Quick Guide to Mexican Spanish

Quick Guide
to Mexican
Spanish
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Quick Guide
to Mexican
Spanish
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bicho doesn’t always mean a bug, and boludo may be
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ABOUT THE
“QUICK GUIDE TO MEXICAN SPANISH”
This quick guide of words and phrases from
Mexico will help you better understand this North
American country. The collection of over 500
terms and sayings will help you become familiar
with the richness of Mexican Spanish. It includes
colloquially used words and some dirty ones too!
Each term has been defined in English and
synonyms are included when available. There
are also more than 400 example sentences. Each
entry is presented as follows:
aflojó: 1) to give in, say yes 2) finally
agreed to sex, allowed intercourse
SYN: 1) doblarse
0 1) ¿Habló o no habló? - Aflojó y
cantó como pajarito 2) ¿Aflojó o no? No, se apretó.
Abbreviations and Symbols:
SYN: synonyms or similar words
0 example sentence
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ACERCA DEL
“QUICK GUIDE TO MEXICAN SPANISH”
Esta guía rápida de palabras y frases de México
te ayudará a entender mejor el habla de este
país norteamericano. La recopilación de más de
500 términos y dichos te ayudará a familiarizarte
con la riqueza del español mexicano e
incluye coloquialismos sin dejar fuera algunos
vulgarismos.
Cada término ha sido definido en inglés y, en la
mayoría de los casos, se han incluído sinónimos y
más de 400 ejemplos de uso. Las entradas están
presentadas de la siguiente manera:
aflojó: 1) to give in, say yes 2) finally
agreed to sex, allowed intercourse
SYN: 1) doblarse
0 1) ¿Habló o no habló? -Aflojó y
cantó como pajarito 2) ¿Aflojó o no?
-No, se apretó.
Abreviaturas y símbolos:
SYN: sinónimos o palabras similares
0 Oración de ejemplo
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Spanish Words
& Phrases
from Mexico
A
a chuchita la
bolsearon: a poor
and unbelievable/
irrelevant excuse or
pretext
0 Me vas a salir con
que a chuchita la
bolsearon y no voy a
permitir excusas.
0 ¿Como te vas a ir
a tu casa? A patín no
hay de otra.
A PATÍN
a su madre: very
good
a huevo: by force,
forced to do
something
SYN: a fuerza
0 No quiere comer.
Ahora se lo come a
huevo.
a vergazo :
submission by
physical beating
SYN: a chingadazos
0 Y lo agarramos a
vergazos y empezó a
llorar como niña.
a la verde: the heck
with it
SYN: a la verga
abre sodas: bottle
opener
SYN: destapador
0 Necesito el abre
sodas, por favor.
a lo bestia: used for
huge quantities of
something
SYN: un montón
0 Si supieras que
Miguel está ganando
dinero a lo bestia.
a patín: on foot
SYN: a golpe de
calcetín
abusado: from the
word “aguzado,” be
aware of something
or someone, possible
danger, alert, on
guard
0 Ponte abusado
en el centro, roban
mucho.
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acelerado: frantic,
hyperactive, in a
hurry
SYN: con prisa
0 Andas todo
acelerado, relájate
un poco.
achicalada: beating
SYN: madriza
0 Le pusimos una
achicalada que no
se le va a olvidar en
un mes.
achicopalar:
embarrass, humiliate
SYN: aguitar
0 No se me
achicopale, todo va
a estar bien.
achisparse: to get
drunk
0 No te puedes
acoplar esta vez
porque van a revisar
en la entrada a
todos.
acostón: sexual
encounter between
two individuals which
results in a “walk of
shame” for one of
them and a “brag
story” for the other
0 La noche terminó
en un acostón.
aflojó: 1) to give
in, say yes 2) finally
agreed to sex,
allowed intercourse
SYN: 1) doblarse
0 1) ¿Habló o no
habló? - Aflojó y
cantó como pajarito
2) ¿Aflojó o no? - No,
se apretó.
agachón: a pushover,
a loser, a mama’s boy
ACHIPARSE
acoplar: to crash a
party
SYN: colar
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agandallar: take
advantage of a
situation, to steal
something
SYN: arrebatar
0 Hay que
agandallar las
bicicletas ahorita
que no están viendo.
/ Tenemos que
llegar temprano a
agandallar asientos.
la pintura está fresca.
agarrar en curva:
to surprise a person,
similar to the
expression “like a
deer in headlights”
SYN: por sorpresa
0 ¿Dónde están
los reportes? Me
agarró en curva jefe,
permítame buscarlos.
AGUAS FRESCAS
agasajo: passionate
encounter that does
not end up in sex,
making out
SYN: faje
0 Jenny y David
están en pleno
agasajo.
aguas: look out!,
expression of warning
SYN: cuidado
0 Aguas en ese
lugar, es muy
peligroso de noche. /
Aguas con la pared,
aguas frescas: a
light non-alcoholic
beverages that
combines fruits,
cereals, flowers, or
seeds with sugar and
water, usually sold by
street vendors
agüite: sadness,
shame, discomfort
SYN: triste, decaído,
deprimido
0 Usted no se
agüite, después va la
nuestra.
AGUJETAS
agujetas: shoe laces
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ah caray: hold on,
wait a sec
0 ¿Ah caray? Creo
que estas cuentas
están mal hechas,
tendré que volverlas
a hacer.
ah, chinga: what?
really?
0 No pudimos
evitarlo. - Ah chinga,
explícamelo paso a
paso.
ah, muy chingón:
question a person’s
acts or statements,
challenging a
person’s ability
SYN: en serio
0 Pero me dijo él
que lo podía hacer.
Ah, muy chingón, que
lo haga entonces.
ahí nos vidrios:
farewell, see you later
SYN: adiós
0 Ahí nos vidrios, ya
estoy muy cansado,
me voy a mi casa.
ahorita: right now at
this moment, or more
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commonly, whenever
one gets around to
it after an indefinite
period of time, but
probably today
SYN:
inmediatamente, en
este momento
0 Ahorita mismo te
vas a la casa.
ajá: another way to
say “yes”
SYN: si, esta bien, ok
0 ¿Entendiste todo lo
que te dije? ¡Ajá!
ajuchar: irritate
another person make
him angry or upset
0 Ya no andes
ajuchando a Raúl,
que es muy bravo.
al ratón nos vemos:
see you later
al tiro con: be aware
of something or
someone, possible
danger
SYN: cuidado
0 Al tiro con esa
colonia en la noche,
asaltan mucho.
amolar: to spoil or
break something
SYN: descomponer,
chingar, fregar
0 Ya te amolaste la
computadora.
ALBERCA
alberca: a swimming
pool
alipuz: alcoholic
beverage of any kind
SYN: un trago
0 ¿Nos tomamos
unos alipuces o qué?
ALIPUZ
alzar: to clean up, to
pick up
SYN: guardar
0 Necesito alzar los
platos.
amarra navajas: a
gossip
andar bien coco: to
be high on cocaine
andar pacheco: to
be high
antro: a nightclub
SYN: discoteca
0 Esta noche voy al
antro.
apañar: 1) to make
out 2) take an object
or seat, without giving
any kind of notice,
usually refers to take
advantage of being
the first on something,
or stealing
SYN: 1) fajar 2) robar
0 1) Tiene mucho
tiempo que no apaño
con mi esposo, quizás
me engaña. 2) Me
apañé la tarea de
Alicia, no se dio
cuenta. / Apaña los
asientos antes que
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llegue más gente.
apapacho: a caress
or pampering
SYN: consentir
0 Necesito un
apapacho, me siento
mal.
apartado: the part in
someone’s hair
SYN: la raya
0 Me hice el
apartado por en
medio.
aplatanado: without
energy, slow
SYN: apendejado
0 Me siento
aplatanado, algo no
me cayó bien en la
cena.
aplicó: a payback,
getting back at
someone
0 Esta vez no fue
posible escaparnos
de la clase, la
maestra nos la aplicó
y nos cerró la puerta.
apretar: to deny
sex, not to allow
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intercourse
0 La verdad me
gustaba la chica,
pero se apretó.
apuñalar la araña: to
screw, have sex
apurarse: hurry up,
get moving
SYN: ¡ándale!
0 Apúrate a cocinar
que en un rato llega
tu papá.
araña: 1) an easy
woman, generous
in sexual favors but
with little grace,
education or looks 2)
an ugly prostitute 3)
pussy
SYN: 2) puta
0 2) Entonces nos
vamos a la zona roja
y buscamos unas
arañas.
argüende: gossip,
mess
SYN: alaraca
0 ¿Por qué tanto
argüende?
arrastrar la cobija: to
be depressed, sad or
sleepy
SYN: deprimido
0 Ya supéralo y deja
de andar arrastrando
la cobija.
0 Ay, no mames,
que eso te lo crea tu
abuelita.
atorar: to harm or
hide, to rob
SYN: robar
0 ¿Qué te pasó?
Me atoraron en la
esquina.
aventarse un palo: to
get laid
SYN: echarse un palo
0 Me aventé un palo
antes de salir de
viaje.
avivarse: expression
to say “Pay
attention!”
SYN: fíjate!
0 Si no nos avivamos
al rato, nos ganan el
lugar.
ay nanita: expression
of fear
ay, no mames: don’t
lie, I don’t believe
you
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Quick Guide
to Mexican
Spanish
This quick guide of words and
phrases from Mexico will help
you better understand this North
American country. The collection
of over 500 terms and sayings will
help you become familiar with the
richness of Mexican Spanish. It
includes colloquially used words
and some dirty ones too!
Each term has been defined in
English and synonyms are included
when available. There are also
more than 400 example sentences
and 50 illustrations.