Learn the Spanish slang for cool with a list of words and expressions divided by different Spanish-speaking countries: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain and Venezuela. Read the full article here: http://www.speakinglatino.com/spanish-slang-for-cool/ ============ Blog: http://www.SpeakingLatino.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jaredromey Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/speakinglatino Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/speakinglatino Google +: http://gplus.to/SpeakingLatino YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/SpeakingLatino ============

1. SPANISH
SLANG
FOR
COOL
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2. 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.

3. ARGENTINA
1. bárbaro
2. canchero
3. copado
4. es una masa
5. joya
6. piola
7. sos un
fenómeno
Use this phrase to
compliment another person
meaning “You are great!” or
“You are cool!”
8. zarpado

4. 1. a todo
cachete
2. bacán
3. buena onda
4. buena tela
Means “cool, good vibes”
and describes
either a situation or a
person
CHILE

5. CHILE
5. 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

6. COLOMBIA
1. bacano
2. chévere
3. chimba
4. chusco
5. cuca
6. culo
This word literally means
“ass” and is often used in
the Caribbean coast of
Colombia for “something
cool or nice”
7. nota
8. play

7. COSTA RICA
1. 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.

8. 1. ápero
2. bacán
or bacano
3. chulo
4. jevi
5. ratatá
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

9. MEXICO
1. chido or chida
2. chingón
This 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
madre
This 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

10. 1. paja
2. bacán
3. chévere
4. maldito
PERU

11. 1. brutal
This 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

12. 1. chulo
2. de puta
madre
3. flaman
4. guay
5. mola
6. ¡qué caña!
7. ¡qué pasada!
SPAIN

13. 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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