cabezudo - large hollow headmask worn by someone who often carries a stick or pig bladder and chases people.
• Charanga - the unique marching band music of each peña. One of the key ingredients of a peña is music, played by the club’s own charanga band (trombones, trumpets, saxophones, tubas, cymbals and a lot of bass drum), which marches through the streets of the old quarter or of the peña’s own neighbourhood and stops off at bars for a drink or improvises a concert in the street.
• Chupinazo - Or, txupinazo in Basque, is the opening event at noon on the 6th of July where a massive crowd gathers at the Plaza de Ayuntamiento (City Council) to cheer the launch a rocket which signals the start of the festival.
• Dianas - 6:45am band music in the streets (same song over and over), entertaining the last partyers of the night on their way home. The orignal purpose was to wake people for the running of the bulls, however the tradition primarily entertains the people that are still awake in the streets!
• Encierro - the actual release and running of the bulls through the streets of Pamplona. The length of the run is around 840 meters and goes through 4 streets of the old part of town (Santo Domingo, Plaza del Ayuntamiento, Mercaderes and Estafeta) and a section called “Telefónica” before entering into the bullring.
• Faja- the red sash worn around the waste with the typical white pants and shirt.
• Fuegos artificiales - fireworks, nightly at the Vuelta del Castillo park (11pm).
• Gigante - a giant, created from a large hollow headmask worn on a frame a few meters high by a skilled local. There are four pairs of giants at San Fermín, representing the kings and queens of the four major continents: Europe, Asia, Afria, Americas.
• Jota - the traditional song and dance from Navarra
• Kukuxumusu - a local brand that specializes in T-shirt design and caricatures of the festival, notably the blue bull character.
• Pañuelo - the red handkerchief, traditionally worn about the neck and waste. You may see a couple peñas with a different color, but the vast majority of people create a sea of red at the opening ceremony (Chupinazo).
• Peña - traditional clubs or groups of local partyers that meet throughout the year for festivities. The peña clubs or friendly societies first appeared in the bullring in 1852, when the El Trueno club showed up noisily in the sol section displaying a large placard. Today, there are fifteen peñas funded by fee-paying members - about 5,000 people - and by City Hall grants.
• Pobre de Mí - the closing ceremony on the night of July 14th. A large crowd gathers in front of the City Council to sing “Pobre de Mí, Pobre de Mí, que se han acabado las fiestas, de San Fermín.” (Poor me, poor me, the festival of San Fermín has ended).

PLACES

• Barracas - The fairgrounds with mechanical rides and carrousel for children.
• Estafeta - the main street in the old part of town along which the bulls run.
• Iruña - the name for the city of Pamplona in Basque (euskera)
• Plaza de Ayuntamiento - City Council Square
• Plaza de Toros - the bullfighting stadium
• Plaza del Castillo - the main square in the old center of Pamplona.
• Tenido de Sol - the cheap seats at the bull fight which are in the sun (as opposed to shaded seats where the calmer, more privileged sit). Be warned that you will get very dirty in this section - definitely covered in sweat and possibly soaked with wine. 
  

OTHER TERMS

• Divino - an experienced runner who knows everything about running with the bulls and the fiesta of San Fermin.
• Guiri - The word Spaniards use to refer to foreigners (the majority of San Fermin partyers).
• PTV - Pamplona de Toda la Vida - A local who is proud of having lived only in Pamplona.
• Torero - participant in the bull fight (not to be confused with toreador, invented by Bizet in his opera “Carmen”)
• Villavesa - the nickname for Pamplona's municipal buses
  

Pronunciation tip: in Spain, the letter "C" followed by "E" or "I" is pronounced like a "TH" (lisp).  Also, the letter "Z" followed by "A" or "O" or "U" gets the lisp.  Examples:
Zurito = pronounced "thurito"
Gracias = pronounced "grathias"