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Unit C2.6 words: Colloquial Spanish
The words of unit C2.6 (Colloquial Spanish), most frequent first.
| # | Word | Type | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6751 | cool | adjective | cool; great | C2 |
| 6768 | ey | interjection | hey! | C2 |
| 6782 | la pasada | noun · f | pass; once-over; amazing or over-the-top thing (¡qué pasada!) | C2 |
| 6860 | follar | verb | to have sex (vulgar) | C2 |
| 6915 | reventar | verb | to burst; to blow out; to exhaust; to wear out | C2 |
| 7116 | che | interjection | hey!; mate! (to get someone's attention) | C2 |
| 7139 | apestar | verb | to stink; to reek; to suck; to be awful (colloquial) | C2 |
| 7215 | coño | interjection | damn!; hell! (vulgar interjection) | C2 |
| 7272 | la movida | noun · f | scene; cultural movement (la movida); hassle; commotion (colloquial) | C2 |
| 7282 | la polla | noun · f | dick (vulgar); lottery (Chile) | C2 |
| 7311 | emborrachar | verb | to get (someone) drunk; to get drunk (emborracharse) | C2 |
| 7315 | heavy | adjective | heavy; intense (informal: ¡qué heavy!); heavy metal (music, short form) | C2 |
| 7328 | la panda | noun · f | gang; group of friends | C2 |
| 7538 | el / la hippie | noun · mf | hippie | C2 |
| 7565 | ajá | interjection | uh-huh; aha | C2 |
| 7636 | chiflado | adjective | crazy; nuts; daft; mad about (chiflado por) | C2 |
| 7688 | el crack | noun · m | ace; star (very skilled person); crack (cocaine) | C2 |
| 7723 | el burdel | noun · m | brothel; mess; chaos (colloquial) | C2 |
| 7726 | pasarse | verb | to go too far; to overdo it; to have a good time (pasárselo bien) | C2 |
| 7748 | chao | interjection | bye! | C2 |
| 7749 | la rienda | noun · f | rein; control; free rein (figurative) | C2 |
| 7783 | jalar | verb | to pull; to work; to function (Mexico) | C2 |
| 7860 | el alboroto | noun · m | commotion; racket; uproar | C2 |
| 7944 | la agalla | noun · f | gill (of a fish); guts; nerve (agallas) | C2 |
| 8020 | el gorro | noun · m | cap; woolly hat; fed up (estar hasta el gorro) | C2 |
| 8170 | el talón | noun · m | heel (of the foot); stub; cheque (Spain) | C2 |
| 8256 | chupar | verb | to suck; to soak up; to drink (alcohol; slang) | C2 |
| 8285 | resbalar | verb | to slip; to slide; to roll off (me resbala: I couldn't care less) | C2 |
| 8299 | demente | adjective | demented (dated, clinical); crazy; mad (colloquial) | C2 |
| 8300 | el granito | noun · m | granite; small grain (granito de arena: a small contribution) | C2 |
| 8348 | fundido | adjective | melted; molten; cast (of metal); worn out; exhausted | C2 |
| 8376 | el manicomio | noun · m | asylum; psychiatric hospital (dated); madhouse (chaotic place) | C2 |
| 8386 | matarse | verb | to get killed; to kill oneself; to work oneself to death | C2 |
| 8400 | la tecla | noun · f | key (of a keyboard or piano); hit the nail on the head (dar en la tecla) | C2 |
| 8458 | el pajarito | noun · m | little bird; a little bird told me (me lo dijo un pajarito) | C2 |
| 8542 | noquear | verb | to knock out (boxing); to knock out; to floor (figurative) | C2 |
| 8706 | la ostra | noun · f | oyster; gosh! (¡ostras!, Spain) | C2 |
| 8712 | la trucha | noun · f | trout; sharp; on the ball (andar trucha, Mexico) | C2 |
| 8797 | el melón | noun · m | melon; fool; dunce (colloquial, Spain) | C2 |
| 8957 | el higo | noun · m | fig; once in a blue moon (de higos a brevas) | C2 |
| 9000 | el paño | noun · m | cloth; rag; woollen fabric; underwear (en paños menores) | C2 |
| 9014 | el marica | noun · m | offensive homophobic slur (recognition only); mate (Colombia, among friends) | C2 |
| 9033 | enrollar | verb | to roll up; to coil; to ramble on (enrollarse) | C2 |
| 9034 | bla | interjection | blah (empty talk) | C2 |
| 9047 | el telón | noun · m | curtain (theatre); backdrop (telón de fondo) | C2 |
| 9057 | pulir | verb | to polish; to buff; to blow; to polish off (money, food) | C2 |
| 9072 | pos | interjection | well... (colloquial for pues, Mexico) | C2 |
| 9091 | la liebre | noun · f | hare; to let the cat out of the bag (levantar la liebre) | C2 |
| 9189 | el cosaco | noun · m | Cossack; Cossack (adjective) | C2 |
| 9191 | el zen | noun · m | Zen (Buddhist school); calm; unflustered (colloquial) | C2 |
| 9200 | el torero | noun · m | bullfighter; flouting rules (saltarse algo a la torera) | C2 |
| 9212 | la hostia | noun · f | host (Eucharist wafer); damn!; a blow (vulgar, Spain) | C2 |
| 9217 | el charco | noun · m | puddle; pool; the pond (el charco: the Atlantic, colloquial) | C2 |
| 9249 | el microscopio | noun · m | microscope; under the microscope (close scrutiny) | C2 |
| 9252 | mega | adjective | huge; mega (intensifier); megabyte (megas) | C2 |
| 9281 | el pedal | noun · m | pedal; drunk; high (slang, Spain) | C2 |
| 9332 | el farol | noun · m | streetlamp; lantern; bluff (tirarse un farol) | C2 |
| 9345 | el casanova | noun · m | ladies' man; womaniser | C2 |
| 9410 | descarado | adjective | brazen; shameless; cheeky; blatant; flagrant | C2 |
| 9439 | la pulga | noun · f | flea; bad temper (tener malas pulgas) | C2 |
| 9483 | el madero | noun · m | beam; log; piece of timber; cop (slang, usually plural los maderos) | C2 |
| 9487 | el chisme | noun · m | gossip; piece of gossip; gadget; thingamajig (informal) | C2 |
| 9490 | el morro | noun · m | snout; muzzle; cheek; nerve (tener morro) | C2 |
| 9514 | marear | verb | to make dizzy; to make sick; to pester; to confuse (informal) | C2 |
| 9526 | el hocico | noun · m | snout; muzzle; mug; face (rude, informal) | C2 |
| 9571 | el maricón | noun · m | homophobic slur (recognition only) | C2 |
| 9605 | guay | adjective | cool; great (Spain); great; fine (as a reply or adverb) | C2 |
| 9609 | chau | interjection | bye; see you | C2 |
| 9628 | la saliva | noun · f | saliva; gastar saliva: to waste one's breath | C2 |
| 9730 | la pegada | noun · f | hitting power; punch (sports); catchiness; appeal (of a song, a slogan) | C2 |
| 9763 | agachar | verb | to bend down; to crouch (agacharse); to bow (one's head); to back down | C2 |
| 9788 | guau | interjection | woof (dog's bark); wow (surprise, admiration) | C2 |
| 9789 | uy | interjection | oops; uh-oh; ooh (surprise, teasing, mild pain) | C2 |
| 9822 | la porra | noun · f | truncheon; club; (mandar a la porra) to tell to go to hell; (¡y una porra!) no way | C2 |
| 9834 | remar | verb | to row; to paddle; to struggle on; to keep pushing (remar contra la corriente) | C2 |
| 9897 | el pimiento | noun · m | sweet pepper; (importar un pimiento) not to care a bit | C2 |
| 9903 | el mareo | noun · m | dizziness; travel sickness; hassle; fuss (informal) | C2 |
| 9905 | la sardina | noun · f | sardine; (como sardinas en lata) packed tight | C2 |
| 10044 | machacar | verb | to crush; to pound; to mash; to thrash; to crush (an opponent, informal) | C2 |
| 10059 | la verga | noun · f | the vulgar word for penis (recognition only); yard (spar that carries a sail) | C2 |
| 10066 | el pancho | noun · m | hot dog (Argentina, Uruguay); tan pancho: calm and unfazed (informal) | C2 |
| 10080 | molar | verb | to be cool; to rock (Spain, slang: me mola) | C2 |
| 10118 | el chivo | noun · m | goat (billy goat; Latin America); scapegoat (chivo expiatorio) | C2 |
| 10161 | el ovario | noun · m | ovary; guts; courage (tener ovarios) | C2 |
| 10167 | el / la yanqui | noun · mf | Yankee; American (informal, often hostile) | C2 |
| 10175 | la panza | noun · f | belly; paunch (informal); belly (of an animal) | C2 |
| 10202 | la cátedra | noun · f | university chair; professorship; sentar cátedra: to lay down the law; to be the authority | C2 |
| 10212 | la sartén | noun · f | frying pan; tener la sartén por el mango: to have the upper hand | C2 |
| 10241 | el peine | noun · m | comb; fine-tooth comb (peine fino: a thorough search) | C2 |
| 10338 | caramba | interjection | gosh; blimey (surprise); darn; drat (mild annoyance) | C2 |
| 10354 | aflojar | verb | to loosen; to slacken; to ease off; to let up (also: to cough up money, informal) | C2 |
| 10395 | fenomenal | adjective | great; terrific (informal); phenomenal; extraordinary | C2 |
| 10442 | la porquería | noun · f | rubbish; junk (informal); dirt; filth | C2 |
| 10479 | la anguila | noun · f | eel; slippery person (escurridizo como una anguila) | C2 |
| 10563 | mu | interjection | moo (sound of a cow) | C2 |
| 10614 | el anzuelo | noun · m | fish hook; bait; lure (figurative) | C2 |
| 10694 | el pepino | noun · m | cucumber; me importa un pepino: I couldn't care less | C2 |
| 10702 | la legua | noun · f | league (old unit of distance, about 5.5 km); a la legua: obviously, from a mile off | C2 |
| 10744 | el cojón | noun · m | testicle (vulgar; usually plural: cojones); guts; nerve (tener cojones) | C2 |
| 10792 | el estribo | noun · m | stirrup (horse riding); perder los estribos: to lose one's temper | C2 |
| 10807 | el pedestal | noun · m | pedestal; plinth; poner en un pedestal: to put on a pedestal (idealise) | C2 |
| 10845 | el semental | noun · m | stud; breeding male (stallion, bull); stud (slang: a very virile or attractive man) | C2 |
| 10849 | shh | interjection | shh! (be quiet) | C2 |
| 10853 | vacilar | verb | to hesitate; to waver; to tease; to joke around (informal) | C2 |
| 10892 | el asno | noun · m | donkey; ass; fool; dunce (insult) | C2 |
| 10893 | el pajar | noun · m | hayloft; straw barn; buscar una aguja en un pajar: to look for a needle in a haystack | C2 |
| 10915 | el adivino | noun · m | fortune-teller; seer; mind reader (no soy adivino) | C2 |
| 10944 | el compadre | noun · m | compadre (the godfather of one's child; the child's parents' friend); mate; pal (Latin America, informal) | C2 |
| 10965 | lunático | adjective | lunatic; deranged (dated, offensive); moody; erratic | C2 |
| 11032 | la puñalada | noun · f | stab; stab wound; stab in the back (puñalada trapera) | C2 |
| 11086 | el ligue | noun · m | fling; casual romance (Spain); pulling; chatting someone up (ir de ligue) | C2 |
| 11087 | chivar | verb | to snitch; to tell on someone (informal); to leak; to give away (a tip, an address) | C2 |
| 11108 | el / la sinvergüenza | noun · mf | scoundrel; shameless person (insult); cheeky rascal (teasing) | C2 |
| 11176 | la jerga | noun · f | jargon (technical language); slang (informal group language) | C2 |
| 11184 | el bombón | noun · m | chocolate (a filled sweet); praline; stunner; very attractive person (informal) | C2 |
| 11204 | el olmo | noun · m | elm (tree); pedir peras al olmo: to ask for the impossible | C2 |
| 11210 | el resorte | noun · m | spring (metal coil); lever; means (tocar resortes: to pull strings) | C2 |
| 11238 | el charlatán | noun · m | charlatan; quack; chatterbox; windbag (talkative person) | C2 |
| 11247 | alucinar | verb | to hallucinate; to be amazed; to be blown away (informal) | C2 |
| 11298 | el chiquillo | noun · m | kid; youngster (informal); youngster (affectionate address) | C2 |
| 11319 | majar | verb | to pound; to crush (in a mortar); to pester; to annoy (informal, Spain) | C2 |
| 11319 | majo | adjective | nice; pleasant; lovely (Spain, informal); pretty; good-looking (dated, Spain) | C2 |
| 11343 | palmar | verb | to snuff it; to die (slang, Spain); to lose out; to lose money (slang) | C2 |
| 11363 | envidiar | verb | to envy; no tener nada que envidiar: to be every bit as good as | C2 |
| 11401 | bum | interjection | boom! bang! | C2 |
| 11407 | el cascabel | noun · m | jingle bell; rattle (of a rattlesnake) | C2 |
| 11420 | la fábula | noun · f | fable; de fábula: fantastic, brilliantly (informal, Spain) | C2 |
| 11424 | el sepulcro | noun · m | tomb; sepulchre; callado como un sepulcro: silent as the grave | C2 |
| 11426 | fregar | verb | to wash up; to scrub (dishes, floors); to annoy; to mess someone around (informal, Latin America) | C2 |
| 11433 | la miga | noun · f | crumb; soft inside of bread; tener miga: to be more substantial than it looks | C2 |
| 11488 | el moco | noun · m | mucus; snot (informal); no ser moco de pavo: to be no small thing (Spain) | C2 |
| 11508 | el porro | noun · m | porro (Colombian Caribbean music and dance); joint (cannabis cigarette; slang, recognition only) | C2 |
| 11603 | el pedo | noun · m | fart (informal); trouble; fuss; problem (Mexico, slang) | C2 |
| 11635 | el cretino | noun · m | idiot; moron (insult); cretin (dated medical term; offensive) | C2 |
| 11695 | el rabo | noun · m | tail (informal, of an animal); rabo del ojo: corner of the eye | C2 |
| 11778 | alucinante | adjective | amazing; mind-blowing (informal); hallucinatory; trippy | C2 |
| 11789 | el / la gilipollas | noun · mf | idiot; jerk (vulgar insult, Spain) | C2 |
| 11790 | el bacalao | noun · m | cod (fish; salted cod); cortar el bacalao: to call the shots (informal) | C2 |