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Some slang terms, with their literal translations and meanings, include the following: abrirse ("to split up"): to leave. aporrear: to accidentally fall. ave María pue: ("well, Hail Mary"): Used to show surprise, especially in the Paisa region. [24] bacán, bacano, bacana: Relative to parties god Bacchus, someone or something cool, kind, friendly.
In Colombia and Panama "la cagada" ("the shit") refers to something or someone that makes everything else go wrong or the one detail that is wrong about something (and is thus the complete opposite of the American slang the shit); e.g., Ese man es la cagada ("That dude is the shit" i.e. a fuck up/fucks everything up), La cagada aqui es el ...
However, in an earlier publication, the 1960 Dictionary of American Slang, written by Dr. Harold Wentworth, with Flexner as second author, spic is first identified as a noun for an Italian or "American of Italian ancestry", along with the words spic, spig, and spiggoty, and confirms that it is shortened from the word spaghetti.
The Colombian singer is the world's most-watched artist when it comes to streamed videos. ... This is a slang term meaning big shot or boss, and often associated with drugs and criminality.
7 Slang Words. 1 comment. 8 Yeísmo ... 9 "Que" to introduce main clause. 1 comment. 10 Gran Colombia. 1 comment. 11 [ɹ] from British English? 2 comments. 12 ...
Born right smack on the cusp of millennial and Gen Z years (ahem, 1996), I grew up both enjoying the wonders of a digital-free world—collecting snail shells in my pocket and scraping knees on my ...
Cholo (Spanish pronunciation:) is a loosely defined Spanish term that has had various meanings. Its origin is a somewhat derogatory term for people of mixed-blood heritage in the Spanish Empire in Latin America and its successor states as part of castas , the informal ranking of society by heritage.
The majority of Colombians speak Spanish (see also Colombian Spanish), but in total 90 languages are listed for Colombia in the Ethnologue database. The specific number of spoken languages varies slightly since some authors consider as different languages what others consider to be varieties or dialects of the same language.