¡Asu mare!
🇵🇪 Spanish slang from Peru
What does “¡Asu mare!” mean?
Wow! / Oh my God!
Example
“¡Asu mare, qué tráfico!”
Wow, what traffic!
Good to know
From 'a su madre'; also the title of a hit Peruvian comedy film. Mild.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
😮 Reactions
The textbook way to say it: ¡Dios mío!
Heard in a conversation
Stuck in the combi
Fiorella Atracada en la combi, causa. ¡Llego al toque!
Stuck in the minibus, bro. I'll be there in a sec!
Renzo ¡Asu mare! ¿Otra vez el tráfico de la Javier Prado?
Oh my God! The Javier Prado traffic again?
Fiorella Sí, y el cobrador no me quiere bajar. ¡Qué palta!
Yeah, and the fare collector won't let me off. How awkward!
😮 How other countries say “Wow!”
- 🇻🇪 ¡Na' guará!Venezuela
- 🇨🇺 ¡Ño!Cuba
- 🇪🇸 ¡Ostras!Spain
- 🇵🇷 ¡Diantre!Puerto Rico
- 🇨🇴 ¡Erda!Colombia · Caribbean coast.
- 🇲🇽 ¡Órale!Mexico
More from Peru
- ¡Qué palta!How awkward!
- rocheembarrassment
- piñabad luck; unlucky
- estar templadoto be in love, smitten
- estar asadoto be angry, fuming
- picónsore loser, easily offended
- mostroawesome, great
- estar hasta las patasto be in a terrible state
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