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From standard Spanish acicalado bembé a big party. [3] [6] bichote Important person. From English big shot. [7] birras Beer. [3] bochinche gossip [8] boricua The name given to Puerto Rico people by Puerto Ricans. [3] bregar To work on a task, to do something with effort and dedication. [9] broki brother or friend. [5] cafre a lowlife.
With Spanish being a grammatically gendered language, one's sexuality can be challenged with a gender-inappropriate adjective, much as in English one might refer to a flamboyant man or a transgender man as her. Some words referring to a male homosexual end in an "a" but have the masculine article "el"—a deliberate grammatical violation.
The Diccionario de la lengua española[a] (DLE; [b] English: Dictionary of the Spanish language) is the authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language. [1] It is produced, edited and published by the Royal Spanish Academy, with the participation of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language. It was first published in 1780, as the ...
Distinct Puerto Rican words like "jevo,", "jurutungo" and "perreo" have been submitted to Spain's Royal Academy- considered the global arbiter of the Spanish language.
Updated November 10, 2023 at 11:56 AM. Taylor Swift gave fans a gift at her Argentina concert Thursday night when she substituted words from one of her most iconic songs with a popular Argentinian ...
Pages in category "Spanish slang". The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
La chingada. La chingada is a term commonly used in colloquial, even crass, Mexican Spanish that refers to various conditions or situations of, generally, negative connotations. The word is derived from the verb chingar, "to fuck". The concept of "la chingada" has been famously analysed by Octavio Paz in his book The Labyrinth of Solitude.
Chilango. Chilango (pronounced [tʃiˈlaŋɡo] ⓘ) is a Mexican slang demonym for natives of Mexico City. The Royal Spanish Academy and the Mexican Academy of Language give the definition of the word as referring to something "belonging to Mexico City ", [1][2] in particular referring to people native to Mexico City.