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boludo
🇦🇷 Spanish slang from Argentina
What does “boludo” mean?
dude; idiot
Example
“Boludo, ¿viste el partido anoche?”
Dude, did you see the game last night?
Good to know
Among friends = dude; said angrily = idiot. Mildly rude — don't use with strangers.
Who you can say it to
Only with close friends
🫂 Friends🙄 Teasing
The textbook way to say it: amigo
Heard in a conversation
Empanadas for the birthday
Lucas ¡Qué laburo! ¿Y cuándo morfamos? Me muero de hambre.
What a job! And when do we eat? I'm starving.
Sofi En la joda, boludo. Y si sobran, te las llevás a tu casa.
At the party, dude. And if there are leftovers, you take them home.
🤙 How other countries say “dude / mate”
- 🇲🇽 güeyMexico · Only with friends: with the wrong tone it means 'idiot'.
- 🇪🇸 tío / tíaSpain
- 🇨🇴 parceColombia
- 🇨🇱 weónChile · Like 'boludo': friends only.
- 🇵🇷 achoPuerto Rico
- 🇨🇺 asereCuba
- 🇵🇪 causaPeru
- 🇻🇪 chamo / chamaVenezuela
More from Argentina
- chehey, dude
- minagirl, woman
- chabónguy, dude
- pibe / pibakid, guy / girl
- chetoposh, fancy
- bancarto put up with; to back
- jermuwife, partner ("mujer" back to front)
- cebar mateto make and pour mate for the group
Songs from Argentina
- Lamento Boliviano · Enanitos VerdesLevel A2
- Color Esperanza · Diego TorresLevel A2
- De Música Ligera · Soda StereoLevel B1
- Adán y Eva · Paulo LondraLevel B1
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