Past expressions

Chela / cheve

Beer

Être en kiff total sur quelqu'un

To be totally into someone

Bob's your uncle

And there you have it; the task is complete

Chavo / chava

Kid / young person

En faire tout un fromage

To exaggerate the importance of something

Bloody

A strong intensifier similar to 'very'

Chafa

Cheap low quality

En avoir ras-le-bol

To be fed up

Bite the bullet

Tolerate something tough or unpleasant

Calentón

A sudden burst of sexual desire, or a person prone to such feelings

Choper le 06 de quelqu'un

To get someone's phone number

Beef

A feud or ongoing conflict

Cagarla

To screw up

Cheum

Ugly

Beat around the bush

To avoid talking directly about the main topic

Bocachancla

Big mouth, talks too much nonsense

Chelou

Shady

Be snowed under

To be overwhelmed with too much work

Ayunaste

You flopped, you had zero impact

Chanmé

Wicked

Barking up the wrong tree

Making a wrong assumption

Albur

Sexual double entendre wordplay

Casser les pieds à quelqu'un

To annoy someone greatly

Banger

An amazing song

Ahorita

Soon, eventually

Ça m’a fichu les jetons

It freaked me out

Ate / She ate

Did something exceptionally well

¡Aguas!

Careful! Look out

C'est une tuerie

It's incredibly good

A happy bunny

Someone who is very pleased or content

Abro melón

Address complex issue, unpopular opinion

C'est une dinguerie

It's mind blowing

You're the GOAT

You are the best

A huevo

Hell yeah

Avoir un petit bail avec quelqu'un

To have a little "thing" going on with someone

Wearing your heart on your sleeve

Openly disclosing your emotions and feelings

Y una polla como una olla

Yeah right, not a chance

Avoir un cœur d'artichaut

To fall in love easily

Weak

When something is so funny it makes you laugh uncontrollably

Wey / güey

Dude

Avoir le cul bordé de nouilles

To be very lucky

Vibe check

Assessing the mood or atmosphere

Vete al carajo

Go to hell

Avoir le coup de foudre

To fall in love at first sight

That hits different

Something that is special or better than usual

Vete a tomar por culo

Go to hell

Avoir le cafard

To feel down

Tea

Gossip

Vete a freír espárragos

Get lost, go bother someone else

Auche

Intense

Take a raincheck

Postpone a plan for later

Verga

Penis

À donf

Fully

Steal someone's thunder

To take credit for something someone else did

Vaya tela

What a mess

Zarbi

Weird / Strange

Snarky

Sharply sarcastic or mocking

Un tostón

Boring person or activity

Vider son sac

To unburden yourself by telling someone everything that's on your mind

Slay

To do something exceptionally well

Un tocapelotas

A nuisance

Verlan

The French back-slang system itself

Slaps

Something, like music or food, is really good

Un cansino

An annoying person

Vénère

Furious

Skibidi

Random nonsense meme word used jokingly

Un borde

A rude / unpleasant person

Une meuf

A woman

Simp

Someone who does entirely too much for someone they like

Tu puta madre en bicicleta

No way!

Une caillera

A delinquent

Sigma

An independent, confident lone-wolf personality

Tq

I love you

Un rebeu

A person of North African or Arab descent born in France

Shambles

A complete mess or chaotic situation

Tontolaba

Silly idiot

Un keum

A guy

Running around like a chicken with its head cut off

Acting in a frantic/panicked manner, usually trying to do many things at once

Tocar los cojones

To annoy someone

Turfu

The future

Rizz

Natural charm or flirting ability

Tocar la zambomba

Male masturbation

Tu me prends la tête

You're driving me crazy

Raining cats and dogs

Raining extremely heavily

Tirarse a alguien

To have sex with someone

Tu me fous le seum

You're bumming me out

Pulling your leg

Making a joke by tricking another person

Tirarle los tejos

Seduce or show romantic interest towards another person

Tirer les vers du nez de quelqu'un

To extract information out of someone

Opp

Someone you dislike