la raja
🇨🇱 Spanish slang from Chile
What does “la raja” mean?
awesome
Example
“Este completo está la raja.”
This hot dog is amazing.
Good to know
Mildly vulgar ('raja' = butt crack). 'Completo' = the Chilean hot dog.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
😮 Reactions
The textbook way to say it: excelente
Heard in a conversation
Sopaipillas in the rain
Fran Filo, avanza rápido. ¿Dos o tres?
Whatever, it moves fast. Two or three?
Seba Tres, obvio. Estas sopaipillas están la raja.
Three, obviously. These sopaipillas are amazing.
Fran Jaja, bacán. Y después nos tomamos once en mi casa.
Haha, nice. And after, afternoon tea at my place.
🔥 How other countries say “awesome”
- 🇵🇷 brutalPuerto Rico
- 🇵🇪 pajaPeru · Peru only: crude elsewhere.
- 🇲🇽 chingónMexico · A bit crude.
- 🇦🇷 grosoArgentina
- 🇨🇴 bacanoColombia
- 🇪🇸 de puta madreSpain · Vulgar, but everyday.
More from Chile
- bacáncool, great
- fomeboring, lame
- ¡Qué lata!What a drag!
- cuáticocrazy, intense
- ¡Pucha!Darn! / Oh no!
- estar pegadoto be hung up on someone
- ¿Cachai?Get it? / You know?
- powell, then (emphasis)
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