monina
🇨🇺 Spanish slang from Cuba
What does “monina” mean?
buddy, pal
Example
“Oye, monina, ¿me das una mano?”
Hey pal, can you give me a hand?
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
🫂 Friends
The textbook way to say it: amigo
Heard in a conversation
Late for the ball game
Melissa En la parada todavía 😭 La guagua no aparece, esto está en candela.
still at the bus stop 😭 the bus isn't showing up, this is a disaster
Yoandri ¡Pide botella, monina! Un almendrón te deja en el Latino en diez.
hitch a ride, pal! a classic-car taxi drops you at the Latino in 10
Melissa No sé, no tengo ni un baro para el almendrón 🙃
idk, I don't have a single peso for the taxi 🙃
🙌 How other countries say “pal, buddy”
- 🇲🇽 compaMexico
- 🇪🇸 compiSpain
More from Cuba
- aserebuddy, bro
- sociobuddy, mate
- pepillo / pepillateenager, young person
- hermabro (from "hermano")
- sociolismogetting things done through friends (a pun on socialism)
- un buchitoa little shot of coffee
- ¿Qué bolá?What's up?
- yumaforeigner; the USA
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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