Cuban Charada in English: All 100 Numbers and an A–Z Dream Dictionary

La charada is the Cuban dream dictionary of numbers: a list from 1 to 100 in which every number stands for something — 1 is the horse, 8 is a dead man, 15 is a dog, 24 is a dove. Cubans use it to turn dreams, omens and everyday events into a number to bet on in la bolita, the island’s illegal daily lottery, which takes its winning numbers from the Florida Lottery drawings.

Below you’ll find the full 1–100 list in English with the original Spanish word for each number, an A–Z dream dictionary to look up what you dreamed and the number to play, how a Florida drawing becomes a Cuban “fijo” and “corridos,” and where the tradition came from.

Updated October 9, 2026

La Charada at a Glance

Question	Short answer
What is it?	A list of 100 numbers, each tied to people, animals, objects or events
What is it used for?	Choosing numbers for la bolita, usually based on dreams or daily events
Where does it come from?	Numbers 1–36 come from the Chinese charada (rifa chiffá); 37–100 were added in Cuba
Which draws decide la bolita?	Mostly the Florida Lottery; some bankers use other US lotteries
Florida Pick 3 draw times	1:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. ET, every day
Is la bolita legal in Cuba?	No. Gambling has been banned since the 1959 revolution
Odds of hitting the “fijo”	1 in 100

The 100 Numbers of the Cuban Charada in English

Each number carries one main meaning that almost every Cuban knows, plus a cloud of secondary ones that vary by region, family and era. The main meaning comes first; the Spanish word is the one you’ll hear in Havana or Hialeah.

Jump to: 1–25 · 26–50 · 51–75 · 76–100 · Dream dictionary A–Z

Numbers 1–25

No.	Main meaning	In Spanish	Other common meanings
1	Horse	Caballo	Inkwell; the street nickname for Fidel Castro
2	Butterfly	Mariposa	Money, man, coffee pot; associated with Raúl Castro
3	Sailor	Marinero	Little boy, cup; lately associated with Miguel Díaz-Canel
4	Cat	Gato	Tooth, mouth, key
5	Nun	Monja	Sea, letter, padlock
6	Turtle	Jicotea	Reverbero (small kerosene stove)
7	Snail	Caracol	Excrement
8	Dead man	Muerto	Pumpkin
9	Elephant	Elefante	Tongue, lyre
10	Big fish	Pescado grande	Net
11	Rooster	Gallo	Cigarette lighter
12	Prostitute	Ramera	Big kite
13	Peacock	Pavo real	Big boy, charcoal stove
14	Cemetery	Cementerio	Tiger cat, lovers, frying pan
15	Dog	Perro	Pretty girl, spoon
16	Bull	Toro	Saintly woman, dress
17	Saint Lazarus	San Lázaro	Moon, nightgown
18	Small fish	Pescado chico	Palm tree
19	Earthworm	Lombriz	Flag, big table
20	Fine cat	Gato fino	Large porcelain jar, chamber pot
21	Cuban boa	Majá	Money, vest
22	Toad	Sapo	Lily
23	Steamship	Vapor	Ladder
24	Dove	Paloma	Kitchen
25	Precious stone	Piedra fina	New house, sun

Numbers 26–50

No.	Main meaning	In Spanish	Other common meanings
26	Eel	Anguila	New doctor
27	Wasp	Avispa	Canary
28	Goat	Chivo	Politician
29	Mouse	Ratón	Hutia (a Cuban tree rat)
30	Shrimp	Camarón	Almanac
31	Deer	Venado	Shoe
32	Pig	Cochino	Mule
33	Turkey vulture	Tiñosa	Mother, saint
34	Monkey	Mono	Slave
35	Spider	Araña	Light bulb
36	Pipe	Cachimba	Bodega (corner ration store)
37	Witch	Bruja	Black hen, ant, highway
38	Hermit crab	Macao	Money, car
39	Rabbit	Conejo	Snake, dance
40	Priest	Cura	Blood, bar
41	Small lizard	Lagartija	Jubo (a small Cuban snake)
42	Duck	Pato	Faraway country, Spain
43	Scorpion	Alacrán	Door
44	Hard times	Año del cuero	Bad weather
45	Shark	Tiburón	President
46	Bus	Guagua	Smoke
47	Bird	Pájaro	Bodyguard
48	Cockroach	Cucaracha	Hand fan, barbershop
49	Drunk	Borracho	Coat hanger
50	Police officer	Policía	Water, mayor

Numbers 51–75

No.	Main meaning	In Spanish	Other common meanings
51	Soldier	Soldado	Night watchman
52	Bicycle	Bicicleta	Lawyer
53	Electric light	Luz eléctrica	Kiss, dynamite
54	Flowers	Flores	Cannon
55	Crab	Cangrejo	Bat, bullet
56	Meringue	Merengue	Queen, shirt, stone
57	Bed	Cama	Telegram
58	Portrait	Retrato	Knife, adultery
59	Madman	Loco	Lobster
60	Clown	Payaso	Egg
61	Big horse	Caballo grande	Rice, apothecary
62	Marriage	Matrimonio	Robbery
63	Murderer	Asesino	Bandit, police
64	Big dead man	Muerto grande	Scandal
65	Food	Comida	Rabbit
66	Pair of mares	Pareja de yeguas	Kiss; tarro (being cheated on)
67	Stab wound	Puñalada	Hospital
68	Cemetery	Cementerio	Quarrel
69	Well	Pozo	Piano, immigrant
70	Coconut	Coco	Shirt, jellyfish
71	River	Río	Government official, crocodile, vase
72	Ox	Buey	Turtle, necklace, rain
73	Suitcase	Maleta	Building, bear
74	Kite	Papalote	Military man, colonel
75	Necktie	Corbata	Guitar

Numbers 76–100

No.	Main meaning	In Spanish	Other common meanings
76	Dancer	Bailarina	Factory, dinosaur
77	Saint Lazarus’s crutches	Muletas de San Lázaro	Banknotes, Italian flag
78	Sarcophagus	Sarcófago	Dead man, king
79	Freight train	Tren de carga	Large lizard
80	Old doctor	Médico viejo	Desperate man, umbrella
81	Theater	Teatro	Sugar mill
82	Mother	Madre	Lion, washtub
83	Tragedy	Tragedia	Walking cane
84	Blood	Sangre	Banker
85	Mirror	Espejo	Clock
86	Scissors	Tijeras	Hose
87	Plantain	Plátano	Louse, big tree
88	Eyeglasses	Espejuelos	Worm, drinking glass
89	Lots of water	Mucha agua	Old house, comet
90	Old man	Viejo	Candy
91	Espadrille	Alpargata	Communist
92	Big hog	Puerco grande	Airplane, balloon, Cuba
93	Ring	Sortija	Cow, milk
94	Machete	Machete	Havana
95	War	Guerra	Big dog, court of justice
96	Old shoe	Zapato viejo	Suitcases
97	Mosquito	Mosquito	Cricket, prisoner
98	Piano	Piano	Saint
99	Handsaw	Serrucho	Rooster, charcoal maker
100	Toilet	Inodoro	Automobile

This list follows the meanings most widely shared in Cuban sources, such as the version kept by Periódico Cubano (in Spanish). Some numbers also carry crude or sexual slang meanings on the street; we’ve left those out.

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Charada Dream Dictionary A–Z: What Number to Play for Your Dream

Most people don’t start with a number. They start with a dream — a snake, a wedding, a dead relative, money — and want to know which number it points to. This index flips the charada around: find what you dreamed or saw, and read the number next to it.

A number in bold is the thing’s main meaning, the one every Cuban will recognize. A number followed by a word in parentheses is a secondary meaning, listed with that number’s main figure so you can check it against the full table above.

Jump to: A–B · C–D · E–K · L–O · P–R · S · T–Z

Dreams A–B

If you dream of…	Play
Adultery	58 (portrait)
Airplane	92 (big hog)
Almanac	30 (shrimp)
Ant	37 (witch)
Apothecary	61 (big horse)
Automobile	100 (toilet)
Bad weather	44 (hard times)
Balloon	92 (big hog)
Bandit	63 (murderer)
Banker	84 (blood)
Banknotes	77 (Saint Lazarus’s crutches)
Bar	40 (priest)
Barbershop	48 (cockroach)
Bat	55 (crab)
Bear	73 (suitcase)
Bed	57
Being cheated on	66 (pair of mares)
Bicycle	52
Big boy	13 (peacock)
Big dead man	64
Big dog	95 (war)
Big fish	10
Big hog	92
Big horse	61
Big kite	12 (prostitute)
Big table	19 (earthworm)
Big tree	87 (plantain)
Bird	47
Black hen	37 (witch)
Blood	40 (priest), 84
Bodega	36 (pipe)
Bodyguard	47 (bird)
Building	73 (suitcase)
Bull	16
Bullet	55 (crab)
Bus	46
Butterfly	2

Dreams C–D

If you dream of…	Play
Canary	27 (wasp)
Candy	90 (old man)
Cannon	54 (flowers)
Car	38 (hermit crab), 100 (toilet)
Cat	4
Cemetery	14, 68
Chamber pot	20 (fine cat)
Charcoal maker	99 (handsaw)
Charcoal stove	13 (peacock)
Clock	85 (mirror)
Clown	60
Coat hanger	49 (drunk)
Cockroach	48
Coconut	70
Coffee pot	2 (butterfly)
Colonel	74 (kite)
Comet	89 (lots of water)
Communist	91 (espadrille)
Court of justice	95 (war)
Cow	93 (ring)
Crab	55
Cricket	97 (mosquito)
Crocodile	71 (river)
Crutches	77 (Saint Lazarus’s crutches)
Cuba	92 (big hog)
Cuban boa	21
Cup	3 (sailor)
Dance	39 (rabbit)
Dancer	76
Dead man	8, 78 (sarcophagus)
Deer	31
Desperate man	80 (old doctor)
Díaz-Canel	3 (sailor)
Dinosaur	76 (dancer)
Doctor	80 (old doctor)
Dog	15
Door	43 (scorpion)
Dove	24
Dress	16 (bull)
Drinking glass	88 (eyeglasses)
Drunk	49
Duck	42
Dynamite	53 (electric light)

Dreams E–K

If you dream of…	Play
Earthworm	19
Eel	26
Egg	60 (clown)
Electric light	53
Elephant	9
Espadrille	91
Excrement	7 (snail)
Eyeglasses	88
Factory	76 (dancer)
Faraway country	42 (duck)
Fidel Castro	1 (horse)
Fine cat	20
Flag	19 (earthworm)
Flowers	54
Food	65
Freight train	79
Frying pan	14 (cemetery)
Goat	28
Government official	71 (river)
Guitar	75 (necktie)
Hand fan	48 (cockroach)
Handsaw	99
Hard times	44
Havana	94 (machete)
Hermit crab	38
Highway	37 (witch)
Horse	1
Hose	86 (scissors)
Hospital	67 (stab wound)
Hutia	29 (mouse)
Immigrant	69 (well)
Inkwell	1 (horse)
Italian flag	77 (Saint Lazarus’s crutches)
Jellyfish	70 (coconut)
Kerosene stove	6 (turtle)
Key	4 (cat)
King	78 (sarcophagus)
Kiss	53 (electric light), 66 (pair of mares)
Kitchen	24 (dove)
Kite	74
Knife	58 (portrait)

Dreams L–O

If you dream of…	Play
Ladder	23 (steamship)
Large lizard	79 (freight train)
Lawyer	52 (bicycle)
Letter	5 (nun)
Light bulb	35 (spider)
Lighter	11 (rooster)
Lily	22 (toad)
Lion	82 (mother)
Little boy	3 (sailor)
Lobster	59 (madman)
Lots of water	89
Louse	87 (plantain)
Lovers	14 (cemetery)
Lyre	9 (elephant)
Machete	94
Madman	59
Man	2 (butterfly)
Marriage	62
Mayor	50 (police officer)
Meringue	56
Military man	74 (kite)
Milk	93 (ring)
Mirror	85
Money	2 (butterfly), 21 (Cuban boa), 38 (hermit crab)
Monkey	34
Moon	17 (Saint Lazarus)
Mosquito	97
Mother	33 (turkey vulture), 82
Mouse	29
Mouth	4 (cat)
Mule	32 (pig)
Murderer	63
Necklace	72 (ox)
Necktie	75
Net	10 (big fish)
New doctor	26 (eel)
New house	25 (precious stone)
Night watchman	51 (soldier)
Nightgown	17 (Saint Lazarus)
Nun	5
Old doctor	80
Old house	89 (lots of water)
Old man	90
Old shoe	96
Ox	72

Dreams P–R

If you dream of…	Play
Padlock	5 (nun)
Pair of mares	66
Palm tree	18 (small fish)
Peacock	13
Piano	69 (well), 98
Pig	32
Pipe	36
Plantain	87
Police	63 (murderer)
Police officer	50
Politician	28 (goat)
Porcelain jar	20 (fine cat)
Portrait	58
Precious stone	25
President	45 (shark)
Pretty girl	15 (dog)
Priest	40
Prisoner	97 (mosquito)
Prostitute	12
Pumpkin	8 (dead man)
Quarrel	68 (cemetery)
Queen	56 (meringue)
Rabbit	39, 65 (food)
Rain	72 (ox)
Raúl Castro	2 (butterfly)
Rice	61 (big horse)
Ring	93
River	71
Robbery	62 (marriage)
Rooster	11, 99 (handsaw)

Dreams S

If you dream of…	Play
Sailor	3
Saint	33 (turkey vulture), 98 (piano)
Saint Lazarus	17
Saint Lazarus’s crutches	77
Saintly woman	16 (bull)
Sarcophagus	78
Scandal	64 (big dead man)
Scissors	86
Scorpion	43
Sea	5 (nun)
Shark	45
Ship	23 (steamship)
Shirt	56 (meringue), 70 (coconut)
Shoe	31 (deer)
Shrimp	30
Slave	34 (monkey)
Small fish	18
Small lizard	41
Smoke	46 (bus)
Snail	7
Snake	21 (Cuban boa), 39 (rabbit), 41 (small lizard)
Soldier	51
Spain	42 (duck)
Spider	35
Spoon	15 (dog)
Stab wound	67
Steamship	23
Stone	56 (meringue)
Sugar mill	81 (theater)
Suitcase	73, 96 (old shoe)
Sun	25 (precious stone)

Dreams T–Z

If you dream of…	Play
Telegram	57 (bed)
Theater	81
Tiger cat	14 (cemetery)
Toad	22
Toilet	100
Tongue	9 (elephant)
Tooth	4 (cat)
Tragedy	83
Train	79 (freight train)
Turkey vulture	33
Turtle	6, 72 (ox)
Umbrella	80 (old doctor)
Vase	71 (river)
Vest	21 (Cuban boa)
Vulture	33 (turkey vulture)
Walking cane	83 (tragedy)
War	95
Washtub	82 (mother)
Wasp	27
Water	50 (police officer), 89 (lots of water)
Wedding	62 (marriage)
Well	69
Witch	37
Worm	88 (eyeglasses)

When a dream fits more than one number, Cuban players usually let the details decide. A big dog chasing you is 95, not 15. A dead man you knew well is 8; a grand funeral or a scandal around a death leans toward 64. Many people simply play both.

How Cubans Use the Charada: Dreams, Omens and “Cábulas”

Nobody in Cuba picks a bolita number at random. The point of the charada is to read the world around you and translate it into numbers. That reading is called a cábula (in western Cuba, usually cábala).

Dreams are the classic source. Dream of a dove and you play 24. Dream that a large dog chases you and you play 95, the big dog; if it was a small one, 15. A dream about a wedding points to 62, and one about a death to 8 or 64.

Real life works the same way. Every December 17, the feast of Saint Lazarus, many players bet on 17 (San Lázaro) and 77 (his crutches). Birthdays, anniversaries, a license plate, the number on a bus — all of it can become a cábula.

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Politics gets the same treatment. Fidel Castro was “El Caballo,” the horse, so he became number 1, a nickname Cubans used behind his back for decades. His brother Raúl is linked to 2, and in recent years Cubans have tied Miguel Díaz-Canel to 3. When Fidel died in November 2016, many players went straight for 1 and 8, horse and dead man. According to CubaNet (in Spanish), the numbers that actually came up were 40, 97 and 25.

There’s also the acertijo, a riddle passed around the neighborhood whose answer is supposed to be the next winning number. No one ever knows who wrote it. That fits the word itself: in the 18th and 19th centuries, charadas were word-guessing puzzles printed in Spanish and French newspapers.

How La Bolita Works: Fijo, Corrido and Parlé

La bolita has no draw of its own. Bankers on the island use the results of US state lotteries, mainly Florida’s. OnCuba News explains the conversion with a simple rule: drop the first digit of the three-digit result, keep the last two as the main number, and split the following four digits into two pairs.

Here is the example OnCuba uses, step by step:

1. The result “up north” is 423 57 80. That’s a three-digit number followed by four more digits.
2. The fijo is 23. The 4 is dropped, and the last two digits of the three-digit number become the fijo (“fixed” number), the one that pays the most.
3. The corridos are 57 and 80. The four digits are split into two pairs, the corridos (“runners”), which pay less.
4. The parlés are 23-57 and 23-80. A parlé is a bet on the fijo combined with one of the corridos. It’s hard to hit and pays the most.

How Much La Bolita Pays

Payouts are set by each banker, not by any official body, so they vary from neighborhood to neighborhood. These are the ranges OnCuba reported, per Cuban peso bet (if you’re not sure how Cuba’s currencies work, see our guide to money in Cuba):

Bet	What you need to hit	Typical payout per peso
Fijo	The main two-digit number	75 to 100 pesos
Corrido	One of the two secondary numbers	20 to 30 pesos
Parlé	The fijo plus one corrido, together	900 to 1,000 pesos

Do the math and the house always wins. With 100 possible numbers, a fijo hits 1 time in 100 on average, yet it pays 100 to 1 at most. The banker keeps the difference, and some, as OnCuba documents, quietly skip reporting bets on numbers they don’t want to cover.

Where to Check the Winning Numbers

The cleanest source is the official one. The Florida Lottery publishes every result on its winning numbers page, and its Pick 3 page lists the draw schedule: midday at 1:30 p.m. ET and evening at 9:45 p.m. ET, every day. Ticket sales close 11 minutes before each drawing.

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Before the internet, Cubans pressed old Soviet-made radios to their ears to catch the numbers from Florida stations through the static. Today the results spread by phone and on Cuban news sites within minutes of each drawing.

Why Different Lists Give Different Numbers

If you compare two charadas, you’ll find disagreements. That isn’t an error; it’s how the tradition works. The first 36 numbers are fairly stable because they come from the Chinese original. Numbers 37 to 100 grew through popular use, and each generation added meanings — a bus, a light bulb, a communist, a politician.

The dove is a good example. Most Cuban lists put it at 24. A WLRN report from Little Havana gives the dove as 27 in its summary of the charada, yet the Hialeah lottery cashier it interviews says a white dove at her window led her to play 0024 — and win $10,000 on Florida’s four-digit game. When lists disagree, Cuban players usually go with the meaning their own family has always used.

The schedule varies too. A 2025 essay published by Words Without Borders describes a Havana collector working to a 2:00 and 8:00 timetable, and an AFP report notes that bankers use results from Florida, Georgia or New York. Your local banker’s rules, not the charada, decide which drawing counts.

A Short History of the Charada

The charada arrived in Cuba in the 19th century with Chinese laborers brought to the island as cheap labor. Their game, the rifa chiffá, had 36 numbers, each drawn as a figure on parts of a human body. Retired Miami-Dade professor Mercedes Sandoval told WLRN that Cubans were influenced by that Chinese version and adapted it into the one still sold in South Florida bodegas.

Enslaved Africans and their descendants are believed to have joined the game early and added their own symbols, and over time the list grew to 100 numbers. By the early 20th century, the charada and la bolita were part of everyday life in Cuba’s cities and countryside alike.

The game crossed the Florida Straits too. Around 1890, bolita reached Tampa’s Ybor City and spread across the state. As the Florida History Blog recounts, it was treated as an illegal racket for about 70 years, fueling bribery and deadly turf wars, until Florida launched its own official lottery in 1986.

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In Cuba, the 1959 revolution banned gambling. The casinos closed, but la bolita simply went underground, and it has survived every crackdown since.

Is La Bolita Legal?

In Cuba, no. Gambling has been illegal since 1959, and collectors, bankers and players can face prison. In practice, la bolita runs in nearly every neighborhood, and authorities enforce the ban unevenly. AFP put the average Cuban salary at around $42 a month, and found that many Cubans see a winning number as one of the few ways to get ahead.

In the United States, playing the official lottery is legal for adults. In Florida you must be 18 or older. Private bolita “banks” that take bets outside the state lottery are illegal gambling operations, as they were in Tampa a century ago. Many Cuban Americans in Miami simply use the charada to pick numbers for the Florida Lottery’s own Pick games.

Safety Warnings: Scams Around La Bolita

• Nobody can predict the numbers. Websites, apps and social media accounts that sell “guaranteed” numbers or “insider” tips are scams. Florida’s drawings are random.
• Beware of “results” pages that differ from the official one. Always check against the Florida Lottery’s own site.
• Don’t send money to anyone to “place a bet in Cuba” for you. There’s no legal way to do it and no way to recover the money.
• Know the risk of debt. Collectors interviewed by AFP admit that some players end up deeply in debt. If betting stops being fun, the Florida Lottery’s play responsibly page lists help resources.

Practical Tips for Reading the Charada

• Learn the “big” and “little” pairs. Many numbers have a larger twin: horse 1 and big horse 61, dead man 8 and big dead man 64, dog 15 and big dog 95. Cubans often play both.
• Death and its company. Murderer (63), dead man (8), sarcophagus (78) and cemetery (14 or 68) often travel together in cábulas.
• The same thing can be two numbers. The cemetery is 14 and 68; money shows up under 2, 21 and 38; a snake can be 21, 39 or 41. Choose by context.
• Keep the Spanish words. If you ask a Cuban relative about a number, they’ll answer “el majá” or “la tiñosa,” not “the boa” or “the vulture.” The Spanish column in the table is the one to memorize.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Cuban charada in English?

It’s a numbered list from 1 to 100 in which each number represents something: an animal, a person, an object or an event. Cubans use it to turn dreams and daily events into numbers to bet on in la bolita.

What number is dog in the Cuban charada?

Dog is 15. A big dog is 95, which also means war.

What number is death in the charada?

The dead man (muerto) is 8, and the “big dead man” is 64. Related numbers include 78 (sarcophagus) and 14 or 68 (cemetery).

What number is snake in the charada?

The Cuban boa (majá) is 21, the classic snake number. Snake is also a secondary meaning of 39 (rabbit), and the small Cuban snake called jubo goes with 41.

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What number is money in the charada?

Money appears under three numbers: 2 (butterfly), 21 (Cuban boa) and 38 (hermit crab). Banknotes are 77, the crutches of Saint Lazarus.

What number is a wedding in the charada?

Marriage (matrimonio) is 62. Its secondary meaning is robbery.

What number is water in the charada?

“Lots of water” (mucha agua) is 89. Water is also a secondary meaning of 50, the police officer.

What does number 1 mean in la bolita?

Number 1 is the horse (caballo). Because “El Caballo” was Fidel Castro’s nickname, Cubans also associate 1 with him.

What is the difference between fijo and corrido?

The fijo is the main winning number, taken from the last two digits of the three-digit Florida result, and it pays the most. The two corridos come from the four digits that follow and pay less.

What is a parlé in la bolita?

A parlé is a combined bet on the fijo and one corrido. It’s much harder to hit, which is why it pays around 900 to 1,000 times the bet.

What time are the Cuban bolita numbers drawn?

There’s no Cuban draw. Most bankers use the Florida Lottery, whose Pick 3 drawings take place at 1:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. ET daily. Some bankers follow other states’ lotteries and set their own cutoff times.

Where do the charada numbers come from?

Numbers 1 to 36 come from the Chinese charada, or rifa chiffá, brought to Cuba by Chinese laborers in the 19th century. Numbers 37 to 100 were added in Cuba over time.

Is la bolita legal in Cuba?

No. All gambling has been banned since 1959. La bolita still operates underground in most Cuban neighborhoods.

Can I play la bolita from the United States?

Not legally through a bolita bank. What you can do, if you’re 18 or older, is play the Florida Lottery’s official games using numbers chosen with the charada, as many Cuban Americans in South Florida do.

More Cuban Traditions

The charada shares the stage with other popular beliefs. Every January, Cuban babalawos announce the Letter of the Year and its predictions, and many players turn those prophecies into cábulas. For a sweeter side of Cuban street culture, read our story on the Cuban pirulí, or settle in with our pick of the best Cuban movies of all time.

This guide was revised and expanded on October 9, 2026. Sources: Florida Lottery, OnCuba News, WLRN, AFP, Words Without Borders, Florida History Blog, Periódico Cubano and CubaNet. Charada meanings are part of Cuban popular culture and vary between lists. This article is informational and does not encourage gambling.