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Mexican Modismos

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aventarse/aventurarse tomar riesgos
o*rale sorpresa, reforzar la confirmacion
destanearse cuando recibe una perceptcion, reaccion muy fuerte (fisica y emocional)
la pachanga/el chango; pachangero el mono, escandoloso
el chiste lo importante/basico, el hecho
"a que te/le suena" Que piensas/piensa que es?
echar la mano ayudar
el cabron hombre sin escrupulos, chivo, "mi papa es bien cabron" = excelente, " no seas cabron" = no seas mal, "esta cabron" = frustracion, esta dificil
encabronarse enojarse muchisimo, "estoy emputado," "estoy encabronado"
el albur lo que tu no conoces pero tomas el riesgo de todas formas
el chile una comida o el parte sexual de un chico
el guevon el huevo (testiculo)
flojo perezoso (loose, lazy)
"lo naco" dejado, sin estilo/educacion, ignorante (muy barroco); ej. conductores del autobus, "el frijol en el arroz," "una caja fuerte"
"estar el tono" combinar, hacen un equilibrio, ej. como obedecer a la etiqueta (etiquette)
"lo fresa," "los hijos de papi" clase alta, bien vestido, tienen todo, habla diferente
los catrines las personas muy elegantes
el nombre corto ej. Ricardo-> Ricky
el apodo nickname (para los Mexicanos para los defectos fisicos)
el comelo*n/el trago*n le gusta comer todo
"tener buen diente," "ser buen diente" le gusta comer de todo
la chava la muchacha; la mujer joven
"...de toche" "...de todo"
el mal del San Vito enfermedad de movimiento constante (convulsiones)
el calo* la jerga
"a toda madre" "perfecto!"
"estar de pelos" maravilloso
valer madre, "me vale madre" no me importa
"madre" nada
el desmadre nohay orden, ej. una fiesta, en una bolsa, desastre (shitshow!)
echar desmadre, hacer un desmadre vamos a divertirnos sin orden
"no tener madre" no hay respeto/orden, ej. un hombre esta pegando a una mujer
chingar (molestar) la madre destruir algo
"chi*ngale," "meter la pata" cometer un error/accidente, ser indiscreto
guey tono, estupido
el chingon; "el hombre chingon" es muy bien haciendo algo, lo mejor o literalmente, el hombre con muchas mujeres de manera violente "se chingo* a todos" "mujer chingona" (menos comun), "cosas chingonas"
aguas/echar aguas watch out/to be on the look out
andar de piruja/pirujo engage in slutty behavior (moderately vulgar)
andar pedo to be drunk (moderately vulgar)
andar tomado to be drunk
una apretada frigid or uptight girl (lit.: tightly gripped, derogatory)
un apretado pennypincher, cheap (lit.: tightly gripped)
la banda group of friends
los barros pesos (lit.: clay)
la bola a group of people, esp. friends (lit.: a ball)
buena onda good vibes; good feelings (lit.: good wave)
las bubis breasts (lit.: Spanglish phonetization of 'boobies)
cagar to shit (moderately vulgar)
una caguama beer in a 40 oz. bottle (lit.: a species of large sea turtle)
caliente horny (lit.: hot)
una carabina a syringe (lit.: a type of cannon)
chafa cheap; low quality
chale! calm down; you're kidding, etc.
una chamaca/un chamaco child; young person; teen
chance opportunity; perhaps (lit.: Spanglish, chance)
el chango a mix of heroin and cocaine (lit. monkey)
chaquetear to masturbate (moderately vulgar)
una chava/un chavo girl/boy
una chela beer
el chemo glue (sniffing)
chiflado/chiflada crazy/nutcase
el chile penis (lit. chili pepper)
un chilpayate a boy; a young man; a teen
un chimuelo/una chimuela a person missing front teeth
el chisme gossip
una chismosa/un chismoso a person who gossips
la chiva Heroin (lit. female goat)
chiviar to feel embarrassment
el choco glue (sniffing) (lit. short for chocolate)
chocoso disagreeable (lit. from chocar, to hit)
el chorillo diarrhea (lit.: spurt)
el chorro diarrhea (lit.: torrent)
la chota police
chupar to suck; to drink, esp. alcohol (moderately vulgar)
un churro marijuana cigarette; joint (lit.: traditional cylindrically shaped donut)
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