Cool Spanish Slang Expressions - Speak Like A Local!

Why should you learn Spanish slang? Think when you are sitting at a café in Spain with local people, or walking down the streets : very often you hear expressions and you have no clue what they mean and can't find them in a dictionary. Spanish slang is the real way local people speak, so it would help to improve your overall comprehension and your understanding of Spanish culture. Last but not least, we believe that If you start to use some cool spanish expression, locals would really appreciate it! But mostly, it's just super fun! Ready to become a cool spanish slang speaker? Vamos!

• Guay

  Cool

• ¿Que tal, tío?

  What's up, mate? (Tío/tía means uncle/aunt, but you use it colloquially with friends)

• ¡Estoy machacado!

  I'm exhausted!

• Me estás toreando

  You are messing around with me

• ¿Vamos a zampar?

  Shall we eat something?

• ¿Tengo monos en la cara?

  Why you're looking at me? (Lit. Do i have monkeys on my face?)

• Es una gozada

  It's really great

• Beber como una esponja

  To drink a lot (lit. like a sponge)

• Pasarlo bomba

  To have a great time

• La marcha

  The nightlife

• La Dolorosa

  The bill (in a sarcastic way, lit. means "the painful")

• Ser un muermo

  Being boring (La discoteca fue un muermo total)

• Cambiarle el agua al pajarito

  To pee

• Dar la lata

  To bug, annoy, bother

• Acostarse con las galinas

  To go to bed very early (lit. to go to bed with the chickens)

• Esa chica es muy potable

  That girl is really good looking (lit. drinkable)

• Un Hincha

  Fan of a soccer team

• Gente maja

  Good people, very nice and pleasant

• Un/una guiri

  Foreigner (if you're reading, you probably are one!)

That should be enough for today...Now all you have to do is "salir de marcha" and show off your cool vocabulary! If this introduction to cool Spanish slang was useful, we would be pleased to write more! We're still discovering the Spanish slang world, so please help us collecting new words and expressions! Vale?
¡Olé! - Elio