Mexicanismos 1 Flashcards
1
Q
“¿Qué onda?”
A
What´s up?
¡Hola amigo! ¿Qué onda?
2
Q
“¿pa´qué?
A
what for?
Tengo que comer las verduras. ¿Pa´qué?
3
Q
“nombre”
A
don´t confuse with “name!, it has no literal translation it means: no way
4
Q
“¿on´tas ?
A
Where are you?
- Derived from ¿Dónde estás?*
- Note: used only amongst very good friends or novios.*
- ¿On toy? = where am I?*
- ¿On tamos? = where are we?*
5
Q
“¡güey!”
A
dude !
6
Q
“¡de pelos!”
A
awesome
7
Q
“pistear”
A
to drink (alcoholic veberages)
8
Q
“caile”
A
invitation to come over
9
Q
“feria”
A
money
10
Q
“nave”
A
car or automobile
(any size car)
11
Q
“mi jefe”
A
my father
12
Q
“mi carnala”
A
my sister
13
Q
“chamba”
A
a job
14
Q
“el jale”
A
the job
15
Q
“el pisto”
A
the drink
16
Q
“la botana”
A
the snacks
17
Q
“que botana”
A
so funny!
18
Q
“ni pedo”
A
what the heck !
19
Q
“se pusó pedo”
A
he got drunk !
20
Q
“bien pedo”
A
“so drunk”
21
Q
“chupar”
A
to drink (alcohol)
22
Q
“el morrito”
A
the little boy
23
Q
“el chota”
A
the policeman
24
Q
“la tira”
A
the police
25
"el canton"
la casa
26
"ella está panzona"
she´s pregnant
27
"se salió con la suya
he got his way !
28
"le vale madre"
he/she, doesn´t care
29
"¡me vale madre!"
useless or worthless, some times used like "this is f&%$ed up"
30
"te cae?!"
really !?
31
"vocho"
common way of calling a volkswagen beetle car
32
"la neta"
the truth
33
"el fierro"
the gun or revolver,
also the penis, depending on context
34
"cuerno de chivo"
AK-47 machinegun
35
"filero"
a knife
36
"filerear"
to stab
37
"chela"
beer
38
"chesco"
gasseous drink
39
"bici"
bicicle
40
"baika"
bicicle
41
"me caes bien"
i like you (not romanticaly)
42
"tirar la güeva"
to stay lazy or lay off
43
"tengo güeva"
I´m not in a mood for doing anything !
44
"bien culo"
so coward! Like a coward.
45
"guacho"
a soldier
46
"pingas"
drug pills
47
"toncho"
solvent used to self intoxicate by drug adicts
48
"rola"
a song
49
"chido"
cool
50
"mal plan"
bad situation
51
¡Nel!
No!
52
"el chivo"
the pay check
