Language Babel - Quick Guide to Mexican Spanish

QUICK GUIDE TO MEXICANSPANISH

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SPANISH WORDS AND PHRASES FROMMEXICO

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PRESENTATION

This quick guide of words and phrases fromMexico will help you better understand this North American country.The collection of over 500 terms and sayings will help you becomefamiliar with the richness of Mexican Spanish. It includescolloquially used words and some dirty ones too!

Each term has been defined in English andsynonyms are included when available. There are also more than 400example sentences. Each entry is presented as follows:

afloj: 1) to give in, say yes 2) finally agreed to sex, allowedintercourse
SYN: 1) doblarse
EX: 1) Habl o no habl? - Afloj y cant comopajarito 2) Afloj o no? - No, se apret.

Abbreviations andSymbols:
SYN: synonyms or similarwords
EX: example sentence

SPANISHWORDS AND PHRASES FROM MEXICO

PALABRAS Y FRASES DEMEXICO

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a chuchita labolsearon: a poor andunbelievable/irrelevant excuse or pretext
EX: Me vas a salir con que a chuchita la bolsearon y no voy a permitir excusas.

a huevo: by force, forced to do something
SYN: a fuerza
EX: No quiere comer. Ahora se locome a huevo .

a la verde: the heck with it
SYN: a la verga

a lo bestia: used for huge quantities ofsomething
SYN: un montn
EX: Si supieras que Miguel estganando dinero a lobestia .

a patn: on foot
SYN: a golpe decalcetn
EX: Como te vas a ir a tu casa ? Apatn no hay de otra.

a su madre: very good

a vergazo : submission by physical beating
SYN: a chingadazos
EX: Y lo agarramos a vergazos y empez allorar como nia.

abre sodas: bottle opener
SYN: destapador
EX: Necesito el abre sodas , porfavor.

abusado: from the word aguzado, be aware of something or someone, possible danger,alert, on guard
EX: Ponte abusado en el centro, roban mucho.

acelerado: frantic, hyperactive, in ahurry
SYN: con prisa
EX: Andas todo acelerado , reljate unpoco.

achicalada: beating
SYN: madriza
EX: Le pusimos una achicalada que no se leva a olvidar en un mes.

achicopalar: embarrass, humiliate
SYN: aguitar
EX: No se me achicopale , todo va a estarbien.

achisparse: to get drunk

acoplar: to crash a party
SYN: colar
EX: No te puedes acoplar esta vez porque van arevisar en la entrada a todos.

acostn: sexual encounter between two individuals which results in awalk of shame for one of them and a brag story for theother
EX: Lanoche termin en un acostn .

afloj: 1) to give in, say yes 2) finally agreed to sex, allowedintercourse
SYN: 1) doblarse
EX: 1) Habl o no habl? - Afloj y cant comopajarito 2) Afloj o no? - No, se apret.

agachn: a pushover, a loser, a mamas boy

agandallar: take advantage of a situation, to stealsomething
SYN: arrebatar
EX: Hay que agandallar las bicicletas ahoritaque no estn viendo. / Tenemos que llegar temprano a agandallar asientos.

agarrar en curva: to surprise a person, similar to the expressionlike a deer in headlights
SYN: por sorpresa
EX: Dnde estn los reportes?Me agarr en curva jefe, permtame buscarlos.

agasajo: passionate encounter that does not end up in sex, makingout
SYN: faje
EX: J enny yDavid estn en pleno agasajo .

aguas: look out!, expression of warning
SYN: cuidado
EX: Aguas en ese lugar, es muy peligroso de noche. / Aguas con la pared, lapintura est fresca.

aguas frescas: a light non-alcoholic beverages that combinesfruits, cereals, flowers, or seeds with sugar and water, usuallysold by street vendors

agite: sadness, shame, discomfort
SYN: triste, decado,deprimido
EX: Usted no se agite , despus va lanuestra.

agujetas: shoe laces

ah caray: hold on, wait a sec
EX: Ah caray? Creo queestas cuentas estn mal hechas, tendr que volverlas ahacer.

ah, chinga: what? really?
EX: No pudimos evitarlo. - Ah chinga , explcamelopaso a paso.

ah, muy chingn: question a persons acts or statements,challenging a persons ability
SYN: en serio
EX: Pero me dijo l que lo podahacer. Ah, muy chingn , que lo haga entonces.

ah nos vidrios: farewell, see you later
SYN: adis
EX: Ah nosvidrios , ya estoy muy cansado, me voy a micasa.

ahorita: right now at this moment, or more commonly, whenever one getsaround to it after an indefinite period of time, but probablytoday
SYN: inmediatamente, en estemomento
EX: Ahorita mismo te vas a lacasa.

aj: another way to say yes
SYN: si, esta bien,ok
EX: Entendiste todo lo que te dije? Aj!

ajuchar: irritate another person make him angry orupset
EX: Yano andes ajuchando a Ral, que es muy bravo.

al ratn nos vemos: see you later

al tiro con: be aware of something or someone, possibledanger
SYN: cuidado
EX: Al tiro con esa colonia en la noche, asaltan mucho.

alberca: a swimming pool

alipuz: alcoholic beverage of any kind
SYN: un trago
EX: Nos tomamos unos alipuces oqu?

alzar: to clean up, to pick up
SYN: guardar
EX: Necesito alzar los platos.

amarra navajas: a gossip

amolar: to spoil or break something
SYN: descomponer, chingar,fregar
EX: Ya te amolaste la computadora.