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chimbo
🇻🇪 Spanish slang from Venezuela
What does “chimbo” mean?
lame, bad
Example
“La fiesta estuvo chimba.”
The party was lame.
Good to know
The opposite of Colombia, where '¡Qué chimba!' means awesome.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
☕ Everyday
The textbook way to say it: malo
Heard in a conversation
Leones vs Magallanes
Carlos ¡Mariángel! ¿Viste el juego? ¡Los Leones barrieron a Magallanes!
Mariángel! Did you see the game? The Leones swept Magallanes!
Mariángel No me chalequees, chamo. Fue un juego burda de chimbo.
Don't tease me, dude. It was a really lousy game.
Carlos ¡Ay, pana! Tu pitcher estaba como dormido.
Oh, buddy! Your pitcher was half asleep.
🗑️ How other countries say “crappy, low-quality”
- 🇲🇽 chafaMexico
- 🇪🇸 cutreSpain
- 🇨🇺 fulaCuba
- 🇦🇷 berretaArgentina
More from Venezuela
- vainathing, stuff
- burdavery, a lot
- corotosstuff, belongings
- ponerse las pilasto get your act together, to get moving
- el paralelothe street dollar rate
- chamo / chamakid; dude / girl
- panabuddy, friend
- ¡Épale!Hey! / Hi there!
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