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dale
🇵🇷 Spanish slang from Puerto Rico
What does “dale” mean?
OK! / Go for it!
Example
“¿Nos vemos a las diez? — Dale.”
See you at ten? — OK.
Good to know
Used across Latin America; in reggaeton it's also a hype word ('go!'), famous from Pitbull.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
☕ Everyday
The textbook way to say it: de acuerdo
Heard in a conversation
Going out tonight
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
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 🔥
👌 How other countries say “OK, sure”
- 🇲🇽 saleMexico
- 🇪🇸 ¡Vale!Spain
- 🇦🇷 daleArgentina
- 🇨🇴 ¡De una!Colombia
- 🇨🇱 ya poChile
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- tumbarto rip someone off, to rob
- un bonchea bunch, a load (from English)
- ¡Wepa!Woo-hoo! / Yay!
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