zorro
n.m. sharp person. (lit.: fox)
zurrar la badana a alg. idiom. beat someone up; give someone a good tanning; tan someone’s hide. (lit.: thrash the tanned sheepskin of someone)
zutano
n.m./f. so-and-so; somebody or other
animal
n.m. brute; animal. (lit.: animal; n.b.: applies to both sexes and is insulating)
año nuevo, vida nueva
idiom. Happy New Year. (lit.: new year, new life; used as a greeting or statement around Jan. 1)
antigualla
n.f. piece of junk; old, ratty thing. (n.b.: derogatory)
a la altura
idiom. at the level; up to. (lit.: at the height)
a la intemperie
idiom. in the open. (lit.: at/on the elements. Intemperie refers to the weather and other forces in the physical, natural world, particularly as experienced without the benefits of technology, particularly modern technology)
a la par de
idiom. on the same level as
a (la) merced de
idiom. at the mercy of. (n.b.: the “la” is often omitted)
a altas horas de la madrugada
idiom. in the small hours of the morning
a cargo de
idiom. in charge of; responsible for; by
Hello! It’s been a while since I wrote my last post. But here we are today and I would like to get right into the main reason why I strongly believe that it is important to learn Spanish Slang. There may be reasons for different people to to learn the slang at various stages in life… but here are my top 3 Reasons:
These are my top reasons… what are yours? Let me know, ping me on Facebook or Twitter, post a comment, share with a friend… if you want to learn Spanish Slang, then you are at the right spot! Saludos, Pedro
In all Spanish speaking countries there is at least one colloquial way of saying lazy… because let’s be honest: everybody likes to be lazy at one point or another. It is one of those nice things in live to be able to laze around some day.
In Ecuador you would say:
Caimán—Lazy person
or
Calzonazo—Lazy man
or you could also use: Pipón—Lazy person
In Spain you can say you are “floja / flojo” – lazy
or “un huevón / una huevona” – lazy person / layabout (derogatory)
In Puerto rico you might say “Bambalan” – Lazy Bum
On the other hand, in Argentina they have q very nice, but rude, expression: “rascarse [ps-ref v] [rude] lit. to scratch oneself; to do nothing useful, to be lazy, to lie around wasting time.”
I hope this helps for the start about how to say lazy in Spanish slang! Cheers, Chris
This is a list of Spanish slang from Peru that will definitely come in handy as you travel through the wonderful country of Peru. Many of the peruvian slang words and phrases from Peru also come from the native ‘Indian’ languages that are spoken in the region. Not al of them can truly be classified as Spanish. Have fun!
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1) Peruvian Slang: a la tela English: elegant dress or formal wear 2) Peruvian Slang: achorado English: an individual with a defiant character. 3) Peruvian Slang: al polo English: very cold (in particular to drinks) 4) Peruvian Slang: altiplano English: The high flatlands which surround Lake Titicaca. 5) Peruvian Slang: b English: hungry 6) Peruvian Slang: arranchar English: to enrapture 7) Peruvian Slang: arruga English: debt English: The heir to the Inca throne. 9) Spanish Slang: bamba English: a fake or imitation 10) Spanish Slang: blanquita English: cocaine 11) Spanish Slang: botánica English: bottle 12) Spanish Slang: cabro/cabrilla English: a male with feminine characteristics 13) Spanish Slang: cachar English: to have sexual relations. 14) Spanish Slang: cachuelo English: a temporary job. 15) Spanish Slang: cajón English: A box made of wood which uses a sound hole and is used in music of Afro-Peruvian origins. 16) Spanish Slang: calabacita English: cabeza vacía, persona vacua 17) Spanish Slang: campesino English: Peasant 18) Spanish Slang: cáncer English: cigarette or tobacco product 19) Spanish Slang: caña English: automobile 20) Spanish Slang: cañacero English: A drunk who consumes inexpensive liquor. 21) Spanish Slang: carabina English: face 22) Spanish Slang: causa English: the term for friend which is used between men 23) Spanish Slang: cholo English: Referring to a person who is mestizo. 24) Spanish Slang: coca cola English: crazy 25) Spanish Slang: cocho/a English: father/mother 26) Spanish Slang: cofla English: thin/skinny 27) Spanish Slang: coima English: comisión que se da para obtener algo en forma illegal – bribe. 28) Spanish Slang: coimero. English: a person who receives a bribe 29) Spanish Slang: corredgidor English: This was the crown envoy during colonial times who was the administrator of Indian labor. 30) Spanish Slang: cojudo English: a strong insult 31) Spanish Slang: como cancha. English: a lot 32) Spanish Slang: corvina English: tie 33) Spanish Slang: costilla English: girlfriend 34) Spanish Slang: criollada English: deceit, fraud, trick 35) Spanish Slang: chaira. English: knife, dagger 36) Spanish Slang: chancay. English: to have sex 37) Spanish Slang: chancar English: study 38) Spanish Slang: chancón. English: a studious person 39) Spanish Slang: chancha English: charity, cooperation 40) Spanish Slang: chancho English: belch , rear end, butt. |
About Spanish Slang:
There are more than 350 million people on this planet that speak Spanish as their first language. Every day, every where, the language of the streets evolves and new Spanish slang is born. This websites is a great Spanish slang collection that aims to gather all the slang from all the countries in the Spanish speaking world.
The language can be very different from one place to the other. As an example, in Spain you will often here the ‘slang’ word “tio” to mean ‘dude’. However, in Mexico you would seldom hear tio in this context. You would rather hear ‘guei’.
You see, learning Spanish comes in many different stages, and right from the start it is important to learn the formal language as well as the slang, or the language ‘as spoken by the people’.
You need to be aware of the fact, that Spanish slang is often so commonly used that you can hardly call it slang anymore. This doesn’t mean however, that you can ignore the rules of formal language when speaking Spanish. Please thrive to be kind and educated at all times.
This site is an attempt to collect all the Spanish slang in the world and make it easy to trace, look-up and learn it via this website.
Feel free to contribute to the collection as it should be ever expanding.
Happy Spanish learning!
Saludos, the Spanish-Slang Team
Useful Links:
http://www.languagerealm.com/spanish/spanishslang.php
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/cool/
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Spanish/Slang
http://www.expatperu.com/peruvian-slang-or-jerga.html
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spanish%20slang
http://wikilatino.com/index.php/Spanish_Slang_Words_%26_Phrases
Spain is the country where Spanish is at home. At least according to history. So it is very appropriate to also learn the Spanish slang that is spoken as Spain slang. It is considerably different from the slang that is spoken in other Spanish speaking countries, and sometimes fascinating to see how they compare. Beware that not all the words are ‘safe’ to use in everyday situations, as they may easily be misunderstood to be too rude to be acceptable.
Some Spanish slang from Spain:
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1) Spanish Slang: Botellón English: Outdoor drinking party or gathering in a square, street, park, or other public place with alcohol purchased cheaply at supermarkets or corner shops. 2) Spanish Slang: Buenas English: A greeting used at any time of the day. Similar to Hello / Hola, but more informal. 3) Spanish Slang: Cabezota English: Stubborn, when used as an adjective, and a stubborn person, when used as a noun. 4) Spanish Slang: Caray English: God, oh my God, darn, darn it! 5) Spain Slang: Casero English: Landlord. Note: Casera, apart from a female landlord, is a soda that, mixed into red wine, makes tinto de verano, a light summer drink. And as an adjective, casero means home-made. 6) Spanish Slang: Chalado English: Crazy or nuts. Estar chalado = To be crazy or nuts. 7) Spanish Slang: Chapuza English: Shoddy work. English: Guy, boy, kid, lad / girl 9) Spanish Slang: Chino English: Corner shop, convenience store. When all the other supermarkets and stores in Spain are closed, you can usually find a chino open. Chino also refers to the Chinese language, a Chinese person, and a Chinese restaurant. 10) Spanish Slang: Chiringuito English: Beach bar or seaside restaurant 11) Spanish Slang: Chorrada English: Nonsense. ¡Qué chorrada! = What a bit of nonsense! 12) Spanish Slang: Chulo English: When used as an adjective, chulo can mean: 1) nice, cool, etc. 2) cute, good-looking, 3) arrogant, insolent, cocky. ¡Qué chulo! = How cute! How cool! However, used as a noun, chulo means a pimp. 13) Spanish Slang: Currar English: To work (a verb). Your workplace or job is your curro. 14) Spanish Slang: Cutre English: Cheap, seedy, shabby, tacky, kitschy, cheesy. 15) Spanish Slang: De puta madre English: Bloody awesome, really kickass 16) Spanish Slang: Enchufe English: A connection, a contact, someone who has some kind of power or influence and can help you. An enchufe could get you a job interview, for example. Enchufe literally means a plug or a socket though. 17) Spanish Slang: Entender English: To be gay. However, the primary definition of the Spanish word entender is to understand, so keep in mind that if someone at a bar asks you “¿Entiendes?” it could just as likely be a reflection on your Spanish skills as an attempt to find out your sexual preferences. 18) Spanish Slang: Estar como una cabra English: To be completely crazy, nuts, bonkers. 19) Spain Slang: Finde English: Weekend. Shortened version of fin de semana. 20) Spain Slang: Friki English: Nerd, geek, freak. For example, a friki de ordenadores is a computer nerd and a friki de ciencia ficción is a sci-fi geek. 21) Spanish Slang: Guarro English: Filthy, disgusting.
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About Spanish Slang:
There are more than 350 million people on this planet that speak Spanish as their first language. Every day, every where, the language of the streets evolves and new Spanish slang is born. This websites is a great Spanish slang collection that aims to gather all the slang from all the countries in the Spanish speaking world.
The language can be very different from one place to the other. As an example, in Spain you will often here the ‘slang’ word “tio” to mean ‘dude’. However, in Mexico you would seldom hear tio in this context. You would rather hear ‘guei’.
You see, learning Spanish comes in many different stages, and right from the start it is important to learn the formal language as well as the slang, or the language ‘as spoken by the people’.
You need to be aware of the fact, that Spanish slang is often so commonly used that you can hardly call it slang anymore. This doesn’t mean however, that you can ignore the rules of formal language when speaking Spanish. Please thrive to be kind and educated at all times.
This site is an attempt to collect all the Spanish slang in the world and make it easy to trace, look-up and learn it via this website.
Feel free to contribute to the collection as it should be ever expanding.
Happy Spanish learning!
Saludos, the Spanish-Slang Team
Useful Links:
http://www.languagerealm.com/spanish/spanishslang.php
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/cool/
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Spanish/Slang
http://www.humanities.uci.edu/spanish/spain-slang.htm
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spanish%20slang
http://wikilatino.com/index.php/Spanish_Slang_Words_%26_Phrases
Do you want to learn Spanish, but don’t want to spend a lot of money on it. This is the mission of a lot of people out there. Unfortunately, the learning materials and courses out there that are really good, are normally expensive. So, here is an article that I wrote for you with guidelines of how to best learn Spanish for free. Enjoy!
First of all, check if you can find a good official site that has content for you. For example the BBC has a great section for languages. They have several interactive exercises that you can do to learn and improve your Spanish for free. Now if you get annoyed with the British spelling on the BBC website, then you have to check the web for other similar pages.
If you are interested in learning about the Spanish language in general, then I recommend you access the free resource of Wikipedia.
Now, learning Spanish always also has a lot to do with your own motivation to learn things. You should definitely adopt some of the recommended methods to learn Spanish effectively. First, learn a little every day, never pause. Because only if you keep at it will you be able to remember the words and phrases that you have learned. Second, only learn what you enjoy learning. Never start learning things that do not really interest you or that are not relevant for your live.
If you watch these suggestions, and if you stay motivated, then I guarantee you will learn Spanish faster than you think.
Let me know if you have any questions of suggestions!
Saludos,
The Spanish-Slang.com Team
PS: Learn a Spanish word every day: www.Spanish-Word-a-Day.com
About Spanish Slang:
There are more than 350 million people on this planet that speak Spanish as their first language. Every day, every where, the language of the streets evolves and new Spanish slang is born. This websites is a great Spanish slang collection that aims to gather all the slang from all the countries in the Spanish speaking world.
The language can be very different from one place to the other. As an example, in Spain you will often here the ‘slang’ word “tio” to mean ‘dude’. However, in Mexico you would seldom hear tio in this context. You would rather hear ‘guei’.
You see, learning Spanish comes in many different stages, and right from the start it is important to learn the formal language as well as the slang, or the language ‘as spoken by the people’.
You need to be aware of the fact, that Spanish slang is often so commonly used that you can hardly call it slang anymore. This doesn’t mean however, that you can ignore the rules of formal language when speaking Spanish. Please thrive to be kind and educated at all times.
This site is an attempt to collect all the Spanish slang in the world and make it easy to trace, look-up and learn it via this website.
Feel free to contribute to the collection as it should be ever expanding.
Happy Spanish learning!
Saludos, the Spanish-Slang Team
Useful Links:
Mexico has developed its very own Spanish over the years and while mostly the Mexicans are commonly understood by other Hispanic people, the Mexican Spanish is well worth checking out in order to understand all those Mexican subtleties. For that, the Wikipedia article is a great start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Spanish
For listed words belonging to the slang category you can go to Language Realm. They have a dictionary-like list from A to Z that contains some slang (watch out, not all of it is actual slang): http://www.languagerealm.com/spanish/spanishslang.php
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/cool/
At WikiBooks, there is a section that features slang from different places, but it is not as complete as could be. Nevertheless, a good overview for those who are not looking for huge lists, but just a short selection: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Spanish/Slang
http://www.mexicoguru.com/mexican-slang.php
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spanish%20slang
http://wikilatino.com/index.php/Spanish_Slang_Words_%26_Phrases
As you know, every country, every region has its own slang words and slang phrases. Nowhere is this more true than in the Spanish speaking world. Spanish slang is varied, and particular to almost every country where Spanish is spoken
Slang of the week:
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updated weekly! 1) Spanish Slang: chancha English: charity, cooperation 2) Spanish Slang: chancho English: belch , rear end, butt. |
This website is a great collection of the different types of slang that you will find in countries like Spain, Colombia, Mexico, Argentina and many others. Some of the slang is very acceptable, while some other slang is rather vulgar and not to be used normally. The latter is clearly marked so that you know what to use, and what not to use.
We hope that this page will help you learn Spanish slang. Have fun!
Is Slang a good thing or a bad thing?
This question comes up very often because of the sometimes rather vulgar nature of slang. I believe it is important to realize that slang words are not synonymous with ‘swear words’. At the same time, it is true that some slang words are indeed also swear words.
Have you been to Spain?
Whether you will go to a Hispanic country for the second or third time, it doesn’t matter. You will always learn something new about the local language and about street proof Spanish. The local slang is what makes each country unique and you should pay particular attention to it during your travels.
Saturday 7. Jan 2012
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1) Spanish Slang: ¡Orale, güey! English: Right on, dude! 2) Spanish Slang: Tú, animal, ¡vamos! English: Dude, let’s go! 3) Spanish Slang: Chécalo, güey. English: Check it out, dude. 4) Spanish Slang: Necesito chamba. ¿Tú sabes de algo? English: I need a job. Do you know of anything? 5) Spanish Slang: ¡Qué bajón que todos tuvimos gripe! English: It was such a drag that we all had the flu. 6) Spanish Slang: Tiene un chingo de problemas. English: She has a bunch of problems. 7) Spanish Slang: He comprado una ballena. English: I bought a (1 litre) bottle of beer. English: The football game was awesome! 9) Spanish Slang: Voy a comprar un seven. English: I’m going to buy a 7 Up. 10) Spanish Slang: ¿No sabías que tuve una aventura con la secretaria? English: Didn’t you know I had an affair with the secretary? 11) Spanish Slang: ¡Qué burro eres! English: You’re such a dummy! 12) Spanish Slang: Vamos a reunirnos todos los chavos esta noche en el cine del centro. English: All of us kids are going to meet at the downtown cinema tonight. 13) Spanish Slang: No pudo resistir el cañonazo de 500,000 varos. English: He couldn’t resist a huge bribe of 500,000 pesos. 14) Spanish Slang: ¡Me muero por una cheve! English: I’m dying for a beer! 15) Spanish Slang: ¡Qué chamaco más lindo! English: What a sweet little boy! 16) Spanish Slang: Mi hermano y yo somos de Mexicali, Baja California. Somos cachanías. English: My brother and I are from Mexicali, Baja California. We are cachanías. 17) Spanish Slang: El caló se refiere a vocabulario callejero usado por los chicanos y mexicanos. English: Caló refers to street slang used by Chicanos and Mexicans. 18) Spanish Slang: “¿Qué tal el restaurant? English: “How was the restaurant? 19) Spanish Slang: La tira anda buscando víctimas. English: The fuzz are out looking for victims. 20) Spanish Slang: Ya viene la poli. Estáte trucha. English: Here come the cops. Be on your toes. 21) Spanish Slang: Qué fiesta la de anoche! Hasta la señora Cortés se empedó! English: What a party last night! Even Mrs. Cortés got drunk!
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About Spanish Slang:
There are more than 350 million people on this planet that speak Spanish as their first language. Every day, every where, the language of the streets evolves and new Spanish slang is born. This websites is a great Spanish slang collection that aims to gather all the slang from all the countries in the Spanish speaking world.
The language can be very different from one place to the other. As an example, in Spain you will often here the ‘slang’ word “tio” to mean ‘dude’. However, in Mexico you would seldom hear tio in this context. You would rather hear ‘guei’.
You see, learning Spanish comes in many different stages, and right from the start it is important to learn the formal language as well as the slang, or the language ‘as spoken by the people’.
You need to be aware of the fact, that Spanish slang is often so commonly used that you can hardly call it slang anymore. This doesn’t mean however, that you can ignore the rules of formal language when speaking Spanish. Please thrive to be kind and educated at all times.
This site is an attempt to collect all the Spanish slang in the world and make it easy to trace, look-up and learn it via this website.
Feel free to contribute to the collection as it should be ever expanding.
Happy Spanish learning!
Saludos, the Spanish-Slang Team
Useful Links:
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For listed words belonging to the slang category you can go to Language Realm. They have a dictionary-like list from A to Z that contains some slang (watch out, not all of it is actual slang): http://www.languagerealm.com/spanish/spanishslang.php
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The BBC has a section for what they call ‘cool Spanish’. It features mostly the slang that is spoken in Spain. But it is nevertheless a good source of words: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/cool/
At WikiBooks, there is a section that features slang from different places, but it is not as complete as could be. Nevertheless, a good overview for those who are not looking for huge lists, but just a short selection: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Spanish/Slang
Mexico Guru has a nice collection of slang used specifically in Mexico only. be careful, some of the words are not suitable for the faint hearted. The collection is a little bit old, but still very useful: http://www.mexicoguru.com/mexican-slang.php
The urban dictionary is a must for all slang and street language lovers. The words listed here are definitely mostly only for audiences 18+, but you can find some amusing words and phrases, that’s for sure: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spanish%20slang
At Wikilatino, they seem to be working on several fronts and one of them is a short, yet useful, list of Spanish slang. Maybe there is something there for you: http://wikilatino.com/index.php/Spanish_Slang_Words_%26_Phrases
Spanish Slang: auqui