lunes, 14 de marzo de 2011

Peruvian slang and some idiomatic expressions

I'm gonna write just a little cause there is a lot and I can't remember all.
It's interesting to know cause just one word can mean a lot, It depends the contex and the way you say that word, It can be a good thing or bad thing.
Let's see some comon gretting:
Habla causa, que hay???   It's similar to say: Hey man what's up? .....You can use it with a closed friend, causa means buddy, also you can use other similar words like: barrio( neighboor and friend), barrunto, batería, chochera.  Also you can say:  Que hay tio?  It's like: how's it going?

Some vocabulary:

Police ( tombo)                        Young robber ( piraña)     House ( jato)         
Girlfriend ( flaca, germa)           Dollar ( coco)                   Eat (  jamear)
Boyfriend( gil)                          Dad ( viejo)                      Sleep ( jatear)
Job ( chamba)                         Classroom ( lonsa)            Fight ( mechar)
Party ( tono)                            Beer ( chela)                    Kiss ( chaplin, chape)


Some expressions:  Esta papaya ( similar to say, that's a peace of cake)  Ya al toque causa( It's like , do it quickly man) or...   oe ta que te loquea ( means: That person is making fun of you)

We use the word " gringo ( for male) or  gringa ( for female)" for american people or sometime for  blond  people( of course this is not a bad way)




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