¡Qué oso!
🇲🇽 Spanish slang from Mexico
What does “¡Qué oso!” mean?
How embarrassing!
Example
“Me caí enfrente de todos, ¡qué oso!”
I fell in front of everyone, so embarrassing!
Good to know
Literally 'what a bear!'. Also used in Colombia.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
😮 Reactions
The textbook way to say it: ¡Qué vergüenza!
Heard in a conversation
First date at the taco stand
Fer ¡Órale! Pídeme tres. ¡Aguas, esa salsa roja pica un montón!
Wow, OK! Order me three. Careful, that red salsa is really spicy!
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.
🙈 How other countries say “How embarrassing!”
- 🇪🇸 ¡Qué corte!Spain
- 🇦🇷 ¡Qué papelón!Argentina
- 🇨🇴 ¡Qué pena!Colombia · Elsewhere it means 'what a pity'.
- 🇨🇱 ¡Qué plancha!Chile
- 🇵🇪 ¡Qué palta!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!
- ¡Híjole!Oh man! / Yikes!
- buena ondanice, cool (person)
- ¡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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