taponear

es-verb

taponear (first-person singular present taponeo, first-person singular preterite taponeé, past participle taponeado)

taponeo (first-person present singular)
taponeé (first-person preterite singular)
taponeado (participle past)
taponear (infinitive)
taponeando (gerund)
taponeado (masculine participle past singular)
taponeada (feminine participle past singular)
taponeados (masculine participle past plural)
taponeadas (feminine participle past plural)
taponeo (first-person indicative present singular)
taponeas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
taponeás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
taponea (indicative present singular third-person)
taponeamos (first-person indicative plural present)
taponeáis (indicative plural present second-person)
taponean (indicative plural present third-person)
taponeaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
taponeabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
taponeaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
taponeábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
taponeabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
taponeaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
taponeé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
taponeaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
taponeó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
taponeamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
taponeasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
taponearon (indicative plural preterite third-person)
taponearé (first-person future indicative singular)
taponearás (future indicative second-person singular)
taponeará (future indicative singular third-person)
taponearemos (first-person future indicative plural)
taponearéis (future indicative plural second-person)
taponearán (future indicative plural third-person)
taponearía (conditional first-person indicative singular)
taponearías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
taponearía (conditional indicative singular third-person)
taponearíamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
taponearíais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
taponearían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
taponee (first-person present singular subjunctive)
taponees (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
taponeés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
taponee (present singular subjunctive third-person)
taponeemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
taponeéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
taponeen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
taponeara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
taponearas (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
taponeara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
taponeáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
taponearais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
taponearan (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
taponease (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
taponeases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
taponease (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
taponeásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
taponeaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
taponeasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
taponeare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
taponeares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
taponeare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
taponeáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
taponeareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
taponearen (future plural subjunctive third-person)
taponea (imperative informal second-person singular)
taponeá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
taponee (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
taponee (imperative singular third-person)
taponeemos (first-person imperative plural)
taponead (imperative plural second-person)
taponeen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
taponeen (imperative plural third-person)
taponees (imperative negative second-person singular)
taponee (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
taponee (imperative negative singular third-person)
taponeemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
taponeéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
taponeen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
taponeen (imperative negative plural third-person)
taponar (alternative)

(Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Cuba, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay) to plug

(intransitive, pronominal, Mexico, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Chile, Rioplatense) to get clogged


fontanero

es-noun

fontanero m (plural fontaneros, feminine fontanera, feminine plural fontaneras)

fontaneros (plural)
fontanera (feminine)
fontaneras (feminine plural)

From fontana + -ero; cf. also Late Latin fontanārius. Compare Galician fontaneiro, French fontainier.

(Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras) plumber


mapache

→ Basque: mapatxe

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl māpach, māpachin (“raccoon, thief”), from māpachoā (“to seize, lay hold”).

(politics, Mexico) electoral thief or fraudster


mocasín

Borrowed from English moccasin, from Powhatan mockasins.

(euphemistic, Mexico) booger, bogey (see moco)


buzo

es-adj

buzo (feminine buza, masculine plural buzos, feminine plural buzas)

buza (feminine)
buzos (masculine plural)
buzas (feminine plural)

Ella es muy buza para el estudio.

(colloquial, El Salvador, Mexico) witty, sharp.


preparatoria

(Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua) high school


apretado

apretado (feminine apretada, masculine plural apretados, feminine plural apretadas, superlative apretadísimo)

apretada (feminine)
apretados (masculine plural)
apretadas (feminine plural)
apretadísimo (superlative)

(Mexico) conceited, self-important, stuck-up


tarro

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic تاقرة (tāqra, “milking pail”), which is also found as a liquid measure tagra rarely in Galician-Portuguese, in Old Spanish tagara (“bowl”) and Old Leonese tagara, tagarra (“bowl”), and in Spanish tarreñas, tarrañuelas (“two pieces of slate or earthenware placed between the fingers to rattle”), and is ultimately one of the many variants of Latin tēgula (“a tile also for frying”), which is found in the meaning of a jar for example in Macedonian тегла (tegla, “jar”). Doublet of teja.


pitaya

La pitaya o fruta del dragón puede sonar escalofriante, pero es deliciosa.

2020 July 1, Rivet, Las frutas exóticas son deliciosas, Rivet:

(Mexico) alternative form of pitahaya (“dragon fruit”)


alacena

alacenas (plural)
alhacena (alternative rare)

Borrowed from Arabic الْخَزِينَة (al-ḵazīna).


alberca

From Andalusian Arabic البِرْكَة (al-birka), from Arabic بِرْكَة (birka, “pond”). Compare Portuguese alverca.


tacón

Chavacano: tacon

→ Tagalog: takong

(Mexico, Central America, Cuba, usually in the plural) high heel


ampolleta

→ Portuguese: ampulheta

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines


libreto

(Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Southern Cone) script


cocho

onomatopoeic

imitative


alentar

es-verb

alentar (first-person singular present alento, first-person singular preterite alenté, past participle alentado)

alento (first-person present singular)
alenté (first-person preterite singular)
alentado (participle past)
alentar (infinitive)
alentando (gerund)
alentado (masculine participle past singular)
alentada (feminine participle past singular)
alentados (masculine participle past plural)
alentadas (feminine participle past plural)
alento (first-person indicative present singular)
alentas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
alentás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
alenta (indicative present singular third-person)
alentamos (first-person indicative plural present)
alentáis (indicative plural present second-person)
alentan (indicative plural present third-person)
alentaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
alentabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
alentaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
alentábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
alentabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
alentaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
alenté (first-person indicative preterite singular)
alentaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
alentó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
alentamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
alentasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
alentaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
alentaré (first-person future indicative singular)
alentarás (future indicative second-person singular)
alentará (future indicative singular third-person)
alentaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
alentaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
alentarán (future indicative plural third-person)
alentaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
alentarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
alentaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
alentaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
alentaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
alentarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
alente (first-person present singular subjunctive)
alentes (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
alentés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
alente (present singular subjunctive third-person)
alentemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
alentéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
alenten (plural present subjunctive third-person)
alentara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
alentaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
alentara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
alentáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
alentarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
alentaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
alentase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
alentases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
alentase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
alentásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
alentaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
alentasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
alentare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
alentares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
alentare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
alentáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
alentareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
alentaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
alenta (imperative informal second-person singular)
alentá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
alente (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
alente (imperative singular third-person)
alentemos (first-person imperative plural)
alentad (imperative plural second-person)
alenten (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
alenten (imperative plural third-person)
alentes (imperative negative second-person singular)
alente (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
alente (imperative negative singular third-person)
alentemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
alentéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
alenten (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
alenten (imperative negative plural third-person)

(Mexico, reflexive) to become or behave as a shy, shameful or fearful person


choro

es-noun

choro m (plural choros, feminine chora, feminine plural choras)

choros (plural)
chora (feminine)
choras (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Caló choro (“thief”), from Romani ćor, from Sanskrit चोर (cora, “thief”).

(Mexico, colloquial) lip service, empty talk


galán

es-adj

galán (feminine galana, masculine plural galanes, feminine plural galanas)

galana (feminine)
galanes (masculine plural)
galanas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from French galant. Doublet of galante.

2012, Maus, Cosecha de Doscientos Soles, published by Palibrio (Mexico), p. 56.
pero detrás del destello se asomaba un día galán, alegre, brillante...

but behind the sparkle, a nice, happy, shiny day was appearing...

(colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) nice, enviable, without worries (said of a situation)


galán

Después al pastel le echamos azúcar galán, sin pensar que ya tenía suficiente.

Afterwards, we added sugar to the cake copiously, without thinking it already had enough.

(colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) copiously, in a great and unmeasured quantity


nacatamal

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl nacatamalli (“meat tamale”), from nacatl (“flesh, meat”) + tamalli (“something wrapped”).

bor+

(Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) a tamale filled with pork or chicken, rice, potatoes, herbs, spices, and other ingredients


chaparro

es-noun

chaparro m (plural chaparros, feminine chaparra, feminine plural chaparras)

chaparros (plural)
chaparra (feminine)
chaparras (feminine plural)
chaparra (alternative)

→ Portuguese: chaparro

Borrowed from dialectal Basque txapar, txaparro (“dwarf evergreen oak”), diminutive of sapar, zapar (“thicket, bush”). Doublet of chaparra.


culero

es-adj

culero (feminine culera, masculine plural culeros, feminine plural culeras)

culera (feminine)
culeros (masculine plural)
culeras (feminine plural)

(Mexico) ugly, lackluster (unpleasant or possessing bad quality)


culero

es-noun

culero m (plural culeros, feminine culera, feminine plural culeras)

culeros (plural)
culera (feminine)
culeras (feminine plural)

(Mexico, vulgar) asshole (mean or bad person, a person whom the speaker dislikes)


regadera

(Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela) shower head, showerhead


chachalaca

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chachalacani (“tattler, gossiper”), from chāchalāni (“to make a hubbub, create an uproar”).

bor+

(colloquial, Mexico, Central America) babbler, yapper


lero

Probably onomatopoeic. Compare Portuguese lero-lero.

(Mexico, often used repeatedly) used to indicate mockery


topar

es-verb

topar (first-person singular present topo, first-person singular preterite topé, past participle topado)

topo (first-person present singular)
topé (first-person preterite singular)
topado (participle past)
topar (infinitive)
topando (gerund)
topado (masculine participle past singular)
topada (feminine participle past singular)
topados (masculine participle past plural)
topadas (feminine participle past plural)
topo (first-person indicative present singular)
topas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
topás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
topa (indicative present singular third-person)
topamos (first-person indicative plural present)
topáis (indicative plural present second-person)
topan (indicative plural present third-person)
topaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
topabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
topaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
topábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
topabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
topaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
topé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
topaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
topó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
topamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
topasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
toparon (indicative plural preterite third-person)
toparé (first-person future indicative singular)
toparás (future indicative second-person singular)
topará (future indicative singular third-person)
toparemos (first-person future indicative plural)
toparéis (future indicative plural second-person)
toparán (future indicative plural third-person)
toparía (conditional first-person indicative singular)
toparías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
toparía (conditional indicative singular third-person)
toparíamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
toparíais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
toparían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
tope (first-person present singular subjunctive)
topes (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
topés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
tope (present singular subjunctive third-person)
topemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
topéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
topen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
topara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
toparas (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
topara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
topáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
toparais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
toparan (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
topase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
topases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
topase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
topásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
topaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
topasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
topare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
topares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
topare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
topáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
topareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
toparen (future plural subjunctive third-person)
topa (imperative informal second-person singular)
topá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
tope (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
tope (imperative singular third-person)
topemos (first-person imperative plural)
topad (imperative plural second-person)
topen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
topen (imperative plural third-person)
topes (imperative negative second-person singular)
tope (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
tope (imperative negative singular third-person)
topemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
topéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
topen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
topen (imperative negative plural third-person)
toparme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
toparte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
toparle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
toparse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
toparnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
toparos (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
toparles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
toparse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
toparme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
toparte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
toparlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
toparla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
toparse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
toparnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
toparos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
toparlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
toparlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
toparse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
topándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
topándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
topándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
topándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
topándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
topándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
topándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
topándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
topándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
topándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
topándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
topándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
topándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
topándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
topándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
topándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
topándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
topándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
tópame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
tópate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
tópale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
tópanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
tópales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
tópame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
tópate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
tópalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
tópala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
tópanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
tópalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
tópalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
topame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
topate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
topale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
topanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
topales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
topame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
topate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
topalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
topala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
topanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
topalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
topalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
tópeme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
tópele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
tópese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
tópenos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
tópeles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
tópeme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
tópelo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
tópela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
tópese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
tópenos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
tópelos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
tópelas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
topémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
topémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
topémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
topémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
topémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
topémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
topémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
topémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
topémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
topémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
topémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
topémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
topadme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
topadle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
topadnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
topaos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
topadles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
topadme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
topadlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
topadla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
topadnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
topaos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
topadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
topadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
tópenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
tópenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
tópennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
tópenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
tópense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
tópenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
tópenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
tópenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
tópennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
tópenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
tópenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
tópense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

Onomatopoeic, imitative of the sound made by two objects knocking into one another.

¿Ya topaste el nuevo juego que compraste?

Did you already finish the new game you bought?

(transitive, colloquial, video games, Mexico, El Salvador) to finish (a videogame)


aventón

[a.β̞ẽn̪ˈt̪õn]

dar un aventón

¿Le puedes dar un aventón?

(Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Chile) ride, lift

(Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru) push


duela

Borrowed from Old French douelle, diminutive of doue, from Latin doga. Compare Portuguese aduela, Galician doela.


loquear

loquear (first-person singular present loqueo, first-person singular preterite loqueé, past participle loqueado)

loqueo (first-person present singular)
loqueé (first-person preterite singular)
loqueado (participle past)
loquear (infinitive)
loqueando (gerund)
loqueado (masculine participle past singular)
loqueada (feminine participle past singular)
loqueados (masculine participle past plural)
loqueadas (feminine participle past plural)
loqueo (first-person indicative present singular)
loqueas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
loqueás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
loquea (indicative present singular third-person)
loqueamos (first-person indicative plural present)
loqueáis (indicative plural present second-person)
loquean (indicative plural present third-person)
loqueaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
loqueabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
loqueaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
loqueábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
loqueabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
loqueaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
loqueé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
loqueaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
loqueó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
loqueamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
loqueasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
loquearon (indicative plural preterite third-person)
loquearé (first-person future indicative singular)
loquearás (future indicative second-person singular)
loqueará (future indicative singular third-person)
loquearemos (first-person future indicative plural)
loquearéis (future indicative plural second-person)
loquearán (future indicative plural third-person)
loquearía (conditional first-person indicative singular)
loquearías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
loquearía (conditional indicative singular third-person)
loquearíamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
loquearíais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
loquearían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
loquee (first-person present singular subjunctive)
loquees (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
loqueés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
loquee (present singular subjunctive third-person)
loqueemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
loqueéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
loqueen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
loqueara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
loquearas (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
loqueara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
loqueáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
loquearais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
loquearan (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
loquease (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
loqueases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
loquease (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
loqueásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
loqueaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
loqueasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
loqueare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
loqueares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
loqueare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
loqueáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
loqueareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
loquearen (future plural subjunctive third-person)
loquea (imperative informal second-person singular)
loqueá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
loquee (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
loquee (imperative singular third-person)
loqueemos (first-person imperative plural)
loquead (imperative plural second-person)
loqueen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
loqueen (imperative plural third-person)
loquees (imperative negative second-person singular)
loquee (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
loquee (imperative negative singular third-person)
loqueemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
loqueéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
loqueen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
loqueen (imperative negative plural third-person)

(transitive, Mexico, US, Philippines) to lock


joda

(Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, Nicaragua, South America, vulgar) annoyance

(Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Rioplatense, slang) a difficult or unpleasant situation

annoyance
a difficult or unpleasant situation


apuntado

es-adj

apuntado (feminine apuntada, masculine plural apuntados, feminine plural apuntadas)

apuntada (feminine)
apuntados (masculine plural)
apuntadas (feminine plural)

(Mexico, Puerto Rico, colloquial) willing


chocho

Perhaps related to clueco (and Italian chioccio) or Basque txotxo.


mamada

(vulgar, Mexico) an intentional mean action or statement; a stupid action or statement; a practical joke


licuado

(Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Rioplatense, Panama) smoothie


alzado

alzado (feminine alzada, masculine plural alzados, feminine plural alzadas)

alzada (feminine)
alzados (masculine plural)
alzadas (feminine plural)

→ Hanunoo: alsada

(colloquial, Rioplatense, Venezuela, Mexico, Honduras) feral


alzado

(colloquial, Mexico, Andes) someone who is elitist and arrogant due to their socio-economic standing.


chingado

chingado (feminine chingada, masculine plural chingados, feminine plural chingadas)

chingada (feminine)
chingados (masculine plural)
chingadas (feminine plural)

[t͡ʃĩŋˈɡa.ð̞o]

Chingados gringos, ese.


chingado

[t͡ʃĩŋˈɡa.ð̞o]

¡¿Qué chingados estás haciendo?!

(Mexico, colloquial, vulgar, also in plural) fuck, hell


chingaste

Probably from Nahuatl xinachtli (“seed”).

(colloquial, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico) the dregs or sediment of beverages, especially of coffee

(colloquial, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico) the remainders of ground (milled) grains, especially of coffee or corn


chingo

Esta lloviendo un chingo.

Me gusta un chingo.

(vulgar, colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) a large amount of something, a shitload


aguado

aguado (feminine aguada, masculine plural aguados, feminine plural aguadas)

aguada (feminine)
aguados (masculine plural)
aguadas (feminine plural)

(Mexico) stale (no longer crisp or crunchy)


simón

(colloquial, Mexico) yes, hell yeah (commonly used to respond affirmatively to a question)


karcher

Genericized trademark, from the name of the German company Kärcher.

En España se pueden encontrar una variedad de ellos, pero lo último de la compañía es su propia 'karcher' a precio de chollo.

2022 February 19, “La 'karcher' de Lidl: una hidrolimpiadora superpotente por menos de 120 euros”, in Omicrono - El Español:

(colloquial, Mexico, Spain) pressure washer


agazapado

agazapado (feminine agazapada, masculine plural agazapados, feminine plural agazapadas)

agazapada (feminine)
agazapados (masculine plural)
agazapadas (feminine plural)

(colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Venezuela) hypocritical; two-faced


agazapado

es-noun

agazapado m (plural agazapados, feminine agazapada, feminine plural agazapadas)

agazapados (plural)
agazapada (feminine)
agazapadas (feminine plural)

(colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Venezuela) hypocrite


golfa

golfa f (plural golfas, masculine golfo, masculine plural golfos)

golfas (plural)
golfo (masculine)
golfos (masculine plural)

(derogatory, Mexico, Spain, slang) a slut, tramp, or whore


igualado

es-adj

igualado (feminine igualada, masculine plural igualados, feminine plural igualadas)

igualada (feminine)
igualados (masculine plural)
igualadas (feminine plural)

No sea igualado, aléjese.

Don't be so forward, please keep your distance.

(colloquial, Mexico, Peru) overly familiar, forward


chinini

(Mexico) alternative spelling of chinín (tree)


allanamiento

Acusado de allanamiento de morada


cuarta

→ English: quirt

(Mexico) synonym of látigo (a short horse whip)


tuza

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tozan (“gopher”).


onza

Borrowed from Middle French once, from Old French lonce (“lynx”) by false division assuming the l- was an article, from Italian lonza, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx, “lynx”). Doublet of lince.

(Guatemala, Mexico) weasel (Mustela spp.)

(Mexico, cryptozoology) onza (cryptid feline in Mexican folklore)


budín

budines (plural)
pudín (alternative)
pudin (alternative Spain)

Borrowed from English pudding, from Old French boudin, from Latin botellus (“sausage, small intestine”). Doublet of pudding.

der

(Southern Cone, Bolivia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, parts of Mexico, parts of Spain) pudding (sweet or salty) or budino

Southern Cone; parts of Mexico; parts of Spain; Southern Cone; parts of Mexico; parts of Spain


chabacano

Possibly from Italian ciabattino (“cobbler”).


chícharo

Borrowed from Mozarabic *číčar(o), from Latin cicer (“chickpea”).


refresco normal

es-noun

refresco normal m (plural refrescos normales)

(Mexico) a non-diet, 600 milliliters soft drink or soda beverage


tilcuate

tilcuates (plural)
tilcoate (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tlīlcōātl.

bor+

(Mexico) Middle American indigo snake (Drymarchon melanurus)


chueco

es-adj

chueco (feminine chueca, masculine plural chuecos, feminine plural chuecas)

chueca (feminine)
chuecos (masculine plural)
chuecas (feminine plural)

From chueca (“stump of a tree”), itself from Basque txoko (“anklebone”), perhaps recalling curved, bent branches sprouting from it.


mocho

mocho (feminine mocha, masculine plural mochos, feminine plural mochas)

mocha (feminine)
mochos (masculine plural)
mochas (feminine plural)

→ Catalan: motxo

Probably imitative, or possibly from Latin mutilus, cognate with Italian mozzo, Portuguese mocho, French moche.

onomatopoeic

imitative

(Mexico, slang) having a hypocritical and ostentatious faith


bisnes

(countable, also in the plural, New Mexico, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua) business (a person's occupation, work, or trade)


mamón

es-noun

mamón m (plural mamones, feminine mamona, feminine plural mamonas)

mamones (plural)
mamona (feminine)
mamonas (feminine plural)

(Mexico, Spain, derogatory) stupid person, dumbass, sucker, bastard


tito

tito m (plural titos, feminine tita, feminine plural titas)

titos (plural)
tita (feminine)
titas (feminine plural)


guacho

guacho m (plural guachos, feminine guacha, feminine plural guachas)

guachos (plural)
guacha (feminine)
guachas (feminine plural)
huacho (alternative)
wacho (alternative)

→ Brazilian Portuguese: guacho


vientos

From vientos (“wind”), a rhyme made with adverb bien.

(colloquial, Mexico, Colombia) synonym of bien


vientos

(colloquial, Mexico) synonym of bien hecho: well done!; bravo!


timba

(colloquial, Mexico, Central America) belly


cobija

Inherited from Latin cubīlia, plural of cubīle (“bed, place of rest”), when Spanish cubil (“lair”). Ultimately from Latin cubāre (“lie down”) and hence related to English decubitus (“reclining position in bed”), concubine, etc.
Also compare English incubate.


ANDA

Asociación Nacional de Actores
w:National Association of Actors

(Mexico) acronym of Asociación Nacional de Actores (“National Association of Actors”)


pibil

es-adj

pibil m or f (masculine and feminine plural pibiles)

Borrowed from Yucatec Maya píibil, from píib (“cooking pit”).

(Mexico, Yucatán, said of a food) Wrapped in banana or plantain leaves and cooked underground


resbaloso

resbaloso (feminine resbalosa, masculine plural resbalosos, feminine plural resbalosas)

resbalosa (feminine)
resbalosos (masculine plural)
resbalosas (feminine plural)


hule

→ English: ule

→ Zoogocho Zapotec: hul

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl ōlli (“latex”).


callejero

Ya no seas callejero y busca trabajo

Stop going out (for fun) and look for a job

(Mexico) a person who often goes out for unproductive activities


narcocorrido

From narco- (“drug trafficking”) + corrido (“folk song”).


chon

(colloquial, Mexico, euphemistic): underpants, panties (of men or women)


lagartija

Inherited from Old Spanish lagartixa, equivalent to lagarto + -ija. Compare Portuguese lagartixa, Asturian llagartesa, Catalan llangardaix.

(Costa Rica, Mexico, exercise) push-up, press-up


molinillo

(Mexico, Spain, South America) pepper mill


chiclero

(Mexico) a person who extracts gum from wild or cultivated trees


pompis

(colloquial, anatomy, Mexico) butt (buttocks)


cajuela

From caja + -uela: ironic diminutive of caja.

(Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico) trunk, boot (of a car)


compa

→ San Juan Colorado Mixtec: compa

¡Oye, compa, que te pasa?


paliacate

From Classical Nahuatl pal (“color”) + yacatl (“nose”).

(Mexico) a brightly colored scarf or handkerchief


gachupín

gachupines (plural)
cachopín (alternative)
guachapín (alternative)
chaupín (alternative)
cachupino (alternative)

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: cachopi

Derived from Cachopín, a noble family from Laredo (present-day Cantabria). This name was popularised during the Spanish Golden Age as a stereotypically arrogant member of the petty nobility of the colonies in the West Indies.
Alternatively, influenced by a derogatory, diminuitive form of Portuguese cachopo (“a child”). Various other theories also exist as proposed etymologies for this term.
In Mexico, this term is most notable for its usage from the Cry of Dolores.

¡Mueran los gachupínes!

(Mexico, offensive, derogatory) Spaniard


chiche

(colloquial, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Mexico) breast (female organs)


barajear

es-verb

barajear (first-person singular present barajeo, first-person singular preterite barajeé, past participle barajeado)

barajeo (first-person present singular)
barajeé (first-person preterite singular)
barajeado (participle past)
barajear (infinitive)
barajeando (gerund)
barajeado (masculine participle past singular)
barajeada (feminine participle past singular)
barajeados (masculine participle past plural)
barajeadas (feminine participle past plural)
barajeo (first-person indicative present singular)
barajeas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
barajeás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
barajea (indicative present singular third-person)
barajeamos (first-person indicative plural present)
barajeáis (indicative plural present second-person)
barajean (indicative plural present third-person)
barajeaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
barajeabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
barajeaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
barajeábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
barajeabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
barajeaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
barajeé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
barajeaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
barajeó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
barajeamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
barajeasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
barajearon (indicative plural preterite third-person)
barajearé (first-person future indicative singular)
barajearás (future indicative second-person singular)
barajeará (future indicative singular third-person)
barajearemos (first-person future indicative plural)
barajearéis (future indicative plural second-person)
barajearán (future indicative plural third-person)
barajearía (conditional first-person indicative singular)
barajearías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
barajearía (conditional indicative singular third-person)
barajearíamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
barajearíais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
barajearían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
barajee (first-person present singular subjunctive)
barajees (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
barajeés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
barajee (present singular subjunctive third-person)
barajeemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
barajeéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
barajeen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
barajeara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
barajearas (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
barajeara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
barajeáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
barajearais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
barajearan (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
barajease (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
barajeases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
barajease (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
barajeásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
barajeaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
barajeasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
barajeare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
barajeares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
barajeare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
barajeáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
barajeareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
barajearen (future plural subjunctive third-person)
barajea (imperative informal second-person singular)
barajeá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
barajee (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
barajee (imperative singular third-person)
barajeemos (first-person imperative plural)
barajead (imperative plural second-person)
barajeen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
barajeen (imperative plural third-person)
barajees (imperative negative second-person singular)
barajee (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
barajee (imperative negative singular third-person)
barajeemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
barajeéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
barajeen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
barajeen (imperative negative plural third-person)

(Cuba, Mexico, Peru, transitive) to shuffle (mix up cards in a random order)


tequilería

(Mexico) tequila shop (establishment where tequila is sold)


brasero

(Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Rioplatense) camp stove


bronca

→ Catalan: bronca

→ French: bronca


campechano

es-adj

campechano (feminine campechana, masculine plural campechanos, feminine plural campechanas)

campechana (feminine)
campechanos (masculine plural)
campechanas (feminine plural)

una cerveza campechana

un cóctel campechano

un taco campechano

(Mexico, of food) mixed, containing a mixture of different types


charro

es-noun

charro m (plural charros, feminine charra, feminine plural charras)

charros (plural)
charra (feminine)
charras (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Basque txar (“defective, weak”).

bor+

(Mexico) a traditional postindependence Mexican horseman


charros

(Mexico) Used to express irritation or surprise.


culantro

→ Belizean Creole: silanchro

→ Cebuano: kulantro

→ English: culantro

→ Hiligaynon: kulantro

Inherited from Old Spanish culantro, from Late Latin coliandrum, from Latin coriandrum (“coriander”), from Ancient Greek κορίανδρον (koríandron).

Eryngium foetidum
Eryngium foetidum#Translingual

(Central America, Mexico) culantro (Eryngium foetidum)

(euphemistic, colloquial, Costa Rica, Mexico) butt, buttocks


palapa

Borrowed from Tagalog palapa (“midrib of a banana leaf or large palm frond”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq (“midrib of a coconut frond”).

der

(Mexico) an open structure with a thatched roof, palapa


boliche

→ Portuguese: boliche

→ Hunsrik: Bolisch


piloncillo

→ English: piloncillo

(Mexico) panela (unrefined sugar product)


tamarindo

Ultimately from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy, “tamarind”, literally “Indian date”). The "police officer" sense is in reference to the fact that Mexican transit police officers used to wear brown uniforms from the 1950s until the early 2000s

تَمْر هِنْدِيّ

(Mexico, slang, dated) An officer of the transit police


caballito

From caballo + -ito.
* (wheelie): By imitation of horses.


fraccionamiento

es-noun

fraccionamiento m (plural fraccionamientos)

From fraccionar, since one or more terrains are divided to build on them houses and/or apartment buildings.


pambol

Pan + bol, referring to how the game was associated with Bakery employees


azucarera

(US, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Rioplatense) sugar container


petate

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *petlatl.


ababillarse

es-verb

ababillarse (first-person singular present me ababillo, first-person singular preterite me ababillé, past participle ababillado)

me ababillo (first-person present singular)
me ababillé (first-person preterite singular)
ababillado (participle past)
ababillarse (infinitive)
ababillándose (gerund)
ababillado (masculine participle past singular)
ababillada (feminine participle past singular)
ababillados (masculine participle past plural)
ababilladas (feminine participle past plural)
ababillarme (first-person infinitive singular)
ababillarte (infinitive second-person singular)
ababillarse (infinitive singular third-person)
ababillarnos (first-person infinitive plural)
ababillaros (infinitive plural second-person)
ababillarse (infinitive plural third-person)
ababillándome (first-person gerund singular)
ababillándote (gerund second-person singular)
ababillándose (gerund singular third-person)
ababillándonos (first-person gerund plural)
ababillándoos (gerund plural second-person)
ababillándose (gerund plural third-person)
me ababillo (first-person indicative present singular)
te ababillas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
te ababillás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
se ababilla (indicative present singular third-person)
nos ababillamos (first-person indicative plural present)
os ababilláis (indicative plural present second-person)
se ababillan (indicative plural present third-person)
me ababillaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
te ababillabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
se ababillaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
nos ababillábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
os ababillabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
se ababillaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
me ababillé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
te ababillaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
se ababilló (indicative preterite singular third-person)
nos ababillamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
os ababillasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
se ababillaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
me ababillaré (first-person future indicative singular)
te ababillarás (future indicative second-person singular)
se ababillará (future indicative singular third-person)
nos ababillaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
os ababillaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
se ababillarán (future indicative plural third-person)
me ababillaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
te ababillarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
se ababillaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
nos ababillaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
os ababillaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
se ababillarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
me ababille (first-person present singular subjunctive)
te ababilles (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
te ababillés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
se ababille (present singular subjunctive third-person)
nos ababillemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
os ababilléis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
se ababillen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
me ababillara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
te ababillaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
se ababillara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
nos ababilláramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
os ababillarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
se ababillaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
me ababillase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
te ababillases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
se ababillase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
nos ababillásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
os ababillaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
se ababillasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
me ababillare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
te ababillares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
se ababillare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
nos ababilláremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
os ababillareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
se ababillaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
ababíllate (imperative informal second-person singular)
ababillate (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
ababíllese (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
ababíllese (imperative singular third-person)
ababillémonos (first-person imperative plural)
ababillaos (imperative plural second-person)
ababíllense (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
ababíllense (imperative plural third-person)
te ababilles (imperative negative second-person singular)
se ababille (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
se ababille (imperative negative singular third-person)
nos ababillemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
os ababilléis (imperative negative plural second-person)
se ababillen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
se ababillen (imperative negative plural third-person)

From a- + babilla (“the stifle (as of a horse)”) + -ar.

af

(veterinary medicine, Chile, Mexico) to be sick with the stifle (of horses and other quadrupeds)


argüende

(Mexico) noisy event, happening or action


atole

→ English: atole

dar atole con el dedo

(Mexico) atole, a thick, sweet, corn-based drink or gruel served hot


cheve

Apocopic alteration of cerveza (“beer”).


argüendear

es-verb

argüendear (first-person singular present argüendeo, first-person singular preterite argüendeé, past participle argüendeado)

argüendeo (first-person present singular)
argüendeé (first-person preterite singular)
argüendeado (participle past)
argüendear (infinitive)
argüendeando (gerund)
argüendeado (masculine participle past singular)
argüendeada (feminine participle past singular)
argüendeados (masculine participle past plural)
argüendeadas (feminine participle past plural)
argüendeo (first-person indicative present singular)
argüendeas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
argüendeás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
argüendea (indicative present singular third-person)
argüendeamos (first-person indicative plural present)
argüendeáis (indicative plural present second-person)
argüendean (indicative plural present third-person)
argüendeaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
argüendeabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
argüendeaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
argüendeábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
argüendeabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
argüendeaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
argüendeé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
argüendeaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
argüendeó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
argüendeamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
argüendeasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
argüendearon (indicative plural preterite third-person)
argüendearé (first-person future indicative singular)
argüendearás (future indicative second-person singular)
argüendeará (future indicative singular third-person)
argüendearemos (first-person future indicative plural)
argüendearéis (future indicative plural second-person)
argüendearán (future indicative plural third-person)
argüendearía (conditional first-person indicative singular)
argüendearías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
argüendearía (conditional indicative singular third-person)
argüendearíamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
argüendearíais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
argüendearían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
argüendee (first-person present singular subjunctive)
argüendees (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
argüendeés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
argüendee (present singular subjunctive third-person)
argüendeemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
argüendeéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
argüendeen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
argüendeara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
argüendearas (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
argüendeara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
argüendeáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
argüendearais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
argüendearan (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
argüendease (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
argüendeases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
argüendease (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
argüendeásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
argüendeaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
argüendeasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
argüendeare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
argüendeares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
argüendeare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
argüendeáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
argüendeareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
argüendearen (future plural subjunctive third-person)
argüendea (imperative informal second-person singular)
argüendeá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
argüendee (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
argüendee (imperative singular third-person)
argüendeemos (first-person imperative plural)
argüendead (imperative plural second-person)
argüendeen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
argüendeen (imperative plural third-person)
argüendees (imperative negative second-person singular)
argüendee (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
argüendee (imperative negative singular third-person)
argüendeemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
argüendeéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
argüendeen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
argüendeen (imperative negative plural third-person)


piquete

Dame un café, pero con piquete.

Give me a coffee, but pour some alcohol in it.

(slang, Mexico) a small or medium amount of a strong alcoholic beverage (usually tequila, rum or brandy) poured in a non-alcoholic beverage, such as punch, coffee, juice, soda beverage, etc.


betún

→ Tagalog: betun

Borrowed from Catalan betum, from Latin bitūmen.

(Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Chile) a mixture of egg white and sugar for pastries


taco de ojo

Literally, “taco of eye", in the sense of "food or meal for the eye or sight”.

lit

Pues acá echándome un taco de ojo

So, here [I am] throwing myself an eye taco

(colloquial, idiomatic, Mexico) a good or pleasant sight; a sight for sore eyes


echarse al plato

es-verb

echarse al plato (first-person singular present me echo al plato, first-person singular preterite me eché al plato, past participle echado al plato)

me echo al plato (first-person present singular)
me eché al plato (first-person preterite singular)
echado al plato (participle past)
echarse (alternative)

Ayer me eché cinco quesadillas en la cena.

(idiomatic, Mexico) to eat, eat up, devour; to consume

Ya se echaron al plato al alcalde.

(idiomatic, Mexico) to kill someone or something


frigobar

From frigorífico (“refrigerator”) + bar.

(Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru) minibar


búmeran

búmeran (plural)
bumerán (alternative)
bumerang (alternative)

(Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico) alternative form of bumerán


ostión

(Mexico) oyster (particularly from genus Crassostrea), specially when prepared or served for food


antiamericanismo

es-noun

antiamericanismo m (plural antiamericanismos)

(Mexico, soccer) Opposition or disdain towards the Club América


brasier

Borrowed from English brassiere, from French brassière.

(Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico) bra


interior de la República

interior de la República m (uncountable)

(Mexico, Peru) the national territories outside of the capital territory or city


guateque

guateques (plural)
huateque (alternative Mexico)

From a native Caribbean language (Kari'na).

(Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico) a joyful social gathering with dancing and drinking


amague

(Mexico, Bolivia, Paraguay, Rioplatense) false lead or hint; a feint


tatemar

es-verb

tatemar (first-person singular present tatemo, first-person singular preterite tatemé, past participle tatemado)

tatemo (first-person present singular)
tatemé (first-person preterite singular)
tatemado (participle past)
tatemar (infinitive)
tatemando (gerund)
tatemado (masculine participle past singular)
tatemada (feminine participle past singular)
tatemados (masculine participle past plural)
tatemadas (feminine participle past plural)
tatemo (first-person indicative present singular)
tatemas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
tatemás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
tatema (indicative present singular third-person)
tatemamos (first-person indicative plural present)
tatemáis (indicative plural present second-person)
tateman (indicative plural present third-person)
tatemaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
tatemabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
tatemaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
tatemábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
tatemabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
tatemaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
tatemé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
tatemaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
tatemó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
tatemamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
tatemasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
tatemaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
tatemaré (first-person future indicative singular)
tatemarás (future indicative second-person singular)
tatemará (future indicative singular third-person)
tatemaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
tatemaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
tatemarán (future indicative plural third-person)
tatemaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
tatemarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
tatemaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
tatemaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
tatemaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
tatemarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
tateme (first-person present singular subjunctive)
tatemes (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
tatemés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
tateme (present singular subjunctive third-person)
tatememos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
tateméis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
tatemen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
tatemara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
tatemaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
tatemara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
tatemáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
tatemarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
tatemaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tatemase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
tatemases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
tatemase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
tatemásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
tatemaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
tatemasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
tatemare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
tatemares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
tatemare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
tatemáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
tatemareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
tatemaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
tatema (imperative informal second-person singular)
tatemá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
tateme (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
tateme (imperative singular third-person)
tatememos (first-person imperative plural)
tatemad (imperative plural second-person)
tatemen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
tatemen (imperative plural third-person)
tatemes (imperative negative second-person singular)
tateme (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
tateme (imperative negative singular third-person)
tatememos (first-person imperative negative plural)
tateméis (imperative negative plural second-person)
tatemen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
tatemen (imperative negative plural third-person)
tlatemar (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tlatemati (“to burn”).


amá

(colloquial, Basque Country, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Eastern Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela) aphetic form of mamá (“mom”)


chipote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xixipochtic (“swollen, bulging”).

(by extension, informal, Mexico) bulge, lump


palito

(colloquial, euphemistic, Mexico) sexual intercourse


rola

(colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) a song


papalote

papalotes (plural)
papalota (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl pāpalōtl (“butterfly”).


mandilón

mandil (“an apron for domestic use”) + -ón.

(Mexico, slang, familiar) henpecked husband (powerless married man) (man who complies with every desire of his partner in order to avoid conflict)


UDI

unidad de inversión
w:Mexican unidad de inversión

(Mexico, finance) initialism of unidad de inversión


checar

es-verb

checar (first-person singular present checo, first-person singular preterite chequé, past participle checado)

checo (first-person present singular)
chequé (first-person preterite singular)
checado (participle past)
checar (infinitive)
checando (gerund)
checado (masculine participle past singular)
checada (feminine participle past singular)
checados (masculine participle past plural)
checadas (feminine participle past plural)
checo (first-person indicative present singular)
checas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
checás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
checa (indicative present singular third-person)
checamos (first-person indicative plural present)
checáis (indicative plural present second-person)
checan (indicative plural present third-person)
checaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
checabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
checaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
checábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
checabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
checaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
chequé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
checaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
checó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
checamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
checasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
checaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
checaré (first-person future indicative singular)
checarás (future indicative second-person singular)
checará (future indicative singular third-person)
checaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
checaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
checarán (future indicative plural third-person)
checaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
checarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
checaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
checaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
checaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
checarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
cheque (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cheques (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
chequés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
cheque (present singular subjunctive third-person)
chequemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
chequéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
chequen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
checara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
checaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
checara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
checáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
checarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
checaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
checase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
checases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
checase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
checásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
checaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
checasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
checare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
checares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
checare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
checáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
checareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
checaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
checa (imperative informal second-person singular)
checá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
cheque (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
cheque (imperative singular third-person)
chequemos (first-person imperative plural)
checad (imperative plural second-person)
chequen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
chequen (imperative plural third-person)
cheques (imperative negative second-person singular)
cheque (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
cheque (imperative negative singular third-person)
chequemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
chequéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
chequen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
chequen (imperative negative plural third-person)


estadunidense

es-adj

estadunidense m or f (masculine and feminine plural estadunidenses)

estadunidenses (feminine masculine plural)

(Honduras, Mexico) alternative form of estadounidense


estadunidense

es-noun

estadunidense m or f by sense (plural estadunidenses)


nerdo

nerdo m (plural nerdos, feminine nerda, feminine plural nerdas)

nerdos (plural)
nerda (feminine)
nerdas (feminine plural)
nerd (alternative)

(slang, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico) nerd


chafa

es-adj

chafa m or f (masculine and feminine plural chafas)

(colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) cheap, low quality; lame


teto

teto (feminine teta, masculine plural tetos, feminine plural tetas)

teta (feminine)
tetos (masculine plural)
tetas (feminine plural)

(colloquial, Mexico) silly; immature; childishly foolish


teto

es-noun

teto m (plural tetos, feminine teta, feminine plural tetas)

tetos (plural)
teta (feminine)
tetas (feminine plural)

(colloquial, Mexico) a silly, immature person


morro

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *murrum, *morrum (“mound, hillock”), cognate with Occitan morre.

(colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) Mexican calabash (Crescentia alata)


chamorro

(Mexico) shank (of pork, beef, etc.), e.g. 'chamorro de puerco', pork shank


cachucha

→ Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec: kachúcha

(Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia) baseball cap


pizarrín

From hypothetical diminutive of pizarrón, to form a euphemism of pito, "whistle", "penis" (because of similar beginning), and perhaps the related piece of chalk (because of similar shape).


canilla

Inherited from Latin cannella, diminutive of canna (“cane”).

(Rioplatense, Bolivia, Mexico, Basque Country, Navarre, La Rioja, Paraguay) faucet

(colloquial, Mexico, South America, Cuba) shin


edecán

(Mexico, El Salvador) attendant; assistant; aide


fierro

Papiamentu: heru

Variant of hierro preserving the initial /f/ in Old Spanish fierro, from Latin ferrum.

(colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Bolivia, Rioplatense) weapon

(colloquial, all above countries + Honduras, Peru and Colombia, rare in Paraguay) firearm

(colloquial, all above countries + Guatemala and Paraguray, criminal slang in Ecuador) bladed weapon

(colloquial, Mexico, Rioplatense) gas pedal

(colloquial, Peru, Paraguay, Rioplatense) car, especially a race car

(Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Peru, Louisiana) iron (metal)


(US, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Philippines, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, telephony) 9-1-1


pitufo

pitufo m (plural pitufos, feminine pitufa, feminine plural pitufas)

pitufos (plural)
pitufa (feminine)
pitufas (feminine plural)

Named after Patufet, a child character in Catalan folklore.
The bread rolls sense comes from a comparison to the small size of the smurfs, a popular cartoon at the time.

(colloquial, Mexico) 20-peso note (after the blue color of the note)


chicloso

es-adj

chicloso (feminine chiclosa, masculine plural chiclosos, feminine plural chiclosas)

chiclosa (feminine)
chiclosos (masculine plural)
chiclosas (feminine plural)


botellón

botellones (plural)
botellon (alternative obsolete)

From botella + -ón, literally “big bottle”.


chapopote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chapopohtli (“tar, asphalt”).


cuina

A Hispanicized feminine form of English queen.

(usually informal, Costa Rica, Mexico) queen (playing card)


guaje

es-adj

guaje m or f (masculine and feminine plural guajes)

(Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) foolish, stupid


guaje

(Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) fool, useless person, good-for-nothing


chairo

(Mexico, slang, derogatory) a person with left-wing views; a lefty.


asigún

(rustic, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Western Venezuela) synonym of según


zacatuche

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl zacatōchin (literally “grass rabbit”), from Classical Nahuatl zacatl (“grass”) + tōchin, alternative form of tōchtli (“rabbit”).


al tiro

(Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Cuba, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay) straight away


ajolote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl (from ātl (“water”) + xōlōtl (“page, servant”)).


queque

Borrowed from English cake, from Old Norse kaka. Doublet of cake.


troca

→ Southeastern Tepehuan: trooka

(informal, Mexico, New Mexico, US, Philippines) pickup truck


luneta

From luna (“moon”) + -eta (“diminutive suffix”).

af

(candy, Mexico) a lens-shaped colour-varied sugar-coated chocolate confectionery


sempasúchil

(Mexico) alternative spelling of cempasúchil


malvavisco

Borrowed from Medieval Latin malvaviscus, from Latin malva (“mallow”) + hibiscum (“marshmallow”), from Ancient Greek ἱβίσκος (hibískos). Cognate with English mallow, mauve, hibiscus.

bor+

(Chile, Mexico, Central America) marshmallow


básquet

Pseudo-anglicism, from shortening and Hispanicization of English basketball.

(Argentina, Andes, Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, Paraguay, Philippines, US, Venezuela, rare in Uruguay) basketball (sport)


ñengo

es-adj

ñengo (feminine ñenga, masculine plural ñengos, feminine plural ñengas)

ñenga (feminine)
ñengos (masculine plural)
ñengas (feminine plural)
ñango (alternative Mexico)

(colloquial, Mexico) sickly, stunted, weak


ñengo

es-noun

ñengo m (plural ñengos, feminine ñenga, feminine plural ñengas)

ñengos (plural)
ñenga (feminine)
ñengas (feminine plural)
ñango (alternative Mexico)

(colloquial, Mexico) sickly, stunted, or weak person


ñango

es-adj

ñango (feminine ñanga, masculine plural ñangos, feminine plural ñangas)

ñanga (feminine)
ñangos (masculine plural)
ñangas (feminine plural)


ñango

es-noun

ñango m (plural ñangos, feminine ñanga, feminine plural ñangas)

ñangos (plural)
ñanga (feminine)
ñangas (feminine plural)


demonial

(colloquial, Mexico) shedload; bucketful


pichel

Compare Galician pichel, Occitan pichier, French pichier, English pitcher, Tagalog pitsel, Cebuano pitsel, Bikol Central pitsel.


cachureco

es-adj

cachureco (feminine cachureca, masculine plural cachurecos, feminine plural cachurecas)

cachureca (feminine)
cachurecos (masculine plural)
cachurecas (feminine plural)


biznaga

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huitznahuac (“surrounded by thorns”), from huitztli (“thorn”) + nciuac (“near, around”). Influenced by biznaga (Etymology 1).

bor+

(Mexico) any of several species of small, prickly cacti, especially barrel cacti


perrilla

Perhaps an alteration of perlilla, diminutive of perla (“pearl”).


jotear

es-verb

jotear (first-person singular present joteo, first-person singular preterite joteé, past participle joteado)

joteo (first-person present singular)
joteé (first-person preterite singular)
joteado (participle past)
jotear (infinitive)
joteando (gerund)
joteado (masculine participle past singular)
joteada (feminine participle past singular)
joteados (masculine participle past plural)
joteadas (feminine participle past plural)
joteo (first-person indicative present singular)
joteas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
joteás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
jotea (indicative present singular third-person)
joteamos (first-person indicative plural present)
joteáis (indicative plural present second-person)
jotean (indicative plural present third-person)
joteaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
joteabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
joteaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
joteábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
joteabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
joteaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
joteé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
joteaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
joteó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
joteamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
joteasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
jotearon (indicative plural preterite third-person)
jotearé (first-person future indicative singular)
jotearás (future indicative second-person singular)
joteará (future indicative singular third-person)
jotearemos (first-person future indicative plural)
jotearéis (future indicative plural second-person)
jotearán (future indicative plural third-person)
jotearía (conditional first-person indicative singular)
jotearías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
jotearía (conditional indicative singular third-person)
jotearíamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
jotearíais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
jotearían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
jotee (first-person present singular subjunctive)
jotees (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
joteés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
jotee (present singular subjunctive third-person)
joteemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
joteéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
joteen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
joteara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
jotearas (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
joteara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
joteáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
jotearais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
jotearan (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
jotease (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
joteases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
jotease (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
joteásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
joteaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
joteasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
joteare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
joteares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
joteare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
joteáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
joteareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
jotearen (future plural subjunctive third-person)
jotea (imperative informal second-person singular)
joteá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
jotee (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
jotee (imperative singular third-person)
joteemos (first-person imperative plural)
jotead (imperative plural second-person)
joteen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
joteen (imperative plural third-person)
jotees (imperative negative second-person singular)
jotee (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
jotee (imperative negative singular third-person)
joteemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
joteéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
joteen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
joteen (imperative negative plural third-person)

(Mexico, colloquial) (being a man) to flirt with another man, usually as a joke without any intention of having sexual intercourse


fierros

(law enforcement in El Salvador, vulgar in Mexico) money (currency)


jambarse

jambarse (first-person singular present me jambo, first-person singular preterite me jambé, past participle jambado)

me jambo (first-person present singular)
me jambé (first-person preterite singular)
jambado (participle past)
jambarse (infinitive)
jambándose (gerund)
jambado (masculine participle past singular)
jambada (feminine participle past singular)
jambados (masculine participle past plural)
jambadas (feminine participle past plural)
jambarme (first-person infinitive singular)
jambarte (infinitive second-person singular)
jambarse (infinitive singular third-person)
jambarnos (first-person infinitive plural)
jambaros (infinitive plural second-person)
jambarse (infinitive plural third-person)
jambándome (first-person gerund singular)
jambándote (gerund second-person singular)
jambándose (gerund singular third-person)
jambándonos (first-person gerund plural)
jambándoos (gerund plural second-person)
jambándose (gerund plural third-person)
me jambo (first-person indicative present singular)
te jambas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
te jambás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
se jamba (indicative present singular third-person)
nos jambamos (first-person indicative plural present)
os jambáis (indicative plural present second-person)
se jamban (indicative plural present third-person)
me jambaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
te jambabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
se jambaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
nos jambábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
os jambabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
se jambaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
me jambé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
te jambaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
se jambó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
nos jambamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
os jambasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
se jambaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
me jambaré (first-person future indicative singular)
te jambarás (future indicative second-person singular)
se jambará (future indicative singular third-person)
nos jambaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
os jambaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
se jambarán (future indicative plural third-person)
me jambaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
te jambarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
se jambaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
nos jambaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
os jambaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
se jambarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
me jambe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
te jambes (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
te jambés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
se jambe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
nos jambemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
os jambéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
se jamben (plural present subjunctive third-person)
me jambara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
te jambaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
se jambara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
nos jambáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
os jambarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
se jambaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
me jambase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
te jambases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
se jambase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
nos jambásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
os jambaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
se jambasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
me jambare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
te jambares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
se jambare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
nos jambáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
os jambareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
se jambaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
jámbate (imperative informal second-person singular)
jambate (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
jámbese (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
jámbese (imperative singular third-person)
jambémonos (first-person imperative plural)
jambaos (imperative plural second-person)
jámbense (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
jámbense (imperative plural third-person)
te jambes (imperative negative second-person singular)
se jambe (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
se jambe (imperative negative singular third-person)
nos jambemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
os jambéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
se jamben (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
se jamben (imperative negative plural third-person)

(Mexico, pronominal) to gorge, to pig-out, to devour (stuff oneself with food)


sucte

(Mexico, Honduras) alternative spelling of chucte (tree and its fruit)


champurrado

champurrados (plural)
champurreado (alternative)

→ English: champorado, champurrado

→ Bikol Central: tsampurado

→ Cebuano: sampurado, tsampurado

→ Tagalog: tsampurado

From champurrar (“to mix a liquor with another”).

(Mexico) a traditional chocolate-based atole, containing panela, vanilla, anise and cinnamon


calaca

Derived from calavera, from Latin calvaria, likely influenced by Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ) from Aramaic גולגולת (“skull”) used as the name of the execution site of Christ in the New Testament; see also Calvary and Golgotha. Probably influenced by sound-symbolism in view of the unusual development and duplicated syllable.

sound-symbolic

sound-symbolism


jícaro

Crescentia cujete
Crescentia cujete#Translingual

(Mexico, Central America) calabash tree (Crescentia cujete); Mexican calabash (Crescentia alata)


mancuerna

(Mexico) close associate, partner in crime


pan de Dios

(idiomatic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Andes, Cuba, El Salvador, Rioplatense) a godsend (person)


frenillo

(Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Venezuela) bridle of a kite


achichincle

es-noun

achichincle m or f by sense (plural achichincles)

achichincles (plural)
achichinque (alternative)
achichintle (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āchichinqui, from ātl (“water”) + chichinqui (“sucker, sucking”), the original sense was that of a mine operator which oversaw the contention of underground water in mineshafts.

bor+

(derogatory, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico) minion, servant


mexicanismo

a word, usage, or linguistic feature particular to Mexican Spanish; Mexicanism


ocote

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *okotl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *wokon-ta.

(El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) any of several aromatic, resinous pine species native to Mexico and Central America, especially the Montezuma pine (Pinus montezumae)


ejote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl exōtl (“green bean, lima bean”).

(Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) green bean


jocoque

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xococ (“something sour”).


tlapalería

From Classical Nahuatl tlapalli (“dye, ink, paint”) + -ería.


tilma

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tilmahtli, likely through a possessive such as notilmah (“(it is) my tilma”).

bor+

(historical, Mexico) an indigenous outer garment for men, worn on the front like a long apron, or fastened over the shoulders as a cloak


foja

(Mexico, Peru) leaf, sheet (of an official document)


jilote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xīlōtl (“green ear of maize”).

(Central America, Mexico) Immature, green ear of maize


mesquital

(Mexico) alternative spelling of mezquital


escuintle

es-noun

escuintle m (plural escuintles, feminine escuintla, feminine plural escuintlas)

escuintles (plural)
escuintla (feminine)
escuintlas (feminine plural)


Xóchitl

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xōchitl (“flower”).

bor+

(Central America, Mexico) a female given name from Classical Nahuatl


atepocate

atepocates (plural)
tepocate (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl atepocatl (“tadpole”).


itacate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl ihtacatl (“provisions”).

Campo Florido iba muy nervioso caminando detrás del viejo, aunque era más joven y no iba cargado más que con su itacate, le era muy difícil seguir el paso del hombre.

2011, Nacaveva, Caballero Halcón - los caballeros de Kukulkán: La rebelión de Xibalbá, Palibrio, page 13:

Campo Florido went very nervously walking behind the old man, even though he was younger and wasn’t burdened with anything more than his food provisions, it was very difficult for him to follow the man’s pace.


ahuizote

ahuizotes (plural)
agüizote (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āhuitzotl.

(colloquial, Honduras, Mexico) an annoying person; pest, nuisance

(dialectal, Central America, Mexico) omen, bewitchment, spell


huilo

es-adj

huilo (feminine huila, masculine plural huilos, feminine plural huilas)

huila (feminine)
huilos (masculine plural)
huilas (feminine plural)
güilo (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huila (“a crippled person”).


huilo

es-noun

huilo m (plural huilos, feminine huila, feminine plural huilas)

huilos (plural)
huila (feminine)
huilas (feminine plural)
güilo (alternative)


cenzonte

[θẽn̟ˈθõn̪.t̪e]

(Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) alternative form of cenzontle


sinsonte

(Cuba, Honduras, Mexico) alternative form of cenzontle


coquero

coquero m (plural coqueros, feminine coquera, feminine plural coqueras)

coqueros (plural)
coquera (feminine)
coqueras (feminine plural)

(Mexico, Puerto Rico) a cultivator of coconut palms

(Mexico, Puerto Rico) a seller of coconuts


petatearse

es-verb

petatearse (first-person singular present me petateo, first-person singular preterite me petateé, past participle petateado)

me petateo (first-person present singular)
me petateé (first-person preterite singular)
petateado (participle past)

From petate + -ear, because such mat or carpet was used by poor people to wrap a corpse. The reflexive form is an influence of morirse.

(colloquial, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, pronominal) to die


musaraña

Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana

First attested in the 13th century. Inherited from Latin mūsarāneus (literally “spider mouse”) with the ending influenced by araña (“spider”), from mūs (“mouse”) + arāneus (“of or related to spiders”), because of the popular belief that shrews have a venomous bite akin to that of a spider. Cognate with French musaraigne.

af

Todos se rieron de sus musarañas.

facial expression
facial expression#English

(Caribbean, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, colloquial) face (exaggerated facial expression)