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boyfriend
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Aug 17
bacán
awesome
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How are you, Cristian? - Awesome! I just found 10,000 Chilean pesos.
Aug 16
to laze around
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I want to eat mandarins and laze around all day in the park.
Aug 15
estar yesca
to be broke
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Claro que estás yesca. Pasas todo el día lagarteando en vez de ir a trabajar.
Of course you're broke. You spend all day lazing around instead of going to work.
You're already broke? Wow! We just got paid the day before yesterday!
Aug 14
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You're doing really badly in school, buddy. You'd better not play hooky anymore!
Aug
13
¡Qué macana!
Darn!
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¡Qué macana! No sé qué ñañaca le pasa a mi carro, pero ya no sirve.
Darn! I don't know what's up with my car, but it's not working.
Me dio soroche ayer que fui a Oruro. - ¡Qué macana! Lo siento, cumpa.
I got altitude sickness yesterday when I went to Oruro. - Darn! I'm sorry, buddy.
Aug
12
el soroche
altitude sickness
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The mountain guide provided us with medication for the altitude sickness.
Aug
11
la trancadera
traffic jam
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Para los que no logran llegar a La Paz por la trancadera, se transmitirá el evento en línea.
For those who can't get to La Paz because of the traffic jam, the event will be broadcast online.
Aug 10
estar camote de
to be crazy about
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Aug 9
el/la yeyé
rich kid
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Luis no es una mala persona, pero es un yeyé que jamás ha tenido que trabajar en su vida.
Luis isn't a bad person, but he is a rich kid who's never had to work in his life.
¿Por qué esa escuela es tan cara? - Bueno, es que ahí van todos los yeyés.
Why is that school so expensive? - Well, all the rich kids go there.
el mopri
buddy
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Aug
tildearse
to stop working
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Juan, your computer is not turning on. - Don't worry. That thing stopped working a while ago.
My cellphone just stopped working. - Oh no! And you only bought it last week.
Aug
la chantin
house
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Where are you going? - We're going to the movies, and then to Mario's house.
Aug
echar un cinco
to take a nap
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Papá, ¿me vas a ayudar a hacer la tarea? - Sí, hijo. Solo déjame echar un cinco y te ayudo.
Dad, are you going to help me do my homework? - Yes, son. Just let me take a nap and I'll help
you.
La verdad es que ni me di cuenta cuando los ladrones entraron a la casa. Estaba echando un
cinco.
The truth is I didn't even notice when the burglars entered the house. I was taking a nap.
Aug
¡Chuleta!
Wow!
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A Juan le robaron el carro. - ¿De vuelta? ¡Chuleta! Ese man está salado.
Juan's car was stolen. - Again? Wow! That guy is really unlucky.
Aug
3
¿Qué xopá?
What's up?
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Aug
dar muela
to talk
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Como le gusta dar muela a Jenny. Se cree la última Coca-Cola del desierto.
Jenny sure loves to talk. She thinks she's the best thing since sliced bread.
Aug
total mess
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Como era de esperarse, se armó un arroz con mango al final del partido de béisbol.
As expected, things turned into a total mess after the baseball game ended.
Jul
31
el compay
dude
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Jul
30
el gao
house
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¡Tu maletín!
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I haven't gone to work in two weeks, and now I'm broke. - That's your problem!
You bought that watch on the black market and now it doesn't work? That's your problem!
Jul
28
¿Qué bolá?
What's up?
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Jul
27
el asere
dude
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Jul
26
al chilazo
right away
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If you ask that dude for something, he'll do it right away. He's super quick!
If you love me, tell me right away. I don't want to play games.
Jul
25
el muchá
guys
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¡Aguas, muchá! ¡La burra casi los aplasta!
Jul
24
¡Sho!
Shh!
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¡Sho, trompudo! Sos muy grande para armar la gorda por una babosada así.
Shh, grumpy! You're too old to make a fuss over such a silly thing.
¡Sho! ¡Ya cállense todos! Si siguen con su escándalo, los vecinos van a llamar a la chonta.
Shh! Everybody be quiet! If you keep up that racket, the neighbors will call the cops.
Jul
23
chispudo
quick
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Jul
22
la burra
bus
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Allí viene la burra. - No, esa no es la ruta que nos lleva a Antigua.
The bus is coming. - No, that's not the route that goes to Antigua.
Jul
21
chilero
awesome
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Hanging out with you is awesome because you always make me laugh.
Qué chilero cuando uno esté en el extranjero y se encuentre con otro chapín.
Jul
20
chapín
Guatemalan
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el/la guagua
baby
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Jul
18
¿La plena?
Seriously?
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Este finde vamos a escalar el Cotopaxi. - ¿La plena? Estoy full celoso.
This weekend we're going to climb Cotopaxi. - Seriously? I'm crazy jealous.
Jul
17
chiro
broke
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¡Qué bestia! Ese man anda chiro, pero está invitando a medio mundo a cenar.
That's nuts! That guy is broke, but he's inviting everyone and their mom out to dinner.
¿Me pagas el boleto? Es que ya gasté toda mi plata de la semana y estoy chiro.
Would you pay for my ticket? It's just that I already spent all my money for the week and I'm
broke.
Jul
16
el canguil
popcorn
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15
el ñaño
brother
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Jul
14
¡Arrarray!
Ouch!
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Jul
13
¡Achachay!
Brrr!
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Jul
12
embolatarse
to get lost
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Jul
11
sumercé
you
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Vámonos ya. - Como sumercé quiera.
Jul
10
dar papaya
to tempt fate
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Me robaron el celular ayer. - Eso te pasa por dar papaya y andar en la fiesta hasta la
madrugada.
My cellphone got stolen yesterday. - That's what you get for tempting fate and staying out
until the wee hours.
¿Dejaste abierta la puerta de tu casa toda la noche? - Parce, está dando papaya.
You left your front door open all night? - Man, you're tempting fate.
¡Qué vaina!
How annoying!
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I couldn't watch the Colombia game because the lights went out. - How annoying!
The bus just went by! - How annoying! We're going to be late.
Jul
la vaina
thing
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My uncle always brings a ton of things with him when he goes on vacation.
Jul
el parcero
dude
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Right, dude. I'm getting off at the next stop. See you!
Jul
6
bacano
awesome
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No hay nada más bacano que por fin encontrar a tu media naranja.
Jul
achará
what a shame
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Paco's not going to be able to come to the beach with us. - What a shame!
Yoo-hoo! - Are you looking for Andres? What a shame. He just left.
Jul
¿Tuanis o morado?
How's it going?
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¡Buenos días! ¿Cómo amaneció? - Bien, ¿y vos qué? ¿Tuanis o morado?
Good morning! How are you? - Good, and you? How's it going?
Jul
¡Upe!
Yoo-hoo!
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Jul
ideay
what's up
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Jul
el/la cumiche
baby
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Jun
30
el/la mae
dude
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