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July 4, 2009

Hazme reir.

expression

Meaning: Make me laugh.

Example: Estoy deprimida. ¡Hazme reir, porfis! (I’m depressed. Make me laugh, please!)

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for the Spanish translation.

Mexican Slang
A big favor
a lot, tons
A person from Baja California
A person from Guadalajara
A person from Guanajuato
A person from Guatemala
A person from Los Cabos
A person from Monterrey
A person from Puerto Vallarta
a person from Tuxtla Gutierrez
A person from Veracruz
a person with a small nose
A ride, a lift
A slew, tons
A ton; a bunch; a whole lot
a whole lot; a ton; a bunch
Armpit
Asshole; butthead
Asshole; jerk
Awesome
Babe
Bald
Ball cap
Balls
Balls
Beer
Beer
Boobs, tits
Border
Border slang
Bothersome question
Brat
Bribe
Brother
Brown noser
Bummer!
Bummer, drag
Butterfingers
Cheap
Check it out
Chick
Chubby
Cigarette, butt
Clout, pull
Compadre - friend
Cool - awesome
Cool, awesome
Cross your fingers!
Crybaby
Damn thing
Damned
Dance club
Dang!
Daughter
Dedicated
Destructo
Dick
Ditch (school)
Don't bug me!
Donkey, dumb person, idiot
Dude
Dude!
Dumb luck
Eggs
Emos
Eyes, peepers
Fanatically religious
Far out - fabulous - great
Feet
Finger-licking good
Fridge
Gay
Gee whiz!/Gosh!
Get naked
Give me a break!
Go out for a walk, go out and about
Go to hell!
Gossip
Gossip
Guy
Guy - dude
Hassle, fight, problem
Head
Head honcho, big shot
Holy smokes!
hot dog
How are you doing?
Human smuggler
Hungover
I couldn’t care less.
I don’t give a shit.
I'll see ya
Ick!
Idiot, stupid, dummy
Immigration
IQ-challenged
I’ll catch you later
I’m shocked! I can’t believe it!
Jalopy
Jughead
Kid
Kid, boy
Killer, awesome
Kiss ass
Know it all
Laid back
Lazy
Let's go!
Liter bottle of beer
Mess
Mexico City
Mr. Right
Mugger
My son
Naked
No way
No way!
Nonsense
Nosy
Not a thing
Not to know what to do
Nothing
Office
Oh my gosh!
Oh, my!
Old lady
OMG!
On foot
Oops!
Party
Payback
Peeping Tom
Person from Zihuatanejo, Guerrero
Pesos
Piece of shit
Pig-headed
Playing deaf
Poop
Pot
Really good
Rich kid
Right on!
Right on! Cool!
Rip off
Shorty; short
show off, pretentious
Shy
Skateboarders
Smelly
Snafu, disaster, screw-up
So-and-so
Someone from Mexico City
Someone from Mexico City
Someone from the US
Son of a bitch!
Squealer, rat, tattletale
Strange duck
Stuff your face
Super big bribe
Super good
That sucks!
That's fine
That’s awesome
The Big Apple (NYC)
The family jewels
The head honcho, big cheese
The police/police officer
The Virgin of Guadalupe
To be an old hand at
to be extremely drunk
To be screwed
To become like a gringo
To feel lazy
To find a person unappealing
To finger (someone)
To fuck, to fuck with
To get a boyfriend
To get faked out
To like someone
to pay attention to
To play hooky
To rip off
To screw, to get it on
To shine someone on, to blow them off
To shop for junk
To work
Tons
Too much
Touch wood, knock on wood
Trinket, knicknack, junk
Ummmmm
Underwear
Ut oh!
We’re screwed.
What the hell!
What's up?
What’s up? What’s going on?
Who knows?
Womanizer
Work
Worn out

Mexican Expressions
A week from now
airhead
All of a sudden
And so on and so forth
Any time now
As soon as possible
Be an angel
Born lucky
Break the ice
By sheer force of will, without help
Catch some Zs
Child’s play
Damn it!
Definitely; exactly
Don’t be dramatic.
Double-edged sword
Drunk and disorderly
Dyed-in-the-wool
Enjoy all types of people
Estás zafado
Fall flat on one's face
For sure
Forbidden fruit
Game of cat and mouse
Get it together, get going
Give it your all
Give yourself body and soul
God willing
God willing
Handed over on a silver platter
Happy as a clam
Happy New Year!
Happy Valentine’s Day
Hey man, come on over!
Hi, crayon!
Holy cow!
How’s it going?
I appreciate it.
I don’t give a shit!
I forgot what I was going to say.
I hope it helps.
I lost my train of thought.
I was blown away
If I remember correctly
Imagine that
In a snap, lickity split
In my expert opinion
In the middle of the brouhaha
It doesn’t do it for me/doesn’t work for me.
It's all good.
It's on the tip of my tongue.
It’s better than nothing.
It’s like the pot calling the kettle black.
It’s no big deal.
It’s no piece of cake!
It’s selling like hotcakes.
I’d go through thick and thin for you.
I’m just getting here.
Life partner, companion
Long live Mexico!
Loud and clear
Make me laugh.
Maybe, maybe not
No problem
Not labeled for individual resale
One week/two weeks
Oops!
Party on!
Piece of cake
Quickly, flying
Rain threatens
Raining cats and dogs
Retire on a shoestring budget
Right away
Ruin
Said and done!
See you later.
Shotgun wedding, to have to get married [because of the baby]
Shut your trap.
Sorry, I don’t have any.
Spread the word
Take the bribe or suffer the consequences.
Thank goodness
That's right.
That’s life!
That’s nuts!
The better half
The pretty girl wants the luck of the ugly girl
The usual time
This is me, leaving.
To be fed up with
To be pissed off
To be vain, conceited
To cheat on your significant other
To each his own
To feel like
To feel like a bug under the microscope
To get knocked up
To give you the moon and the stars
To have blind confidence
To keep your eyes peeled
To really enjoy
To wind up empty-handed
Trust your instincts.
We’re broke.
We’re going to have a few glasses of wine.
What a clown/comedian/jokester you are.
What a miracle! I don’t believe it!
What cheek s/he has!
Whatever
Whatever you say
With all due respect
With whom am I speaking?
You can’t get lost. You can’t miss it.
You look good enough to eat.
You think I just fell off
the turnip truck.
You're welcome
You’re being cheap!
You’re pretending not
to hear me.

Piropos (flirtatious saying)

Anglicism
Bye
Chat
Cool
Email
Extremely
Gravy
Look
Mix
Oops!
Pirate
Porch
Punk
Ride
Shorts
Six pack
Spring Breakers
Sweater
Tennis shoes
Tip
Trendy
Tuxedo
TV
Zombie

Vocabulary
A fairy-tale beast accused of attacking livestock.
acts of God
Annoying
At your service
Being duly sworn
billion
By the way
Bypass
Christmas Eve
Confirmed bachelor
Congratulations, best wishes
Don’t slam the door.
Download
Drunk
Drunken binge
Easter Sunday
Easter Week
First-class, classy, top-notch
Flabbergasted
Full of vices
Gang
Gaudy
Get out of here
Ghost town
Global warming
Good Friday
Hired gun
Holy Saturday
Imbecile
Introductory offer
Investor
Lame
Lazy
Leap year
Listen to me
Maid
Maybe
Mexico City
Midwife
Namesake
Nickname
No diving
Old maid
Pawn shop
Please
Poor thing
pothole
Probably
Pros and cons
Rude; poorly brought up
Rude; poorly brought up
Secondhand
St. Patrick’s Day
Straight up, neat
Suddenly
Super Bowl
Sweetheart
Sweetie
Swine flu
Take heart!
The death penalty
The tooth fairy
Thief
Time out
To argue
To be starving
To the point
What?
Whiskey