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guayabo
🇨🇴 Spanish slang from Colombia
What does “guayabo” mean?
hangover
Example
“Tengo un guayabo terrible.”
I have a terrible hangover.
Good to know
'Enguayabado' = hungover; also the blues after a breakup.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
🎉 Going out😮 Reactions
The textbook way to say it: resaca
Heard in a conversation
A first date in Medellín
Valen Bueno, ¿vamos al parche de mis amigos en Laureles o algo más tranquilo?
OK, shall we go to my friends' hangout in Laureles or something quieter?
Andrés Algo tranquilo, porfa. Ayer hubo rumba y tengo un guayabo...
Something quiet, please. There was a party yesterday and I'm so hungover...
Valen ¡Uy, qué mamera! Entonces un tinto y una caminata, ¿sí?
Oof, what a drag! Then a coffee and a walk, OK?
🤕 How other countries say “hangover”
- 🇲🇽 la crudaMexico
- 🇨🇱 cañaChile · In Spain 'caña' is a small beer.
- 🇻🇪 ratónVenezuela
- 🇪🇸 resacaSpain
- 🇦🇷 resacaArgentina
More from Colombia
- chéverecool, great
- bacanocool, awesome
- ¡Qué pena!Sorry! / How embarrassing!
- rumbaparty, partying
- ¡Qué chimba!Awesome! / So cool!
- parchecrew; plan, hangout
- berracotough, brilliant; furious
- mameraa drag, a bore
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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