Mexican Slang: A-C Flashcards
watch out / be on the look out (lit.: waters)
aguas / echar aguas
engage in slutty behavior, moderately vulgar
andar de pirujo /-a
to be drunk, moderately vulgar
andar pedo
to be drunk
andar tomado
sexually attractive male or female (lit.: to flatten)
apachurro
frigid or uptight girl (lit.: tightly gripped, derogatory)
una apretada
pennypincher / cheap (lit.: tightly gripped)
un apretado
female pubic area (lit.: spider)
la araña
beer in a 40 oz. bottle (lit.: whale)
una ballena
group of friends
la banda
pesos (lit.: clay)
los barros
foolish; stupid
bobo
a group of people, esp. friends (lit.: a ball)
la bola
good vibes; good feelings (lit.: good wave)
buena onda
breasts (lit.: Spanglish phoneticization of ‘boobies’)
las bubis
female sanitary napkin (lit.: horse)
un caballo
bastard / SOB / bad ass (lit.: male goat), moderately vulgar
un cabrón
a tough situation, moderately vulgar
está cabrón
horny; passionate (lit.: in heat), moderately vulgar
cachondo /-a
to sh*t, moderately vulgar
cagar
beer in a 40 oz. bottle (lit.: a species of large sea turtle)
una caguama
horny (lit.: hot)
caliente
a syringe (lit.: a type of cannon)
una carabina
close friend; a close relative (lit.: flesh)
carnal
a love nest; the house your mistress lives in (lit.: little house)
la casa chica
to have sex; a quickie
chaca chaca
cheap; low quality
chafa
calm down; you’re kidding etc.
chale!
child; young person; teen
un chamaco /-a
opportunity; perhaps (lit.: Spanglish, chance)
chance