Spanish/Slang

Spanish slang is more localized than English slang and sometimes people from one Spanish-speaking country get confused talking to people from other Spanish-speaking countries.

Argentina

Slang	Meaning	Literal Translation
¿Qué onda?	What´s up	What is the vibe?
¿Como va?	What´s up	How's it going?
¡No hinches las bolas	Don´t bother me!	Don´t swell up the [my] balls!
¡No me rompas las pelotas!	Don´t bother me!	Don´t break my balls!
Piola adj.	Cool people
pelotudo/topo.	idiot/asshole	big balled
boludo/a	stupid	big balled
escrachado/escrachar (verbo)	ashamed
te quiero mucho	I love you	I want you a lot
Pibe n.	Boy	Boy
Chabón	Guy/dude
Mina	woman	Mine
Nabo	Stupid, Penis (Spain)	turnip
Gil adj.	Stupid
Tacho n.	Taxi	Trash bin
Bondi n.	City bus
Pilcha n.	Clothes
Garca adj.	Cheater/dishonest	(inverse of cagar: to shit/to screw up)
Langa adj.	Cool person
¡Che!	Idiomatic
Morfar v.	To eat
Charlar v.	To have a conversation, to chat
¡Ojo!	Be careful! Look out!	Eye!
Dar bola v.	To pay attention	To give ball
Rajar v.	To go away/to escape	To crack
¡Rajá!	Go away!	Crack!
Pirárselas v.	To go away
Pirado adj.	Crazy	gone away
Verso n.	a lie	a verse
Falopa n.	Drugs/marijuana
Botón n.	Squealer/tattle-tale	Button
la Cana n.	The Police	the white hair
Estar en cana	To be imprisoned
Trolo adj./n.	Homosexual (male)
Re...(prefix)	Very
Torrar v.	To sleep
Guita n.	money
Guacho adj./n.	Son of a bitch	Orphan
Guarango adj.	Obscene
1 Mango n.	1 Peso (currency unit)
Baranda n.	Bad smell
Concha n	Vagina	Shell, Clam
Y la puta que te re parió	(like) Go to hell!	And the slut/bitch that gave birth to you
pajero	masturbator, es mentiroso o exajerado en Honduran (watch out for the accent  )
puto	fag	homosexual/can be offensive
el colectivo n	the bus
el subte	the subway
una pavada	something stupid or easy
una gata / un gato	prostitute/slut	a cat
un piropo	a flirty comment
afanar v	to steal/rob
una fiaca	a laziness / lack of desire to do something
una luca	1000 pesos
laburo	a job
chorro	a thief
un quilombo	a mess
¿Qué contás?	What's up?
trucho/a	fake
¡Qué ojete!	How Lucky!	What ass!

Chile

Slang	Meaning	Literal translation
Al tiro	Quickly/Right away	On the mark of
¿Cachai?	Do you understand?/Do you follow me?	You feel me?
Mino/a	Cute guy/girl	Mine
Pololo/a	Boyfriend/girlfriend
¿Qué onda?	What´s up?	What is shaking?
Ya po/Ya pue/"Ya pues"	alright then or let's go

Colombia

Slang	Meaning	Literal Translation
¿Qué más?	What´s up?	What else?
¿Qué hubo? (Quiubo)	What´s up?	What was there?
¡No me joda!	Don´t bother me!	Don´t fuck me!
¡No joda!	Nuh-uh!/Get outta here!	Don´t fuck
¡Ojo!	Be careful! Watch out!	Eye!
¡Pilas!	Be careful!	Batteries!
¡Qué mamera!	That´s boring!	What a bunch of sucking!
¡Qué boleta!	How embarrassing!	What a ticket!
Poner los cachos	To cheat (relationships)	Set the horns on
Ala	"Jeez"	Wing
Almacén	Shop	Warehouse
Andén	Pavement, sidewalk	Platform
Atorarse	To choke	To get stuck
Avión	A clever person	Airplane
Bacano	Cool
Balaca	Headband
Bareta	Blunt, Joint, Weed etc.
Barra	Peso (currency unit) A cheerleading squad	Bar
Baúl	Boot, trunk (of an automobile)	Chest (furniture)
Birra	Beer	Italian for "beer"
Bomba	Balloon; also fuel pump	Bomb
Buzo	Turtleneck sweater	Diver
Café	Brown (colour)	Coffee
Camello	Job, (heavy) work	Camel
Cana	Gaol, jail	White hair
Caneca	Trash basket
Cantaleta	Repetitive scolding
Caña	Bluff, bragging; also rum	Fishing rod
Capar	To play truant	To castrate
Carpeta	Doily	Folder
Catorce	Favour	Fourteen
Chino	Kid, boy	Chinese
Chupa	Police officer	Sucker
Colorete	Rouge	Lipstick
Cotejo	Soccer match	Comparison
Culebra	Debt	Snake
Duro	Skilful	Hard
Embarrarla	To make a grave mistake	To cover with mud
Esfero	Pen	Sphere (masculine form)
Filo	Hunger	Edge
Gonorrea	Vile/ Disgusting person or thing	Gonorrhea
Guayabo	Hangover	Guava tree
Güevón	Dude, bro, Lazy	Mispronunciation of "huevón"
Hacerse el gringo	To feign ignorance	To play the Yank
Hueco	Pothole; also gaol, jail, also a derogatory word for homosexual	Hole (in general)
Huevón	Dude, bro	Sluggish or idiot
Jurgo	Plethora, lot
Levantar	To seduce / To beat, thrash	To raise
Listo	All right	Ready
Llave	Friend	Key
Lobo	Bad taste	Wolf
Luca	A thousand Colombian pesos
Mamar	To bore	To suck
Man	Guy	Man (English loanword)
Mano	Bro (Brother)	Hand
Mañé	Ridiculous, un-cool
Marica	Dude, bro	Queer
Marimba	Marijuana	Marimba
Mijo/Mija	buddy, pal	short for Mi Hijo/Hija, my son/ my daughter
Mono	Blond(e), fair-haired	Monkey
Mosca (estar mosca)	Be clever for a while; also annoyed	fly (as an adjective, "be fly")
Olla	Place where drugs are sold	Cooking pot
Estar en la olla	to be in a bad situation	to be in the pot
Paja	Lie, falsehood; also masturbation	Hay
Parar bolas	To pay attention	To stand balls
Parche	Band	Patch
Pata	Marijuana roach	Leg
Pedo	Big problem	Fart
Piedra	Anger	Stone
Pilo	Smart	Battery (masculine form)
Poner bolas	To pay attention	To put balls
Poner los cachos	To cheat (relationships)	Set the horns
emputar	to get enraged	be prostituted
Rascado	Drunk	Scratched
Sapo	Meddler	Toad
Storbar	To disturb	To handle, touch
Tinto	Black coffee	Red wine
Tomba	The police
Tombo	Police officer
Vaina	Thing	Scabbard

Cuba

Slang	Meaning	Literal Translation
¿Que vola aceré?	What’s up my friend?
¡pinga!	Fuck!
mono	cute/pretty	monkey
chavos	cents / dollar / money

Guatemala

Slang	Meaning	Literal Translation
¿Qué onda! (Quionda)	What´s up	What vibe?
¡No jodás	Don´t bother!	Don´t screw!
¡No me jodás!	Don´t bother me!	Don´t screw me!
Calidá	Cool	Quality (Calidad)
Cerote/Pizado	Dude/Idiot	Big Cero/Stepped-Squished
Mula	Dum	Mule
Chiveado	Blushed	"To Goat"/"Goated"
Te quiero mucho	I love you lots	I want you a lot
Wirito/Güirito	Boy
Chavo	Guy	Guy
Chava	Teen Girl	Adolescent Girl
Verga	Shit/Cock
Que chilero!	Cool!

México

Slang	Meaning	Literal Translation
¿Qué onda?	What's up?	What's the wave?
¿Qué huele?	What's up?	What smells?
¡No manches!	Get outta here!	Don´t stain!
¡No mames!	Get outta here!	Don't suck!
Fresa	Preppy, snobby	Strawberry
naco	tacky, unrefined	bad taste
O sea	As if / you wish.	That is.
Nada que ver	irrelevant, topics not related	Nothing to see
Equis	Used to describe something boring or uninteresting.	Letter X
Prima/ Primo	Buddy	Cousin
Comprate una vida	Get a life	Buy a life.
¿Qué pedo?	What's up?	What farts?
Mariposo	Homosexual	Butterfly
Sangrón	Stuck up person	A lot of blood
Aguas	Watch out!	Waters
Órale	All right	All right
Ándale	Come on	Walk/move it (imperative)
Chido	Cool
Qué padre	That's tight	How father
Güey	dude (sometimes used as an insult)	Ox
Sale	Alright or go (used at the end of a thought)	Go (imperative)
¡Nombre!	No way!	contraction of "¡No, hombre!" (no, man!)
Mande	What did you say? / Pardon me	What is your command?
¡Vete al infierno!	Go to hell!
¡carajo!	jerk! Or damn (as an expression)
¡Vete a chingar!	Go fuck yourself!
¡Chale!	Give me a break!
Maricón	Crybaby, Wuss, Homosexual	Crybaby, whiny, coward.

España

Slang	Meaning	Literal Translation
¡No me toques los cojones!	Don´t bother me!	Don´t touch my balls!
¿Qué pasa?	What´s up!	What´s going on?
¡Que te den!	Fuck you!	May they give it to you!
Ojete	Anus	Little eye/tgrommet
¡Ni de coña!	No way!	Not even if you're joking
Molar	To be cool
¡Comemierdas!	Asshole!	Shit-eater!
¡Que te calles!	Shut up!	May you shut up!
¡Que te pires!	Fuck off!	Do go away!
¡Coño!	Shit!	Cunt!
¡Gilipollas!	Asshole!	Asshole! (Gili = idiot, Polla = Penis vulg.)
¡Mierda!	Shit!	Shit!
¡Cabrón!	Bastard!	Billy goat!
Polla	Dick/cock (penis)	Female chick
Zorra	Bitch	Female fox
Hasta los cojones	Fed up	Up to the balls
Soplapollas	Idiot	Dick-blower
Perra	Bitch	Female dog
Guarra	Bitch	Female pig
¡Me cago en la puta!	Dammit!	I shit on the bitch!
¡Me cago en la leche!	Dammit!	I shit on the milk!
De puta madre	Really cool	Of fucking mother
Mamón/Mamonazo	Bastard	Sucker/Big sucker
(algo) de tres pares de cojones	(something) really big/important	(something) of three pairs of balls
Poner los cojones encima de la mesa	To show serious initiative	To put the balls on the table
(algo) que te cagas	(something) really important/heavy	(something) that you shit all down
Acojonante	Impressive, gorgeous	That puts pressure on your balls
Acojonado	Scared	With your balls under pressure
Cojonudo	Really good	With big balls
Pichabrava	Stud, womanizer	Brave-dick
Pichafloja	Weak, shy	Slack-dick
Cierva	Nice girl	Doe (Female deer)
Guiri	Tourist from North Europe
Camello	Drug trader	Camel
Tocapelotas	Person that bothers others	Balls-toucher
Berzas	Boobs	Cabbage(s)
Bufas	Boobs	You snort
Peras	Boobs	Pears
Brevas	Boobs	Early figs
Quinqui/Kinki	Delinquent, pretty thief
Pedo	Drunkenness	Fart
Tío / Tía	Dude	Uncle / Aunt

Perú

Slang	Meaning	Literal Translation
asu!	damn (when in a state of amazement)
la firme	true	the solid
achorado	defiant
los vidrios	see you	we vidriate us
buitrear	to vomit
chamba	work
Pata	bro, dude	paw
asado(a)	fed up, angry
florear	to lie, weave tales	to flower
roche	embarrassed, or shame, same as "vergüenza"
chompa	jacket
jerga	slang	syringe
chape	kiss on the mouth	catching
paso	verbal text	a pass
plagia	copy
amiguero	friendly	friender
huachafo	bad taste
conchudo	brazenly bold, as in gall	shelled
atorrante	someone who does wrong things intentionally, see huachafo
chaufa	bye (from chau, itself from the Italian ciao)	chaufa Sino-Peruvian fried rice dish,
choro	thief, robber, crook
chévere	cool
bácan	cool
palta	embarrassing
bicicleta	diarrhea	bicycle
supitero	someone who farts a lot
causa	friend	reason/cause
que weno	great, awesome, how good (que bueno)
figureti	show off
resaca	hungover	undertow
¿Qué cuentas?	what's up?	what do you say?
¿Manyas?	get it?
bravazo	awesome	really wild
meter la pata	to mess something up	put in the foot
churro(a)	handsome guy/ pretty girl	type of food
viejo(a)	father/ mother	old man/ old woman
Vaina	thing
Parar bolas	To pay attention
Cantaleta	scolding

Venezuela

Slang	Meaning	Literal translation
¡Arrecochínense!	squeeze/group together!	pig-pen yourselves!
¡Avíspate!	Come on!
Caucho	fat belly	Rubber Tire
Bala fría	Junk food/quick lunch	Cold Bullet
Candela	Awesome	Fire
Chamo	dude, guy	el joey es mooday	joey es mooday
Chévere	Cool, nice	Vete a la mierda	Fuck off!
Cuaima	Jealous/ill-tempered woman	Viper
Perico	Country's traditional method of scrambled egg	Green parakeet
Ratón	Hangover	Mouse
Echar los perros	To court someone	Throw the dogs
Lata	French kiss	Tin Can
Zancudo	mosquito	Stiltwalker