¿Qué pedo?
🇲🇽 Spanish slang from Mexico
What does “¿Qué pedo?” mean?
What's up? / What's the deal?
Example
“¿Qué pedo, güey? ¿Vas a venir o no?”
What's up, dude? Are you coming or not?
Good to know
Rude-ish ('pedo' literally = fart). 'Pedo' also means problem: 'No hay pedo' = no problem.
Who you can say it to
Only with close friends
👋 Hellos
The textbook way to say it: ¿Qué pasa?
Heard in a conversation
Job interview nerves
Lupita ¿Qué pedo, Memo? Te ves bien nervioso.
What's up, Memo? You look really nervous.
Memo Es que mañana tengo entrevista para una chamba en una agencia bien fresa.
It's that tomorrow I have an interview for a job at a really posh agency.
More from Mexico
- ¿Qué onda?What's up?
- ¿Mande?Pardon? / Yes?
- ¿Quiubo?hi, what's up? (from "¿qué hubo?")
- ¿Qué hongo?what's up? (a jokey ¿qué onda?)
- ¿Qué tranza?what's up? what's going on?
- ¡Ahí nos vemos!see you!
- ¿Qué cuentas?what's new? (lit. "what do you tell?")
- ¡No manches!No way! / You're kidding!
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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