chao, pescao
🇨🇺 Spanish slang from Cuba
What does “chao, pescao” mean?
bye-bye (rhyming, playful)
Example
“Bueno, me voy. ¡Chao, pescao!”
Right, I'm off. See you later, alligator!
Good to know
"Pescao" is "pescado", fish: it is just for the rhyme.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
👋 Hellos
The textbook way to say it: adiós
More from Cuba
- ¿Qué bolá?What's up?
- hermabro (from "hermano")
- ¡Dímelo!hey, what's up? (lit. "tell me!")
- ¿Qué hay de bueno?what's new? what's good?
- ¿Cómo está la cosa?how are things?
- ¿Qué tú haces?what are you up to? (Caribbean word order)
- te veosee you
- mi vidadear, love (to anyone, even strangers)
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- Bailando · Enrique IglesiasLevel A2
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- La Gozadera · Gente de Zona, Marc AnthonyLevel A2
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