Slang & expressions · Jerga
12 Spanish words — each with a picture, audio and an example sentence. Street language — with region tags, because it changes from country to country.
| Picture | English | Spanish · Español | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | cool | genial | 🌎 RegionSpain: guay · Mexico: chido / padre · Argentina: copado · across Latin America: chévere. |
 | cash | la plata | Literally 'silver'. 🌎 RegionLatin America; in Spain: la pasta. |
 | guy | el chico | 🌎 RegionMexico: el chavo · Spain: el tío (literally 'uncle'). |
 | party | la fiesta | Also 'holiday': día de fiesta. Familiar from the English loanword fiesta. |
 | what's up? | ¿qué onda? | Literally 'what wave?'. 🌎 RegionMexico and Latin America; in Spain: ¿qué tal? or ¿qué pasa? |
 | drunk | borracho | 🔗 Word familyla borrachera (drunkenness). |
 | hangover | la resaca | Originally the sea's backwash/undertow — hence the morning-after feeling. |
 | I don't care | me da igual | Literally 'it gives me the same'; synonym: me da lo mismo. |
 | nothing you can do | ni modo | 🌎 RegionCommon in Mexico. |
 | amazing | increíble | From creer 'to believe'; the written accent on -í- is obligatory. |
 | perfect | perfecto | Also a stand-alone reply: ¡perfecto! = 'great, deal'. |
 | to flirt | ligar | Literally 'to tie, link'. 🌎 RegionCommon in Spain. |