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acho
🇵🇷 Spanish slang from Puerto Rico
What does “acho” mean?
man! / dude
Example
“Acho, qué calor hace hoy.”
Man, it's so hot today.
Good to know
Short for 'muchacho'. A very Puerto Rican filler word.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
☕ Everyday
The textbook way to say it: oye
Heard in a conversation
Going out tonight
Yariel ¿Qué es la que hay? El corillo va a janguear a Santurce hoy, ¿te apuntas? 🙌
what's up?? the crew's hanging out in Santurce tonight, you in? 🙌
Alondra Acho, estoy pelá 😩 No tengo chavos ni para la guagua.
ugh I'm broke 😩 I don't even have money for the bus
Yariel No te preocupes, yo te cubro, luego me bregas, jaja.
don't worry I've got you, you'll sort me out later haha
🤙 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.
- 🇨🇺 asereCuba
- 🇵🇪 causaPeru
- 🇻🇪 chamo / chamaVenezuela
More from Puerto Rico
- daleOK! / Go for it!
- boricuaPuerto Rican
- revolúmess, chaos
- bregarto deal with, handle
- guaguabus
- tumbarto rip someone off, to rob
- un bonchea bunch, a load (from English)
- ¡Wepa!Woo-hoo! / Yay!
Songs from Puerto Rico
- Danza Kuduro · Don Omar, LucenzoLevel A2
- Vivir Mi Vida · Marc AnthonyLevel A2
- Suavemente · Elvis CrespoLevel A2
- El Perdón · Nicky Jam, Enrique IglesiasLevel A2
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