Slang Flashcards by Terri Boutte

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Mande?

A

What? (formal)

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Bueno?

A

How would you answer the phone in Spanish

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Chavo / chava

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Boy / girl

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Mijo / mija

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Kids, friends, significant others, honey

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Padre, suave

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Cool, awesome, great

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No seas así

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Don’t be like that

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Aguas
Aguas! La muchacha quiere pasar

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to warn people about imminent danger
Careful, the girl wants to pass

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Chin, híjole

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Geez, darn, wow
expresses surprise of frustration

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Ni modo

A

Oh well

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Vacilar

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To tease

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Te está vacilando

A

He’s teasing you

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Mandado

A

Errand, groceries

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Fue a hacer un mandado

A

She went to run an errand

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En donde hace su mandado?

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Where do you get your groceries

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Qué onda! Qué pex!

A

What’s up! (2 terms)

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Qué onda con Bob?
Or
Qué pex con Bob

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What’s up with Bob? (2 terms)

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¡No manches!

A

Holy moly, no way

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¡Ni manches! En serio lo hiciste?

A

No way! Did you really do it?

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Neta

A

Really!?

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Neta te dijo eso?

A

Did he really say that?

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La neta

A

Tbh

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La neta no te entiendo

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Tbh I don’t understand you

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El Paro

Study These Flashcards

A

Favor

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Hijole, la neta estoy ocupada

Study These Flashcards

A

Geez, tbh I’m busy

Güey (whey)

Dude, buddy Idiot

güey, has visto a Luis?

Dude, have you seen Luis?

Hacerse güey, hacerse pato, hacerse guaje

To play dumb

No te hagas pato No te hagas guaje No te hagas güey

Don’t play dumb (3 versions)

Mala onda

Not nice (person)

Buena onda

Nice (person)

Chido

Cool, great (person or thing)

Gacho

Awful, bad, mean (person or thing)

Qué gacho

Too bad

Chafa

Crappy, lousy, low quality

No manches! Este celular está muy chafa

Darn. This phone is really crappy

Cañón

Difficult, complicated

Feria, lana

Money (2 terms)

No hay bronca O No hay pex

No problem, no worries (3 terms)

Yo picho los tacos

It’s on me (the tacos)

Chela, fría

Beer

Agarrar la onda

I get it, I get the idea

Estas agarrando la onda?

Are you getting the idea?

Órale

Come on (hurry), wow, okay

Agüitarse

To get sax

La neta sí me agüité cuando perdí mi teléfono

Tbh, I got sad when I lost my phone

No manches, tenía Muchísimas photos

Darn, I had so many photos

Hacerla de pez

To make a fuss, to stir up trouble

No la hagas de pex

Don’t make a fuss

Ponerse pex

To get drunk

Juan se puso bien pex

Juan got really drunk

Estar pex

To be drunk

Bob es un buen pex, but bill es mal pex

Bob is cool, but Bill is not cool

Hacer el oso

To make a fool of yourself

Ya hago el oso sola

I already make a fool of myself alone

Qué oso!

How embarrassing!