The Quick Guide to Venezuelan SpanishA Colloquial Spanish Dictionary discover the local languageQuick Guide to Venezuelan Spanish eBookThe collection of more than 500 terms and sayings will help you become familiar with the richness of the country’s Spanish. It includes slang and colloquial expressions that you will likely run across in everyday conversations. BUY ON […]
Quick Guide to MORE Venezuelan Spanish: Slang Dictionary
The Quick Guide to More Venezuelan SpanishA Colloquial Spanish Dictionary Continue Discovering the local languageQuick Guide to MORE Venezuelan Spanish eBookThis book is the second volume about Venezuelan Spanish and vocabulary following the first book, Quick Guide to Venezuelan Spanish. More than 500 new vocabulary words and phrases are added to this follow up dictionary. […]
vuelto leña
a destroyed place
Vino Tinto
literally “red wine” but refers to the Venezuelan national soccer team
un pelo
a little bit, a little moment
una joyita
a person that is not well treated because of their misbehaving
toros coleados
a traditional contest that consists of catching the tale of a bull from horseback, in order to make it fall down to the ground
tener caligüeva
to feel very lazy
tener los ojos puyúos
wide-eyed, with ideas of grandeur
sin oficio
a person who has nothing to do
soltar la sopa
to say something that had been secret
soplar el bisteck
to seduce someone else’s partner
ser la flor del trabajo
a person that pushes off and delays work
ser limpio or estar limpio
to have no money
ser un coco
to be intelligent
serruchar el puesto
to take someone’s job or position at work
se jodió
to be fucked up
se le llenó el cuarto de agua
it is said when a problem reaches its limit
se le volaron las tejas
to have mental issues or to be insane
se te quema el arroz
a wedgie
rompe colchón
seafood-based aphrodisiac cocktail, sold on Venezuelan beaches and it also works to energize people after a party
saca culo
a person who runs away from friends on a particular occasion.
san pablera or sampablera
chaos, disturbances
recostar el tostón
it happens when a man rubs his penis against a woman because they are in a crowded place
raspa canilla
a party in a place that is not designed for such events
raspar la olla
to get the last bits of something whether it’s the last food in a dish, or the last money out of a failing business
púyalo que va en bajada
1) it’s a funny expression used to make a car driver go faster when driving down a steep slope 2) to encourage someone to do something
qué loquera
what a crazy thing
quedar como la guayabera
to be left out of a project or a group
policía acostado
speed bump