causa
🇵🇪 Spanish slang from Peru
What does “causa” mean?
bro, buddy
Example
“¡Habla, causa! ¿Qué fue?”
Hey bro! What's up?
Good to know
Also a famous Peruvian potato dish. '¿Qué fue?' = what's up.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
🫂 Friends
The textbook way to say it: amigo
Heard in a conversation
Late to the birthday
Kiara Sebas, ¿dónde estás? Ya empezó el tono de Camila 🎂
sebas where are you?? camila's party already started 🎂
Sebas ¡Asu! El tráfico está terrible, causa 😩 Llego al toque.
whoa, traffic is terrible bro 😩 be there in a sec
Kiara Ya pe, apúrate que van a cortar la torta sin ti, jsjs.
ok but hurry, they're gonna cut the cake without you lol
🤙 How other countries say “dude / mate”
- 🇲🇽 güeyMexico · Only with friends: with the wrong tone it means 'idiot'.
- 🇪🇸 tío / tíaSpain
- 🇦🇷 boludoArgentina · Friendly between friends, an insult when said angrily.
- 🇨🇴 parceColombia
- 🇨🇱 weónChile · Like 'boludo': friends only.
- 🇵🇷 achoPuerto Rico
- 🇨🇺 asereCuba
- 🇻🇪 chamo / chamaVenezuela
More from Peru
- patabuddy, mate
- chibolo / chibolakid, youngster
- bróderbro, mate
- chochebuddy, pal
- hacer chanchato chip in, to pool money
- ¿Qué tal, causa?how's it going, mate?
- pichangacasual football game
- jatohouse, home
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