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¿Qué onda?
🇦🇷 Spanish slang from Argentina
What does “¿Qué onda?” mean?
what's up?
Example
“¿Qué onda, chicos? ¿Salimos?”
What's up, guys? Going out?
Good to know
Mexico says it too; in Argentina it also means "what's the deal?": "¿Qué onda con Juan?".
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
👋 Hellos
The textbook way to say it: ¿Qué tal?
👋 How other countries say “Hey, what's up?”
- 🇲🇽 ¿Qué rollo?Mexico · In Spain '¡Qué rollo!' is 'what a drag'.
- 🇨🇴 ¿Quiubo?Colombia
- 🇵🇪 ¡Habla!Peru
- 🇨🇱 ¿Qué onda?Chile
More from Argentina
- ¿Qué hacés?hi, how's it going? (lit. "what are you doing?")
- ¿Todo bien?all good? (as a hello)
- ¿Cómo andás?how are you doing?
- ¡Buenas!hi! (any time of day)
- chaubye
- ¡Abrazo!hugs! (signing off, between friends, men too)
- ¿En qué andás?what are you up to?
- nos vemossee you
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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