Mexican Slang: A-C Flashcards

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1
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watch out / be on the look out (lit.: waters)

A

aguas / echar aguas

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2
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engage in slutty behavior, moderately vulgar

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andar de pirujo /-a

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3
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to be drunk, moderately vulgar

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andar pedo

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4
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to be drunk

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andar tomado

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5
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sexually attractive male or female (lit.: to flatten)

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apachurro

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frigid or uptight girl (lit.: tightly gripped, derogatory)

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una apretada

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pennypincher / cheap (lit.: tightly gripped)

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un apretado

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8
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female pubic area (lit.: spider)

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la araña

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9
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beer in a 40 oz. bottle (lit.: whale)

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una ballena

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10
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group of friends

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la banda

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11
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pesos (lit.: clay)

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los barros

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12
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foolish; stupid

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bobo

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13
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a group of people, esp. friends (lit.: a ball)

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la bola

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14
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good vibes; good feelings (lit.: good wave)

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buena onda

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15
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breasts (lit.: Spanglish phoneticization of ‘boobies’)

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las bubis

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16
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female sanitary napkin (lit.: horse)

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un caballo

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17
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bastard / SOB / bad ass (lit.: male goat), moderately vulgar

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un cabrón

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18
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a tough situation, moderately vulgar

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está cabrón

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19
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horny; passionate (lit.: in heat), moderately vulgar

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cachondo /-a

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20
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to sh*t, moderately vulgar

A

cagar

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21
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beer in a 40 oz. bottle (lit.: a species of large sea turtle)

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una caguama

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22
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horny (lit.: hot)

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caliente

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23
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a syringe (lit.: a type of cannon)

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una carabina

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24
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close friend; a close relative (lit.: flesh)

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carnal

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25
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a love nest; the house your mistress lives in (lit.: little house)

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la casa chica

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26
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to have sex; a quickie

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chaca chaca

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27
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cheap; low quality

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chafa

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28
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calm down; you’re kidding etc.

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chale!

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29
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child; young person; teen

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un chamaco /-a

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30
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opportunity; perhaps (lit.: Spanglish, chance)

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chance

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31
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a mix of heroin and cocaine (lit. monkey)

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el chango

32
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to masturbate, moderately vulgar

A

chaquetear

33
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boy / girl

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un chavo /-a / un huerco /-a

34
Q

beer

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una chela

35
Q

glue (sniffing)

A

el chemo

36
Q

breasts

A

las chichis

37
Q

cool; good; high quality

A

chido

38
Q

crazy; nutcase

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chiflado /-a

39
Q

penis (lit. chili pepper)

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el chile

40
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a boy; a young man; a teen

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un chilpayate

41
Q

a person missing front teeth

A

un chimuelo /-a

42
Q

to screw up; to f*ck up, vulgar

A

chingar

43
Q

oops; darn (lit. short for chingada), slightly vulgar

A

chin!

44
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go f*ck your mother, extremely vulgar

A

chinga tu madre

45
Q

extremely bad, vulgar

A

la chingada

46
Q

to pester; to f*ck with, vulgar

A

chingando

47
Q

a large amount, moderately vulgar

A

un chingo

48
Q

continous rainy drizzle; fussy, whiny behavior of a child

A

chipichipi

49
Q

gossip

A

el chisme

50
Q

a person who gossips

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un chismoso /-a

51
Q

heroin (lit. female goat)

A

la chiva

52
Q

to feel embarrassment

A

chiviar

53
Q

glue (sniffing) (lit. short for chocolate)

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el choco

54
Q

disagreeable (lit.: from chocar, to hit)

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chocoso

55
Q

women’s underwear

A

los chones

56
Q

diarrhea (lit.: spurt)

A

el chorillo

57
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diarrhea (lit.: torrent)

A

el chorro

58
Q

police

A

la chota

59
Q

attractive person

A

chulo /-a

60
Q

a person displaying vulgar taste

A

un chuntara

61
Q

to suck; to drink, esp. alcohol, moderately vulgar

A

chupar

62
Q

marijuana cigarette / joint (lit.: traditional cylindrically shaped donut)

A

un churro

63
Q

to be cheap (lit.: elbow)

A

codo

64
Q

to have sex (lit.: to grab something), vulgar

A

coger

65
Q

the sex act; a f*ck (lit.: to be gored by a bull’s horn), vulgar

A

una cogida

66
Q

what a f*cking pest you are!, vulgar

A

como chingas / friegas / jodes!

67
Q

vagina (lit.: conch shell), vulgar

A

la concha

68
Q

whorehouse; a bar where prostitutes work

A

una congal

69
Q

to break up (a relationship) (lit.: to cut)

A

cortar

70
Q

to have a hangover (lit.: raw)

A

crudo

71
Q

what’s your f*cking problem?, vulgar

A

cual es tu pinche pedo?

72
Q

friend; buddy (lit.: non-identical twin)

A

cuate

73
Q

a machine gun (lit.: a goat horn)

A

un cuerno de chivo

74
Q

to have sex (lit. to use your ass), vulgar

A

culear

75
Q

asshole, vulgar

A

un culero /-a

76
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ass; cheap, syn. with “codo”, moderately vulgar

A

culo