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List of Mexican Spanish Words and Phrases

List of Mexican Spanish Words

We are starting 2014 by completing work long overdue. Those pending projects included the update of the Speaking Latino Spanish slang words database. After two and half years, we ended up having more material that we wanted to share with you. Diana and I are pleased to announce that our list of Mexican Spanish words […]

enchinar el cuero

to get goose bumps

romper tu madre

to beat someone to exhaustion

qué culero

calling out a bad or dishonest person

pura mierda

rubbish

poner dedo

to accuse someone

no mames

1) do not go overboard or exaggerate 2) to call someone’s bluff, to express disbelief

me cagué

expresses surprise as a result of unexpected success

estar pa’l arrastre

a huevo

by force, forced to do something

echarse un palo

to get laid

échale huevos!

de poca madre!

de grapa

darse mucho taco

to brag, to bluff

dar cuello

to terminate, to cut a relationship of any kind, to kill

chingo a mi madre si no

literally means “I’ll fuck my mother if not…”, phrase expressing strong belief, similar to “swear on my mother’s grave”, but a whole lot cruder

al verde

to speak the truth, be honest, to lay the cards on the table

ah, chinga..

a vergazos 

ir hecho la chingada

going very fast

pasarse de lanza

1) to exaggerate, to be ridiculous 2) to be abusive to someone

bailar con la mas fea

expression used when you are out of luck and choose the worst option instead of nothing

te la bañaste

to do something irreverent, funny, and intelligent at the same time

ya valio queso

it’s over

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