Spanish Slang

Words for Friends Adjectives

There are tons of words for referring to friends and relationships in Spanish. wepa (CAR) (weh-pah) cool, awesome
Some can be heard all over the Spanish-speaking world, while others are bacán (CU,AND,CH) (bah-kahn) cool, awesome
strictly regional. chévere (LAM) (cheh-beh-reh) cool, awesome

General padre (MX) (pah-dreh) cool, awesome

amigo/a - friend tipo/a - guy, chick hermano - mate, buddy muchacho/a - guy, chick guay (SP) (gwahee) cool, awesome
copado (RP) (coh-pah-doh) cool, awesome
chico/a - guy, chick compadre, comadre - friend viejo/a - mate, friend nene/a - kid
majo (SP) (mah-hoh) nice, attractive
jefe - dude, mate maestro - mate colega - dude, mate
bestia (AND) (behs-tyah) amazing
Regional ganso (gahn-soh) foolish, lazy
fenómeno (feh-noh-meh-noh) fantastic
Spain
Mexico chido (MX) (chee-doh) cool
tío/a - mate, buddy
güey - dude, mate
majo/a - buddy, guy chiflado (chee-flah-doh) crazy
vato - dude, mate
crack - genius, whiz
cuate - guy monstruo (mohns-trwoh) fantastic
monumento/a - stunner, looker
carnal - friend tremendo (treh-mehn-doh) terrible
brutal (SAM) (broo-tahl) incredible, awesome
Caribbean
pelado (peh-lah-doh) broke
pana - friend
Central America mano - dude, mate quedado (SAM) (keh-dah-doh) slow
asere - dude, mate
maje - dude, mate cabezón (kah-beh-sohn) stubborn
corillo - group of friends
man - pal
jevo/a - boyfriend/girlfriend batata (RP) (bah-tah-tah) shy, bashful
mae - dude, mate
serrano (SP) (seh-rrah-noh) attractive, shapely
Southern Cone caradura (kah-rah-doo-rah) shameless, sassy
Andes che - mate, buddy guácala (LAM) (gwah-kah-lah) gross, yuck
boludo - dude, mate
parce - buddy cañón (MX) (kah-nyohn) really hard, so much
filo/a - boyfriend/girlfriend
pata - dude, mate huevón - dude, mate
cumpa - dude, mate gallo - dude, mate
pololo/a - boyfriend/girlfriend
Nouns and Verbs
cole (koh-leh) school
lío (lee-oh) mess, trouble
Greetings and Phrases arroz con mango (CAM,CAR) (ah-rrohs kohn mahng-goh) chaos, mess
al garete (PR) (ahl gah-reh-teh) disaster, mess
Q: ¿Qué tal? - What’s up? Q: ¿Qué onda? - What’s up? chamba (AND,CAM,MX) (chahm-bah) work
A: Todo bien. - All good. A: Nada nuevo. - Nothing new. mamey (PR) (mah-mey) piece of cake
molar (SP) (moh-lahr) to be cool
¿Qué pasa? How’s it going? nos vemos see you later
pompearse (PR) (pohm-peh-ahr-seh) to get excited
¿Quiubo? (CAM,MX) What’s up? órale (CAM, MX) alright, okay
janguear (PR) (hahn-geh-ahr) to hang out
¿Cómo te va? (MX) How’s it going? no manches (MX) no way
pasar el rato (pah-sahr ehl rrah-toh) to hang out
¿Todo bien? All good? ni modo (LAM) too bad
pari (CAM,CAR,MX) (pah-ree) party
chau (LAM) bye en plan (SP) I mean, basically
pachanga (LAM) (pah-chahng-gah) party
chao bye así como a little, kind of
rumba (LAM) (rroom-bah) party
guateque (CU,MX,SP) (gwah-teh-keh) party
parrandear (pah-rrahn-deh-ahr) to party
Examples
colado (LAM) (koh-lah-doh) party crasher
Tenía plan de irme a la playa con mis cuates hoy, pero se me flipar (SP) (flee-pahr) to be crazy about
descompuso el carro. - Ni modo. agüitar (ah-gwee-tahr) to bum out
I was going to go to the beach with my buddies today, but my car broke
down. - Too bad.
Regional Abbreviations Key
Mariela me llamó en plan, "Ya no te amo. Hasta nunca."
Mariela called me basically being like, "I don't love you anymore. See you AND: Andes CH: Chile RP: River Plate
never." CU: Cuba PR: Puerto Rico SAM: South America
CAM: Central America LAM: Latin America SC: Southern Cone
Te veo así como agüitado. ¿Qué onda?
CAR: Caribbean MX: Mexico SP: Spain
You seem a little down in the dumps. What's up?
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