SPANISH SLANG FOR COOL

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COOL IN SPANISH

• Spanish has equivalents for “cool” and they vary among countries.

• The most common Spanish slang words for cool are: bacán, bacano and chévere.

• Here are examples from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain and Venezuela.

ARGENTINA1. bárbaro

2. canchero

3. copado

4. es una masa

5. joya

6. piola

7. sos un fenómenoUse this phrase to compliment another person meaning “You are great!” or “You are cool!”

8. zarpado

1. a todo cachete

2. bacán

3. buena onda

4. buena telaMeans “cool, good vibes” and describes either a situation or a person

CHILE

CHILE5. cachilupi

6. chori

7. cototo or cototudo

This word changes its meaning depending on the context: can be “cool, interesting, nice” or the opposite “hard, difficult”

8. descueve

9. entrete

10. filete

11. grosso or groso

12. hevy

13. la cagó

Another word with double meanings: 1) awesome, sweet, cool, well done or 2) crap, poorly done.

14. la muerte

15. mortal

16. pulento

17. ¡qué chori!

18. ¡qué top! or topísimo

COLOMBIA1. bacano

2. chévere

3. chimba

4. chusco

5. cuca

6. culoThis word literally means “ass” and is often used in the Caribbean coast of Colombia for “something cool or nice”

7. nota

8. play

COSTA RICA1. buena nota

2. buenazo*

3. carga

4. chiva*

5. está legal

6. estallada

7. legal

8. militar

9. pichudo

10. pura vida

The trademark word for Costa Rica that and used in different ways like “cool, good, excellent, awesome” or even to say “How it’s going?”

11. teja

Teja is also commonly used as a denomination for 100.

12. tuanes

* Only used in reference to things.

1. ápero

2. bacán or bacano

3. chulo

4. jevi

5. ratatá

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

MEXICO1. chido or chida

2. chingónThis word can be use in a positive way meaning “cool as shit, awesome as hell” and also to make reference to a guy with great skills. The third meaning is not positive because it can be a sneaky person that waits for someone else to do the job and then takes the credit.

3. conmadre

4. padre, padrídismo or ¡Qué padre!

5. que poca madreThis is one of those words that, depending on the context, the meanings are completely opposite: “that’s awesome, cool” or “that sucks, damn” as an expression of disapproval or disappointed.

6. suave

1. paja

2. bacán

3. chévere

4. maldito

PERU

1. brutalThis word can be used in two forms: meaning “cool, awesome” or “too strong, too difficult”

2. chévere

3. fino

4. gufeao or gufiao

5. hevy

6. nítido

PUERTO RICO

1. chulo

2. de puta madre

3. flaman

4. guay

5. mola

6. ¡qué caña!

7. ¡qué pasada!

SPAIN

1. cartelúo Used in reference to things like for example, something that has a good quality, a good shape or looks, it is also applied to any pleasant situation

2. chévere

3. de pinga

4. fino

5. nota or ¡qué nota!

VENEZUELA

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