Colombia¿bien o qué?
phrase · Informal · BYEN oh KEH
Hello; how's it going. A paisa greeting that has spread nationally among under-forties, delivered as a statement rather than a genuine enquiry.
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Colombia
Colombian Slang for Greetings & Address
6 Colombian slang terms for greetings & address, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
How people open a conversation and what they call each other. These terms carry the most social information of any slang category: one wrong choice marks you as an outsider, or worse, as rude.
¿qué más?
phrase · Informal · keh MAHS
How are you? — a greeting, not a question about anything additional. This is the single most reliable way to spot a foreigner: answered literally, it produces bafflement on both sides.
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ome
interjection, noun · Regional · OH-meh
Man, mate — a vocative on the Caribbean coast, tacked on to the end of clauses more often than the beginning.
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parcero
noun · Informal · par-SEH-roh
Mate, buddy. Both a term of address and a noun for a friend. The clipped form parce is far more frequent in speech than the full word.
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quiubo
interjection, phrase · Informal · KYOO-boh
Hi; what's up. The default informal greeting across Colombia, usually first in the sentence and usually followed by a name or by parce.
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sumercé
noun · Regional · soo-mehr-SEH
A second-person pronoun and form of address used in Boyacá, Cundinamarca and parts of Bogotá. It is simultaneously deferential and affectionate, which has no English equivalent.
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