¡Órale!
🇲🇽 Spanish slang from Mexico
What does “¡Órale!” mean?
Wow! / OK, let's go!
Example
“¿Vamos por unos tacos? — ¡Órale!”
Shall we go get some tacos? — Sure, let's go!
Good to know
Very flexible: surprise, agreement or encouragement depending on tone.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
😮 Reactions☕ Everyday
The textbook way to say it: ¡Vaya!
Heard in a conversation
Watching the match
Toño ¡Carnal! ¿Vas a ver el partido del América?
Bro! Are you going to watch the América match?
Fer ¡Órale, sí! Vente a mi casa, compa.
Oh yeah, sure! Come over to my place, buddy.
Toño ¡Qué chido! ¿Llevo algo de botana?
Cool! Should I bring some snacks?
😮 How other countries say “Wow!”
- 🇵🇪 ¡Asu mare!Peru
- 🇻🇪 ¡Na' guará!Venezuela
- 🇨🇺 ¡Ño!Cuba
- 🇪🇸 ¡Ostras!Spain
- 🇵🇷 ¡Diantre!Puerto Rico
- 🇨🇴 ¡Erda!Colombia · Caribbean coast.
More from Mexico
- ¡No manches!No way! / You're kidding!
- chidocool, great
- ¿Neta?Really? / Seriously?
- la netathe truth; honestly
- ¡Aguas!Watch out!
- ¡Qué padre!How cool! / Awesome!
- ¡Ándale!Come on! / Exactly!
- ¡Híjole!Oh man! / Yikes!
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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