Spanish slang, idioms and jokes
The Spanish that textbooks leave out: street words by country, how people text, idioms that make no sense word for word, and jokes that only work in Spanish.
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A taste
¿Qué onda?
What's up? How's it going?
¿Qué onda, Luis? ¿Cómo te fue en el examen?
What's up, Luis? How did the exam go?
güey / weyFriends only
dude, buddy. Also «tonto» if said with anger
No manches, güey, ya son las diez.
No way, dude, it's already ten.
¡No manches!
No way! You're kidding!
¿Te ganaste la lotería? ¡No manches!
You won the lottery? No way!
guay
cool
La fiesta de ayer fue muy guay.
Yesterday's party was really cool.
tío / tía
guy, girl; mate. Also uncle and aunt
Tía, no te lo vas a creer.
Girl, you're not going to believe this.
che
hey; to get someone's attention
Che, ¿vamos a tomar un café?
Hey, shall we go for a coffee?