¡Híjole!
🇲🇽 Spanish slang from Mexico
What does “¡Híjole!” mean?
Oh man! / Yikes!
Example
“¡Híjole, se me olvidó tu cumpleaños!”
Oh man, I forgot your birthday!
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
😮 Reactions
The textbook way to say it: ¡Caramba!
Heard in a conversation
A lift across town
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.
Lupe Tranquilo, me sé un atajo bien chido.
Relax, I know a really good shortcut.
😩 How other countries say “Oh man! / Darn!”
- 🇨🇱 ¡Pucha!Chile
- 🇵🇪 ¡Pucha!Peru
More from Mexico
- ¡No manches!No way! / You're kidding!
- chidocool, great
- ¿Neta?Really? / Seriously?
- ¡Qué padre!How cool! / Awesome!
- ¡Órale!Wow! / OK, let's go!
- buena ondanice, cool (person)
- ¡Qué oso!How embarrassing!
- ¡No mames!No way! / Are you kidding me?
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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