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¡Qué chimba!
🇨🇴 Spanish slang from Colombia
What does “¡Qué chimba!” mean?
Awesome! / So cool!
Example
“¡Qué chimba de canción, parce!”
What an awesome song, bro!
Good to know
Very common (especially in Medellín) but vulgar in origin; avoid in formal settings. In Venezuela 'chimbo' means bad.
Who you can say it to
Only with close friends
😮 Reactions
The textbook way to say it: ¡Qué maravilla!
Heard in a conversation
A first date in Medellín
Valen Sisas. Oiga, esta cita está quedando muy chévere.
Yep. Hey, this date is turning out really nice.
Andrés ¡Qué chimba! Entonces repetimos el sábado.
Awesome! Then let's do it again on Saturday.
🤩 How other countries say “How cool!”
- 🇲🇽 ¡Qué padre!Mexico
- 🇪🇸 ¡Qué pasada!Spain
- 🇻🇪 ¡Qué fino!Venezuela
- 🇦🇷 ¡Qué copado!Argentina
- 🇨🇱 ¡Qué bacán!Chile
More from Colombia
- chéverecool, great
- bacanocool, awesome
- ¡Qué pena!Sorry! / How embarrassing!
- 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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