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aguas: watch out, be on the look out (literally: waters)

algarete: 12 up, 17 down In Panama, a word used to express danger, or being in a place not safe to talk or be with someone.

andar pedo - to be drunk

apachurro - attractive male or female (lit: to flatten)

un apretado - pennypincher, cheap (lit.: tightly gripped)

una ballena - beer in a 40 oz. bottle (lit.: whale)

la grasa - in English "the grass" but in Spanish should read "la hierba."

la banda - group of friends

los barros - money, cash (lit.: clay)

bicho - 1) Puertorican slang for the male sexual organ 2) a small organism such as a bug, snake, etc. 3) in Central America used to denote a young male or female

bobo - foolish, stupid

la bola - a group of people, esp. friends (lit.: a ball)

buena onda - good vibes; good feelings (lit.: good wave)

C-Z

un cabrón - bad ass (lit.: male goat)

carnal - close friend; a close relative (lit.: flesh)

chafa - cheap; low quality

chale! - calm down; you're kidding etc.

una chamaca / un chamaco - child; young person; teen

chance - opportunity; perhaps (lit.: Spanglish, chance)

una chava / un chavo - girl / boy

una chela - beer

chido - cool; good; high quality

chiflado / chiflada - crazy; nutcase

un chilpayate - a boy; a young man; a teen

un chimuelo / una chimuela - a person missing front teeth

chin! - oops; darn

chipichipi - continous rainy drizzle; fussy, whiny behavior of a child

el chisme - gossip

una chismosa / un chismoso - a person who gossips

chiviar - to feel embarrassment

chocoso - disagreeable (lit.: from "chocar": to hit)

la chota - police

chula / chulo - attractive person

un chuntara - a person displaying vulgar taste

chupar - to suck; to drink, esp. alcohol

codo - to be cheap (lit.: elbow)

como friegas! - what a pest you are!

cortar - to break up (a relationship) (lit.: to cut)

cuate - friend; buddy (lit.: non-identical twin)

dar lata - to pester; to be bothersome (lit.: to give tin - instead of gold)

descarado - shameless

echale ganas! - make a good effort

un escuincle - a bratty kid (lit.: a demon)

esta canijo - a difficult situation

esta cuero - good (lit.: skin)

esta perron - the best; the coolest (lit.: big dog)

la feria - change; coins; money

la flojera - laziness (lit.: looseness)

floja / flojo - lazy (lit.: loose)

fregado - ruined; destroyed

frenos - dental braces (lit.: brakes)

fresa - spoiled; a pampered person (lit.: strawberry)

gacho - unpleasant; ugly (lit.: a cow with down-turned horns)

ganas - desire; energy

un güey - friend, buddy; a fool (lit.: a steer)

guácala! - an expression of disgust; yuck

guacarear - to vomit

una guera / un guero - a blonde; a person with a light complexion

hijole! - oh my gosh!

un huelepedos - a follower not a leader; brown noser (lit.: a fart smeller)

una huerca / un huerco - girl / boy

hueva - laziness

a huevo - of course

un huevón / una huevona - lazy person / layabout

una interesada / un interesado - a gold digger (lit: someone with interest)

jale - work; job (lit.: pull)

mi jefa / mi jefe - my mom / my dad (lit.: my boss)

la lana - money (lit.: wool)

la ley - police (lit.: the law)

latoso - bothersome; a pest (lit.: tinny)

un madrazo - a beating, to beat the sh*t out of, moderately vulgar

mala muerte - a place of ill repute

un malandro - a criminal / a good-for-nothing

mano - brother (lit.: short for hermano, brother)

mear - to urinate

menso - fool; idiot

metiche - nosy

mi vieja / mi viejo - my old lady / my old man

una mocosa / un mocoso - a snot-nosed kid

un montón - a large quantity (lit.: a mountain)

una mora / un moro - girl / boy; young person (lit.: Moor)

la morralla - coins; small change

una muchacha / un muchacho - girl / boy; young person

una naca / un naco - a vulgar person; in poor taste, moderately vulgar

la nave - car (lit.: ship)

nena / nene - baby (term of affectionate)

ni modo - 'tough luck'; it can't be helped (lit.: in no fashion)

no hay bronca - there's no problem

no hay pedo - there's no problem

no manches! - you're kidding / no way (lit: don't stain)

no me des lata! - don't bother me (lit.: don't give me tin)

panzona - pregnant (lit.: big bellied)

un papacito - attractive man (lit.: little father)

de parranda - bar hopping; party-ing

payaso - foolish; idiot (lit.: clown)

un pedo - fart; drunkenness

un pelado / una pelada - a rude person; poor manners (lit.: peeled)

pequeña - a little girl; a 'shorty' (lit.: something small)

una pollita - attractive young woman (lit.: chick)

las pompis - butt

poner los cuernos - to cheat on one's spouse (lit. to put on the horns)

una querida / un querido - a lover (lit.: a cherished one)

que bárbaro! - how incredible; how barbaric!

que chido! - super; first class, etc.

que onda? - what's up? (lit.: what wave)

que hubo? - what's up?

que padre! - how wonderful!

que tal? - what's up?

un rabo verde - a dirty old man (lit.: refers to an onion, green stalk with white 'whiskers')

rayado - bad reputation (lit.: scratched)

un rayd - a ride (lit.: Spanglish phonetic adaptation of ride)

re - prefix used for emphasis; Ex: Rechido

resaca - a hangover (lit.: tide)

sacado de onda - to be put in a bad mood (lit.: taken out of the wave)

salado - embittered (lit.: salty)

sangrón - someone who is bitter, spiteful

un sics - a 6-pack of beer, (lit. Spanglish, six-pack)

suelta - a police informant; a 'snitch' (lit. loose)

un tipo - a guy; a 'fella' (lit.: a type)

tiguere - Dominican slang for a shady, streetwise man