chela
🇲🇽 Spanish slang from Mexico
What does “chela” mean?
beer
Example
“¿Nos echamos unas chelas después del trabajo?”
Shall we grab a few beers after work?
Good to know
Also common in Peru and Central America.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
🎉 Going out🌮 Food
The textbook way to say it: cerveza
Heard in a conversation
First date at the taco stand
Diego Uy, ya me enchilé... ¡Qué oso! Tengo la cara toda roja.
Oops, the chili got me... How embarrassing! My face is all red.
Fer Jaja, no hay bronca. Toma, una chela bien fría y se te pasa.
Haha, no problem. Here, an ice-cold beer and it'll pass.
Diego Eres bien buena onda, Fer. ¿Vamos por un helado ahorita?
You're really nice, Fer. Shall we go get ice cream in a bit?
🍺 How other countries say “beer”
- 🇪🇸 cañaSpain · A small draught beer.
- 🇦🇷 birraArgentina
- 🇨🇴 polaColombia
- 🇵🇪 chelaPeru
- 🇨🇱 chelaChile
More from Mexico
- botanabar snacks, nibbles
- la crudahangover
- ligarto flirt, to pick someone up
- taquearto go for tacos, to eat tacos
- antojitostreet snack (quesadillas, sopes, elotes…)
- tortaa stuffed sandwich in a bread roll
- chescosoft drink, soda
- ¿Con todo?with everything? (onion, coriander, salsa)
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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