🇻🇪 Venezuela
Spanish slang from Venezuela · 66 phrases
- chamo / chamakid; dude / girl
- panabuddy, friend
- ¡Épale!Hey! / Hi there!
- vainathing, stuff
- ¡Qué ladilla!What a pain! / How annoying!
- burdavery, a lot
- arrechofurious; also awesome
- ¡Na' guará!Wow! / No way!
- chimbolame, bad
- ¡Qué fino!How cool! / Great!
- echarse los palosto have some drinks
- jalabolassuck-up, brown-noser
- sifrinosnobby, posh
- chalequearto tease, make fun of
- corotosstuff, belongings
- llaveclose friend
- compinchepartner in crime, sidekick
- convivea get-together, a friendly party
- echar los cuentosto catch up, to swap stories
- ¿Qué más?what's up? how's it going?
- ¿Cómo está la vaina?how are things?
- valebuddy (in the west and east of the country)
- nos pillamossee you, catch you later
- ¡Bendición!"bless me": greeting a parent or elder
- ¿Qué dice la gente?how's everyone? what's new?
- ¿Todo fino?all good?
- saludos por la casasay hi to the family
- ¡Quiubo!hi! (from "¿qué hubo?")
- ladilladobored stiff; fed up
- echar vainato bug someone, to mess about
- rumbearto party, to go out
- una fríaa cold beer
- cañabooze, alcohol
- parrillabarbecue (the meal and the gathering)
- bolsaidiot, fool
- gafodumb, clueless
- ladillaa pain, an annoying person
- echónshow-off, braggart
- matar tigresto do odd jobs on the side
- echarle bolasto give it your all (crude)
- bachaqueroreseller of scarce goods at a mark-up
- ponerse las pilasto get your act together, to get moving
- estar de reposoto be on sick leave
- chambajob, work
- reina pepiadaarepa stuffed with chicken and avocado
- tequeñoscheese sticks wrapped in dough, fried
- pabellónshredded beef, black beans, rice and plantain
- cachapasweet corn pancake with soft cheese
- papelón con limónraw cane sugar lemonade
- pasapalosfinger food, party nibbles
- jojotocorn on the cob
- caraotasblack beans
- empatarseto get together (as a couple)
- estar tragadoto be madly in love
- pegar cachosto cheat on someone
- levantea pick-up, someone you're chasing
- caerse a besosto kiss passionately, to make out
- mi gordo / mi gordadarling (affectionate, nothing to do with weight)
- lechugasUS dollars ("lettuces", for the green)
- realmoney ("no tengo real": I'm broke)
- boloa bolívar (the currency)
- estar limpioto be broke (cleaned out)
- hacer una vacato chip in, to pool money
- pichirrestingy
- una bicocaa steal, dirt cheap
- el paralelothe street dollar rate
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