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brutal
🇵🇷 Spanish slang from Puerto Rico
What does “brutal” mean?
awesome
Example
“El concierto estuvo brutal.”
The concert was awesome.
Good to know
Positive, not violent. Also common in Spain.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
😮 Reactions
The textbook way to say it: increíble
Heard in a conversation
Going out tonight
Alondra ¡Dale pues! ¿A qué hora y dónde nos vemos?
ok then!! what time and where do we meet?
Yariel A las nueve en la Placita, va a estar brutal 🔥
9 at La Placita, it's gonna be awesome 🔥
Alondra Nítido, salgo ahora. Gracias, pana, te quiero mucho 💛
cool, leaving now. thx buddy love you lots 💛
🔥 How other countries say “awesome”
- 🇵🇪 pajaPeru · Peru only: crude elsewhere.
- 🇨🇱 la rajaChile
- 🇲🇽 chingónMexico · A bit crude.
- 🇦🇷 grosoArgentina
- 🇨🇴 bacanoColombia
- 🇪🇸 de puta madreSpain · Vulgar, but everyday.
More from Puerto Rico
- ¡Wepa!Woo-hoo! / Yay!
- ¡Ay bendito!Oh dear! / Aw, poor thing!
- nítidogreat, cool
- ajoraorushed, in a hurry
- enchismaoannoyed, ticked off
- enchulaosmitten, head over heels
- chulo / chulacute, lovely
- echar pa'lanteto push on, to get ahead
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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