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guagua
🇵🇷 Spanish slang from Puerto Rico
What does “guagua” mean?
bus
Example
“Cogí la guagua para ir a la playa.”
I took the bus to the beach.
Good to know
Also Cuba, the DR and the Canary Islands. In Chile 'guagua' = baby.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
☕ Everyday
The textbook way to say it: autobús
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 “bus”
- 🇲🇽 camiónMexico
- 🇦🇷 bondiArgentina
- 🇨🇴 busetaColombia
- 🇨🇱 microChile
- 🇵🇪 combiPeru
- 🇻🇪 camioneticaVenezuela
- 🇨🇺 guaguaCuba · Careful: in Chile 'guagua' is a baby!
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- daleOK! / Go for it!
- boricuaPuerto Rican
- achoman! / dude
- revolúmess, chaos
- bregarto deal with, handle
- tumbarto rip someone off, to rob
- un bonchea bunch, a load (from English)
- ¡Wepa!Woo-hoo! / Yay!
Songs from Puerto Rico
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