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ñero
🇨🇴 Spanish slang from Colombia
What does “ñero” mean?
rough type, lowlife
Example
“En esa esquina se la pasan unos ñeros.”
Some rough types hang around that corner.
Good to know
From "compañero"; offensive, so careful.
Who you can say it to
Only with close friends
🙄 Teasing
The textbook way to say it: persona vulgar
🦹 How other countries say “thug, street criminal”
- 🇻🇪 malandroVenezuela
- 🇨🇱 flaiteChile
- 🇵🇪 choroPeru · In Chile 'choro' is cool or tough.
More from Colombia
- ¡Qué boleta!How tacky! / How embarrassing!
- amarradostingy, tight-fisted
- lámparashow-off, attention-seeker
- guisotacky person
- aletososomeone itching for a fight, a big talker
- parcebuddy, bro
- chéverecool, great
- bacanocool, awesome
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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