Language/Spanish/Vocabulary/Slang

The Spanish Slang you MUST know!

Beside '¡Hola!,¿Cómo estás?' only expression you rememember from Spanish class, because of course ;) you might already know there is a lot of polysemy (plenty of expressions and words to describe the same thing) Why? Thank the Spaniards for conquering a wide piece of continent more than a fart ago, and the imagination of people.

Here are a few terms:

In Spain

Ligar

to flirt or succeed in dating. When someone is called "Ligón" he or she is dating evereyone around ...or at least tries.

Currar

means "to work".They don't go to "el trabajo", they go to "el curro".

A tomar por el culo

literally go take  to the ass, "fuck you".

Tener mucho morro

someone who is very full of himself and is unconsiderate.

Mola

something that is good, cool.

In Latin America

Vaina

With the right noun and verb, you can express anything. Means thing, stuff, everyone uses it.

Es lo que hay

a resignation, means "that's all that is".

Calladito te ves más bonito

keep your mouth closed, because you look prettier.

Chévere

cool, used mostly in Colombia, Venezuela,and Panama.

Mae

in Central America means "amigo/amiga".

Pegar un tubazo

Please don't hit them with a tube! in Argentina means "call me".