(lit.: "bird")—used in the Dominican Republic and Cuba; in the latter country, the feminine forms "pájara" and "pajaruca" are also used. In each case, the use is either affectionate or derogatory, depending on context. parchita (lit.:"passion fruit")-used derogatively in Venezuela, for someone who is gay. partido (or partí'o (lit:"broken one"; also "political party")—used derogatively in Cuba. pato (lit.: "duck")—used in Puerto Rico, Panama, Cuba and Venezuela. This word is probably related to the Latin pathus meaning "sexually receptive". In Cuba, by extension, other palmipedes's names are used to denote gayness: "oca" (greylag goose, "cisne" (swan), "ganso" (goose) and even "gaviota" (seagull). Also used in Colombia. pirobo/a—used in Colombia for denoting the passive partner in a gay relationship. However, much as 'marica', is often used to refer to someone. As in 'Vea ese pirobo' ('Look at that dude') playo ("flat")—used in Costa Rica. plumífero (lit. "feathered (bird)"). Common derogative use in Cuba. puto (see "puta" below). raro/rarito (lit.: "weird"). soplanucas (lit.: "nape-blower")—used in Spain for denoting the active partner in a gay relationship. tortillera (lit.: "a female who makes tortillas")—one of the most common insults to lesbians. Lesbian sex is often referred to as tortillear or hacer tortilla ("to make a tortilla"). torta (lit.: cake)—it has the same meaning as tortillera, referring to a lesbian woman. parcha/parchita (corruption of "parga", a female pargo) sucia (lit.: "dirty woman")—used as an ironic term of endearment among male homosexuals. traba—short of trabuco used in Argentina. trolo—used in Argentina. trucha (lit.: "trout") trabuco—used in Peru and Argentina, referring to a transgender woman. tragaleche (lit.: "milk-swallower," with "milk" as a metaphor for 'semen'). tragasables (lit.: "sword-swallower"). Other terms: afeminado, chivo, colizón, comilón, fleto, homo, homogay (combination of the English loanwords "homo" and "gay"), julandrón, julai (shortened form of julandrón), plon, plumón, puñal, rosquete, sarasa, roscón, et cetera. In Cuba, bombero (firefighter), capitán (captain), general (general) and other military (male) grades showing masculinity are used as slurs against lesbians, painting them with an un-feminine, dykelike appearance. With Spanish being a grammatically-gendered language, one's sexuality can be challenged with a gender-inappropriate adjective, much as in English one might refer to a flamboyant man or a transgender man as her. Some words referring to a male homosexual end in an "a" but have the masculine article "el"—a deliberate grammatical violation. For example, although maricona refers to females, it may also be used as a compounded offensive remark towards a