Mexicoaguas
interjection · Informal
Watch out! Heads up! A warning of immediate danger, or of someone approaching who shouldn't overhear.
Mexico
Mexican Slang for Filler Words
13 Mexican slang terms for filler words, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
The small words that hold speech together: hedges, tags, intensifiers and pause-fillers. Almost invisible to native speakers and almost impossible for learners.
ahorita
adverb · Colloquial
In a moment; shortly; at some unspecified point that may never arrive. Despite the diminutive suffix promising immediacy, ahorita is famously elastic — it can mean five minutes, five hours, or never.
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Use with care
ándale
interjection · Informal · AHN-dah-leh
Come on; hurry up. Urging someone along.
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dar el avión
phrase, idiom · Informal
To humour someone; to agree with everything they say purely to end the conversation, with no intention of acting on it.
güey
noun, interjection · Informal · WAY
Dude, mate, guy. Used both to address a friend directly and to refer to any unnamed man.
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Use with care
nel
interjection · Informal
Nope. A flat slang no, often extended to nel pastel purely for the rhyme.
neta
noun, adverb, interjection · Informal · NEH-tah
The truth; the real story. Usually with the article: la neta.
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ni modo
phrase · Colloquial
Oh well; nothing to be done. Resigned acceptance of something that cannot now be changed.
órale
interjection · Informal · OH-rah-leh
Right then; okay; let's go. Agreement or encouragement.
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pinche
adjective · Vulgar
Damn, bloody, lousy. An intensifier placed before a noun, expressing contempt for it: pinche tráfico, 'bloody traffic'.
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Use with care
ponerse buzo
phrase, idiom · Informal
To sharpen up; to pay close attention. Buzo alone functions as an adjective meaning alert or streetwise.
sale
interjection · Informal
Okay; deal; sounds good. Signals agreement to a plan, often doubled as sale y vale.
simón
interjection · Informal
Yeah; yep. An emphatic slang yes.