Slang | Meaning |
Literal Translation |
Che |
Hey, Hey you, Dude, Buddy/Mate, and as a pause to think |
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Dale |
Okay, Sounds good, Yeah, For sure, Go ahead, Hurry up, Come on |
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Re |
Very, really |
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Joya/Genial |
Great, Wonderful, Cool, Nice, Brilliant |
Joya=jewel |
Boludo |
(friendly) Dude (unfriendly) Dumbass, idiot |
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Todo bien |
(question) How´s it going? Everything okay? Are you alright? (answer) It´s all good, Everything is good!, I´m fine |
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Osea cualquiera |
Like so random, like what? |
Random thing |
Tranqui |
(verb) Chill, relax, slow down, chillax |
Abbreviation of tranquilo = tranquil |
Sufi |
Enough, stop there, that´s good there |
Abbreviation for suficiente = sufficient |
Ya fue |
It´s too late, let it go, nevermind |
It already left. |
Tiene un mambo en la cabeza/ tiene un mambo con eso |
They are crazy/ they are hung up on that something |
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Que quilombo |
What a mess, disaster, complicated situation |
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Gringo |
Foreigner |
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Me estas jodiendo/ Dejate de joder |
You are F´ing with me, No kidding, No way |
joder = F´ |
Tipo/Chabon/Pibe |
Dude, guy |
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Tipo/ Y nada../ Este../ Osea |
Like/ and so nothing.. / Um.. / I mean (sentence fillers) |
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Gracioso |
Funny, hilarious |
Greasy |
Cago de risa |
Dying of laughing, I´m shitting myself |
I´m shitting from laughter |
Cago de hambre |
Dying of hunger, starving |
I´m shitting from hunger |
Me muero |
I would die, how embarrasing, |
I would die |
Es buena onda/ Es mala onda |
They´re chill, easy going, fun. They are cool with it, they are down with it/ They are a grump, stuck up, stingy, not game for anything, rude (anything negative) |
They have good or bad energy |
Que mala onda/ Que buena onda |
What a shame, how rude, that sucks/ Sweet, That´s awesome, No way how great |
What bad/good energy |
Que onda |
(positive) Heyyyy, What up, What´s going on, What´s the deal/plan (question) What´s with you, What´s your problem |
What´s the energy |
Baja un cambio |
Take it down a knotch, slow down |
Go down a gear |
No tengo un mango |
I have no money, I am broke, I don´t have a dime |
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No da |
Something doesn´t add up, not going to work |
It doesn´t give |
No da para ... |
It´s not a good moment to ... Things aren´t right to ... It´s not going to be enough time for things to work out well |
It doesn´t give for |
No doy mas |
I am exhausted, I´m beat, I can´t take anymore |
I can´t give any more |
Que fiaca/ Que paja |
I´m feeling too lazy to do that, what a headache to think about doing that, no way I´m doing that |
fiaca=lazy, paja (stronger version of phrase)=dick |
Tomatela |
Suck it up, F´ you |
Take it |
Me chupa un huevo/ Me chupa |
I don´t give a F´, I could careless |
I suck an egg |
No entiendo un pomo |
I don´t understand a thing, I´m totally lost |
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Forro |
Prick, Jerk, also means Condom |
Cover |
Le salto la ficha | He/She lost it, He/She flipped out |
When someone´s chip jumps |
Pedo |
Literally means to fart but can be a versatile word... |
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Vivir en un nube de pedos |
Be out of touch with reality, Clueless |
To live in a cloud of farts |
El año del pedo |
Forever ago |
The year of the fart |
Estar en pedo |
(verb)To be drunk |
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Ni en pedo |
No way I´m doing that, No chance that´s happening |
Not even if I were drunk |
Escabio/Escabiar |
(noun) Alcohol, booze (verb) to drink alcohol |
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Transar |
(verb) Makeout |
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Morfar |
chow down, stuff yourself |
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Chamuyar/Mandar fruta |
B.S., make it all up |
Send fruit |
Chamuyero |
Player, smooth talker, someone who B.S.´s |
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Baboso |
Catcaller, sleazy man |
Someone who drools or the animal slug |
Posta |
(question) for real?, no shit? (statement) it´s the real deal, I´m not kidding, I´m not messing with you |
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Trucho |
Fake, cheap, knock-off |
Trout |
Cheto |
Preppy |
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Que pesado/ Es un pesado |
Something thatis annoying, irritating, or a person who is annoying |
heavy |
Es lo mas/ Sos lo mas |
It´s awesome/ You´re the best |
It´s everything, you´re everything |
Copado/Coparse |
(adjective) cool, awesome (verb) get into it, have fun |
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Sos un bocho/ Sos un groso |
You are a brain/You are the shit |
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Piola |
(about a person) intelligent, street smart, creative thinker (in general) great, affirmative statement |
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Cara dura |
To do something shameless (do a poor job and still ask for money, not own up to something), be fake |
Put on a hard face |
Chorear |
Steal, take without permission |
To drip |
Hacer dedo |
Hitchhike |
Make finger |
Se zarpo/ Zarpado |
(verb) go too far in a joke or with a comment (adjective) extremely, shockingly |
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