Mexican Slang

Question 1

Chale

Answer 1

Express disappointment

Question 2

Qué pedo/rollo/transa/pex

Answer 2

Sup

Question 3

Machin

Answer 3

Used with things that aren’t countable,

“Tienes hambre?”
“Machin”

Question 4

Un chingo de

Answer 4

A bunch of, a shit ton of

Question 5

Awitarse

Answer 5

No te awites, no te achicopales, don’t be sad, don’t be down

Question 6

Culon/culo

Answer 6

What you say to a person who is too afraid to do something and you’re pushing him to do it

Question 7

Arre

Answer 7

Vaya, bueno, dale

Question 8

Jalas

Answer 8

Jalas ir a la cine mañana?

Let’s go to the movies tomorrow?

Question 9

Jalo

Answer 9

Of course dude, let’s go!

Question 10

Ser buena onda

Answer 10

To be chill

Question 11

Chili, chido, cull, Perron, vergas, al 100, qué chingón

Answer 11

Cool, excellent, great

Question 12

Compa, viejos, viejo, carnal

Answer 12

A friend, dude

Question 13

Checar

Answer 13

To check, to watck

Question 14

Caile

Answer 14

Drop by, come over (but hurry up)

Question 15

Sobres

Answer 15

Ok

Question 16

Ingatu/ingasu

Answer 16

Holy shit

Question 17

Qué pedo? Qué verga?

Answer 17

Wtf

Question 18

Sa vrg

Answer 18

Wtf bro

Question 19

Fierro

Answer 19

Arre (mostly used ironically)

Question 20

Mamadas

Answer 20

Bullshit: déjate de mamadas

Puras mamadas

Question 21

Apá

Answer 21

Wow

Question 22

Chihuahua accent

Answer 22

Says ch like Sh

Question 23

Ninguno de los dos

Answer 23

Neither

Question 24

Por poco y muero

Answer 24

I almost died

Question 25

Por tanto

Answer 25

Therefore

Question 26

Botana

Answer 26

Snack