Lobo means wolf in Spanish, and in slang it marks a person who moves through life like one. It can ...

Prendido means lit in Spanish slang, and it describes a state of being rather than a single moment. It can ...

Huevos literally means eggs in Spanish. In slang, it means courage or guts, the same way English says someone has ...

Gata literally means a female cat in Spanish. In reggaeton slang, it means a fierce, confident, independent woman who runs ...

In Argentina, Cuba, and Uruguay, garfio is slang for a finger. The same word that names an iron hook also ...

Chapete means a lover, usually a woman, in Mexican slang. It is the girlfriend, not the wife, the person someone ...

Chicharron is crispy fried pork skin, and its slang meanings all crunch the same way. From burnt red skin to ...

Que lo que means what is up in Dominican slang. It is the signature greeting of the Dominican Republic, warm, ...

Chinga comes from chingar, the most powerful and flexible verb in Mexican Spanish. It has no single English translation, because ...