Tico
Tico is a demonym used to refer to people from Costa Rica. In everyday Spanish, a Costa Rican man is commonly called un tico and a woman un tica; collectively, los ticos or las ticas. The formal demonym is costarricense, but tico/tica is the more widely used, especially by Costa Ricans themselves and in international contexts.
The origin of the term tico is informal and widely established in Costa Rican culture; it is
Usage and cultural context often emphasize the informal, friendly sense associated with the term. The expression
Overall, tico and tica function as informal, endearing identifiers that coexist with the formal nationality label