Colombiagonorrea
noun, adjective · Vulgar · goh-noh-RREH-ah
A contemptible person. At full force this is close to the strongest insult in Colombian Spanish and has started fights.
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Colombia
Colombian Slang for Insults & Complaints
8 Colombian slang terms for insults & complaints, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
Terms for fools, annoyances and things gone wrong. Register matters enormously here — several of these words are affectionate between friends and fighting words between strangers.
güevón
noun, adjective · Vulgar · gweh-BOHN
Idiot, fool. 'No sea güevón' — don't be an idiot — is the everyday form, addressed to friends more often than enemies.
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lobo
adjective, noun · Colloquial · LOH-boh
Tacky, gaudy, in poor taste. Applied to clothes, decoration, cars, weddings and people, and almost always about excess rather than cheapness — too much gold, too tight, too loud.
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malparido
noun, adjective · Taboo · mal-pah-REE-doh
Bastard, son of a bitch. A top-tier insult: it attacks the addressee's mother by implication, which is what gives it its force.
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mamera
noun · Colloquial · mah-MEH-rah
A drag, a bore, a thing you cannot face doing. '¡Qué mamera!' is the standard Colombian groan at an unwelcome task.
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ñero
noun, adjective · Colloquial · NYEH-roh
A person read as poor, rough and streetwise, or anything associated with them — clothes, music, manners. The word is class contempt in one syllable, and it lands that way.
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qué boleta
phrase, adjective · Informal · keh boh-LEH-tah
How embarrassing; what a disgrace. Said of a public humiliation, yours or someone else's — the emphasis is on being seen.
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sapo
noun, adjective · Colloquial · SAH-poh
A snitch — someone who reports you to the authorities, the boss or your parents. In some contexts this is the most dangerous accusation in the language, and Colombians are careful with it.
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