| A | B |
|---|
| avocado | el aguacate |
| go to it! | ándale! |
| snack food | el antojito |
| confused | atarantado |
| crusty white bread roll | el bolillo |
| jail/slammer | el bote, el tambo, el tanque |
| (to answer phone) | Bueno ! |
| stupid | buey (ox) |
| peanuts | cacahuates |
| bus | el camión (truck) |
| muchacho | chamaco/a, chavo, chavalo |
| gig, job | la chamba |
| Mex.cowboy | el charro |
| cerveza | cheve |
| Darn it ! | Chihuahua ! |
| fuck | chingar |
| st.that doesnt work correctly | la chingadera |
| passive-agressive | el chingaquedito (fucks quietly) |
| abusive person, overly agressive | el chingón |
| head | la choya |
| gossip | el choro |
| cute (for flirtg) | chulo/a |
| marijuana | churro (a pastry) , la mota |
| anger | coraje (in other countries:"courage") |
| pal, blood brother | cuate , charnal |
| green beans | ejotes (Nahuatl) |
| corn on cob | elote ; choclo (in S.Amer) |
| little brat | esquincle (Nahuatl) |
| smugglg of cheap goods, like clothes | la fayuca |
| change, cash | la feria |
| gringo | gabacho , güero |
| ugly | gacho |
| el pavo | guajalote (turkey) |
| have a small tantrum | hacer berrinches |
| sandals | huaraches |
| lazy man | huevón (big-balled) |
| money | la lana (wool) |
| object pronoun often attached to command to show impatience | le |
| walk faster | camínale |
| right away | luego luego |
| polite way to ask "What can I do for u?"or simply to acknowledge a request | Mande ? (order) |
| companion (male) | mano (fr. hermano) |
| the very | mero |
| on the very corner | en la mera esquina |
| ready in a jiffy | ya mero |
| stone bowl/hand tool to grind corn | metate |
| bribe | la mordida |
| Let's get it moving (then) | órale (pues) |
| sleeping mat | petate (Nahuatl) |
| converse | platicar (preach) |
| chat | charlar |
| "cool" | padre |
| after yr name, when introduced | John P., para servirle |
| stupid | pendejo (pubic hair) |
| split, run off | pelarse |
| blow it | regar (sprinkle) |
| you blew it | la regaste ! |
| wild mischief or confusion | relajo |
| a little bit | tantito |
| clumsy or dumb person | tarugo |
| be influential (have pull) | tener palancas |
| be popular w. opposite sex | tener pegue |
| feel ashamed or bashful (feel sorrow) | tener pena |
| it makes me bashful | me da pena |
| sandwich on a bolillo roll | la torta (cake in S. Amer.) |
| endearg term for one's man/woman | mi viejo/a (las viejas, with change in tone = whores) |
