mi vida
🇨🇺 Spanish slang from Cuba
What does “mi vida” mean?
dear, love (to anyone, even strangers)
Example
“¿Qué te doy, mi vida?”
What can I get you, love?
Good to know
Cubans call shop customers "mi vida", "mi amor", "mi cielo".
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
👋 Hellos❤️ Love
The textbook way to say it: querido
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?
- chao, pescaobye-bye (rhyming, playful)
- ¿Qué tú haces?what are you up to? (Caribbean word order)
- te veosee you
Songs from Cuba
- Bailando · Enrique IglesiasLevel A2
- Chan Chan · Buena Vista Social ClubLevel A2
- La Gozadera · Gente de Zona, Marc AnthonyLevel A2
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