Argentine Slang - the basics that locals use every day!

Ready for the next level of Spanish? Want to try and sound more local or less formal?

Here is some PG 13 slang - Maybe offensive to someone older but definitely okay among friends.

Slang	Meaning	Literal Translation
Che	Hey, Hey you, Dude, Buddy/Mate, and as a pause to think
Dale	Okay, Sounds good, Yeah, For sure, Go ahead, Hurry up, Come on
Re	Very, really
Joya/Genial	Great, Wonderful, Cool, Nice, Brilliant	Joya=jewel
Boludo	(friendly) Dude (unfriendly) Dumbass, idiot
Todo bien	(question) How´s it going? Everything okay? Are you alright? (answer) It´s all good, Everything is good!, I´m fine
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
Que quilombo	What a mess, disaster, complicated situation
Gringo	Foreigner
Me estas jodiendo/ Dejate de joder	You are F´ing with me, No kidding, No way	joder = F´
Tipo/Chabon/Pibe	Dude, guy
Tipo/ Y nada../ Este../ Osea	Like/ and so nothing.. / Um.. / I mean (sentence fillers)
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
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
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...
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
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
Transar	(verb) Makeout
Morfar	chow down, stuff yourself
Chamuyar/Mandar fruta	B.S., make it all up	Send fruit
Chamuyero	Player, smooth talker, someone who B.S.´s
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
Trucho	Fake, cheap, knock-off	Trout
Cheto	Preppy
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
Sos un bocho/ Sos un groso	You are a brain/You are the shit
Piola	(about a person) intelligent, street smart, creative thinker (in general) great, affirmative statement
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