Mexican Slang Flashcards

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1
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expression of amazement or disbelief (mex slang)

A

¡Achis!

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2
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Used calm- undersanding or agreement

Used excitedly - come on, hurry up

A

ándale

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3
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Really? - when something is mildly incredulous or unbelievable

A

¿a poco?

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4
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Spanish speaking world - intense argument or fight

Mexico - general problem (No problem)

A

bronca (no hay bronca)

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5
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motherf-er

A

cabrón

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6
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That was a really f-ing hard test

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estuvo bien cabrón ese examen

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7
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He’s really f-ing good at studying

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Él es bien cabrón para estudiar

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8
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bus (Mexico)

A

el camión

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9
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cheap, imitation (adj) (Mex)

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chafa (retains a)

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10
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job/work, to work (Mex)

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chamba, chambear

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11
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beer (Mex)

A

la chela

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12
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somone from DF, DF itself

A

chilango, chilangolandia

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13
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to F, f-ed

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chingar, chingado

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14
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piece of shit

A

chingadera

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15
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powerful, violent man (vulgar Mex)

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un chingón

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16
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someone who is sly, deceptive, backstabbing (vulgar Mex)

A

chingaquedito

17
Q

it broke (vulgar mex)

A

se chingó

18
Q

He behaved rashly in defiance of the rules (vulgar Mex)

A

hizo una chingadera

19
Q

shitload

A

chingo

20
Q

The thing is that…(mex slang)

A

El chiste es que…

21
Q

a lot (lit. jet of water) (mex slang)

A

un chorro

22
Q

stingy (lit. elbow) (mex slang)

A

codo

23
Q

hungover (mex slang)

A

crudo/cruda

24
Q

someone who is preppy (mex slang)

A

fresa

25
Q

dude/ idiot (mex slang)

A

güey

26
Q

expression of mild surprise maybe w/ apology or regret (mex slang)

A

¡Híjole!

27
Q

fuck yeah

A

¡a huevos!

28
Q

lazy person (vulgar)(Mex)

A

huevón/ huevona

29
Q

I’ve had it up to here with you/ they have us up to here with rules (mex slang)

A

Estoy hasta la madre contigo/ nos tienen hasta la madre con reglas

30
Q

watch, take note (mex slang)

A

ojo

31
Q

some other (mex?)

A

alguno que otro

32
Q

truth, fact (mex slang)

A

la neta