Mexican Slang?
[2007-11-10 17:53:31]

Q: Where can I learn/practice listening to Mexican slang?

A: Maybe Missy is right about Mexican radio station using alot of slang, but it doesn't mean that only uneducated Mexicans speak slang... Just talk to any Mexicans who have lived in MГ©xico and they know slang, everybody does in MГ©xico.

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How Do You Text Mexican Slang In English?
[2010-06-30 12:44:25]

How Do You Text Mexican Slang , Like Pad = Home . Im At My Pad . What Are Some Other Words. How Do Mexicans Text


Like English speakers do with English, many Spanish words are put into short form to make texting quick. As a few examples, "que" is shortened to "q" or "k", "por quГ©?" and "porque" are shortened to "pq",

Trayvon Martin shooter disparaged Mexicans on old Web page

In another section, he writes, in street slang, that among the things he does not miss about his former Virginia hometown is having "knifes pulled on you by every mexican you run into!"

Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Martin, 17, during a confrontation in a gated community in Sanford, Florida, on February 26. Prosecutors say Zimmerman racially "profiled" Martin, who was unarmed. Zimmerman says he fired in self-defense.

A decision by police not to arrest Zimmerman in the racially charged case sparked nationwide civil rights protests and prompted Florida's governor to appoint a special prosecutor, who subsequently charged Zimmerman.

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Can I get some help learning Mexican slang?
[2008-08-29 18:07:40]

I have been studying Spanish for a really long time in school and on my own, and I am basically "fluent" in that respect. The only thing that I still have some trouble with is slang. I used to live in Spain and I got all of that down, but now


You'd be amazed at what you find online these days. Try searching for "jerga mexicana". Jerga is slang. Just a very few off the top of my head:

vato: friend
que onda: what's up
guero/a: white person (like gringo/a,

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What are some Mexican slang words used in Mexico today?
[2009-06-26 19:29:02]

What are some words Mexican teens use? (such as: que pedo, no mames, etc)


que onda (whats up)
ai way (kinda like shit but not as bad)
chingao (shit)
a la verga! (its like an insult)
te ahuites (how embarassing!)
orale (come on!)

thats all i can think of right now but there are

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