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chévere
🇨🇴 Spanish slang from Colombia
What does “chévere” mean?
cool, great
Example
“Estuvo muy chévere la fiesta.”
The party was really great.
Good to know
Also big in Venezuela, Peru and the Caribbean.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
😮 Reactions
The textbook way to say it: genial
Heard in a conversation
A coffee downtown
Andrés Todo bien. ¿Nos tomamos un tinto?
All good. Shall we grab a coffee?
Valen ¡De una! Conozco un café muy chévere en el centro.
Let's do it! I know a really nice café downtown.
Andrés ¿Es caro? Solo tengo cinco lucas.
Is it expensive? I've only got five thousand pesos.
😎 How other countries say “cool”
- 🇲🇽 chidoMexico
- 🇪🇸 guaySpain
- 🇦🇷 copadoArgentina
- 🇨🇱 bacánChile
- 🇵🇷 nítidoPuerto Rico
- 🇵🇪 bacánPeru · Same word as in Chile.
- 🇻🇪 chévereVenezuela · Shared with Colombia.
More from Colombia
- bacanocool, awesome
- ¡Qué pena!Sorry! / How embarrassing!
- ¡Qué chimba!Awesome! / So cool!
- guayabohangover
- berracotough, brilliant; furious
- mameraa drag, a bore
- pailatoo bad; screwed
- ¡Qué boleta!How tacky! / How embarrassing!
Songs from Colombia
- La Camisa Negra · JuanesLevel A2
- Vida de Rico · CamiloLevel A2
- Waka Waka (Esto es África) · ShakiraLevel A2
- Mi Gente · J Balvin, Willy WilliamLevel A2
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