¡Aguas!
🇲🇽 Spanish slang from Mexico
What does “¡Aguas!” mean?
Watch out!
Example
“¡Aguas! Viene un carro.”
Watch out! A car's coming.
Good to know
Literally 'waters!' — said to come from people shouting before throwing water out of windows.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
☕ Everyday
The textbook way to say it: ¡Cuidado!
Heard in a conversation
A lift across town
Memo Eres bien buena onda. ¿Neta no te molesta?
You're so nice. Seriously, you don't mind?
Lupe No hay bronca, güey. Pero ¡aguas!, hay mucho tráfico.
No problem, dude. But watch out, there's lots of traffic.
Memo ¡Híjole! Voy a llegar tarde otra vez.
Oh man! I'm going to be late again.
⚠️ How other countries say “Watch out!”
- 🇨🇴 ¡Pilas!Colombia
- 🇻🇪 ¡Pilas!Venezuela
- 🇪🇸 ¡Ojo!Spain
- 🇦🇷 ¡Ojo!Argentina
More from Mexico
- ¡No manches!No way! / You're kidding!
- chidocool, great
- la netathe truth; honestly
- ¿Neta?Really? / Seriously?
- ¡Órale!Wow! / OK, let's go!
- ¡Ándale!Come on! / Exactly!
- chafacheap, low-quality
- ahoritaright now / in a bit
Songs from Mexico
- La Bamba · Ritchie ValensLevel A2
- Bidi Bidi Bom Bom · SelenaLevel A2
- Como La Flor · SelenaLevel A2
- Querida · Juan GabrielLevel A2
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