Spanish Slang Dictionary
95 expressions
Browse the complete Slangy dictionary of Spanish slang expressions listed alphabetically. Each entry links to a full page with example sentences, usage notes, and cultural context explaining exactly when the expression is appropriate. From casual everyday slang to strong expressions used in heated arguments, this is the reference you won't find in standard Spanish dictionaries.
A
A huevo
Hell yeah
Abro melón
Address complex issue, unpopular opinion
Albur
Sexual double entendre wordplay
Ayunaste
You flopped, you had zero impact
B
Bocachancla
Big mouth, talks too much nonsense
C
Cagarla
To screw up
Calentón
A sudden burst of sexual desire, or a person prone to such feelings
Chafa
Cheap low quality
Chavo / chava
Kid / young person
Chela / cheve
Beer
Chilango
A person from Mexico City
Chingar
To fuck / to mess with
Churri
Sweetheart
Codo
Cheap / stingy person
Comerse el marrón
To deal with the problem
D
Dar una mamada
To give a blowjob
E
Echar un casquete
To have a quickie
Echar un kiki
To have a quickie / to have casual sex
Echar un polvo
To have sex with someone
El burro sabe más que tú
Calling someone dumb or incompetent
En el quinto pino
Very far away
Eres un parguela
You're a loser / you're a sucker
Estar colado
To be in love/ obsessed
Estar colgado/a por alguien
To be crazy about someone, obsessively infatuated
Estar como un tren
To be extremely attractive
Estar crudo
To be hungover
Estar en la luna
To be daydreaming not paying attention
Estar entre la espada y la pared
To be in a difficult situation with no good option
Estar frito
To be asleep or extremely tired
Estar hasta en la sopa
Someone or something is everywhere in an annoying way
Estar sin blanca
To be broke
Estoy hasta el coño
I'm fed up, I've had it
Está muy padre
It's really cool
G
Gacho
Mean / lame
H
Hacer la cobra
To dodge a kiss / to pull away and reject someone leaning in for a kiss
Hacer la cucharita
To spoon, cuddle lying together
Hacerse una paja
To masturbate
L
La concha de la lora
Damn! What the fuck??
La madre que te parió
God damn it
Liarse con alguien
To hook up with someone
Llevar a alguien al huerto
To seduce someone into bed
M
Machirulo
A sexist guy
Mandarlo todo a la porra
To tell it all to go to hell / To throw it all away
Me importa un pimiento
I don't care at all
Me vale madres
I don't give a fuck
Meter la pata
To mess up
Metiche
Nosy person
Mi media naranja
My soulmate
Mojar el churro
To have sex
N
Neta
Really
No comerse ni una rosca
To get no action romantically/sexually
No dar un palo al agua
To be lazy and not lift a finger
No mames
No fucking way
No me da la vida
I don't have time
No me rayes
Don't stress me out
No tengo pelos en la lengua
To be blunt / speak your mind
P
Pasar de alguien
To ignore someone
Pedir peras al olmo
To ask for something impossible
Pedo / peda
Problem / party / drunken state
Pendejo
Idiot
Pillarse por alguien
To fall for someone / to develop feelings for someone
Pinche
Fucking / damn
Planchabragas
A man who lets himself be ruled by his partner, under the thumb
Poner mirando a Cuenca
To take someone from behind during sex
Ponerse cachonda
To get horny
Q
Que te folle un pez
Go screw yourself
Qué putada
What a bummer
R
Restregar cebolleta
Close physical contact between two people, kind of like dry humping
Revolcón
A quick passionate sexual encounter
S
Se ha liado parda
All hell broke loose
Se te va la olla
You're losing it, you're out of your mind
Ser un cuadro
To be a total character / to be entertainingly chaotic
Ser un rata
A cheap person who doesn't want to spend money or share.
Ser un/a pagafantas
To be exploited to pay for everything without getting romantic return
Servir coño
To to deliver an outstanding look or performance
T
Te falta una patata para el kilo
You are very stupid
Tener la cara más dura que el cemento
To be shameless and rude
Tener menos luces que un callejón
To be really dumb
Tirarle los tejos
Seduce or show romantic interest towards another person
Tocar la zambomba
Male masturbation
Tocar los cojones
To annoy someone
Tq
I love you
Tu puta madre en bicicleta
No way!
U
Un borde
A rude / unpleasant person
Un cansino
An annoying person
Un toca pelotas
A nuisance
Un tocapelotas
A nuisance
V
Vaya tela
What a mess
Verga
Penis
Vete a freír espárragos
Get lost, go bother someone else
Vete al carajo
Go to hell
W
Wey / güey
Dude
Y
Y una polla como una olla
Yeah right, not a chance
¿
¿Qué pedo?
What's up / what the hell?
É
Éramos pocos y parió la abuela
As if things weren't bad enough
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