What would be its meaning in an instruction to build a sailboat to scale
You can Arepas, Bacaloa, Fries, Shrimp, Pollo (aka chicken), Rice, and a lot more other foods.
For #3 you could put La gente en el centro comercial nos entiende. (The people at the mall understand us.)
I don't know about #4 sorry.
But hopefully this helps