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Spanish to English Slang Translation Glossary

Spanish term English translation
apegado a la verdad to the best of your/his/her knowledge
arrancar la verga get one's ass in gear
Entered by: Coral Getino
arreglárselas cuando le dan de lado dealing/coping with being ignored
arroz calorro gypsy rice
atrevimiento en su justa medida just the right touch of daring
aulo talk (about you)
Entered by: Sandy Carpenter
aventar dive / jump in
aviso a navegantes warning
Entered by: Mónica Algazi
¡Hombre! Well!
¡Qué vergüenza ni qué vergüenza! Shame? Shame, my ass!
¡Si un destornillador !, ¿que pasa pisha? Es un destornillador. Of course it is! What? Have you never seen a screwdriver before? Dick… (or "Retard")
échese un baldecito de agua de azúcar (you) start doing something about this now!
¿usted es la autoridad? Are you the law?
Entered by: Rafa Lombardino
balandro miscreant/crook/delinquent/yob
Entered by: liz askew
barado without regular work / broke (if it is 'varado')
Barrer con las patas I am going to kick that fucker's ass!
bellaco (Puerto Rico) horny
bicicletero pobre / subdesarrollado
bizcocho [slang] gorgeous; cutey; cutey-pie
Blanca es guapa pero no tiene de momento las agarraderas ni el estómago de pe. Blanca's good-looking but at the moment she hasn't got the appeal or the gutsiness of Pe
bobera foolishness
bokear (to) blab
bollazos (so) hot!
boludeo cut the bull sh*t
brabuconada bravado
Entered by: Karen Friedman
brillan por su ausencia were conspicuously absent
Entered by: Kimberlee Thorne
buchonear squeal // sing // snitch
buscar la leche To go earn a living
caña al mono Get a move on
Entered by: Rafa Lombardino
caños (de guerra) muzzle
cabeza dura dunce
cabrón (Perú) faggot
cabrona bitch
cachas un tío cachas: a hunk/a real muscleman/a muscular guy
caer como peludo de regalo to show up univited/to show up unexpectedly/came out of nowhere
Café Cantante todos los jueves, patas arriba DJ Adalberto, poniendo aquí la cima Café Cantante every Thursday, DJ Adalberto going crazy, setting the standards...
Entered by: Edward Tully
cagar a palos beat the shit / crap / hell out of someone
Calenchu! Sore loser
caleta de hueas a lot of things
Entered by: Rafa Lombardino
campo cerrado (You have) no say (when it comes to my son)
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