¡Qué palta!
🇵🇪 Spanish slang from Peru
What does “¡Qué palta!” mean?
How awkward!
Example
“Me vio llorando, ¡qué palta!”
He saw me crying, how awkward!
Good to know
'Palta' = avocado. 'Paltearse' = to get flustered.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
😮 Reactions
The textbook way to say it: ¡Qué vergüenza!
Heard in a conversation
Stuck in the combi
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!
Renzo Ya, tranqui. Te guardo tu sitio y tu canchita.
OK, relax. I'll save your seat and your popcorn.
🙈 How other countries say “How embarrassing!”
- 🇲🇽 ¡Qué oso!Mexico
- 🇪🇸 ¡Qué corte!Spain
- 🇦🇷 ¡Qué papelón!Argentina
- 🇨🇴 ¡Qué pena!Colombia · Elsewhere it means 'what a pity'.
- 🇨🇱 ¡Qué plancha!Chile
More from Peru
- ¡Asu mare!Wow! / Oh my God!
- 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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