So something I was really worried about going to Galicia was that I would not understand their official language, Gallego or Galician. Gallego is a mixture between Portuguese and Spanish, and I remember before leaving I worriedly listened to a few videos and read a couple of passages to see if I understood it. I easily read the passages but missed words here and there in the videos. Luckily for me, Castellano is mainly used in Vigo. According to them Galician is spoken in the more rural parts of Galicia and is more apparent with the older generation. Castellano is spoken throughout Spain, but every community has it's proper language--I guess you could somewhat think of it as all the different accents in the States. For example, in Valencia they speak Valencian and in Mallorca in the Balearic islands they speak Mallorquin. Anyways I will update this section every so often after I have compiled a list of new slang phrases or words that I have learned from the younger generation of Spaniards. Some of these phrases are really random, and I honestly couldn't tell you how each one came up in conversation. Nonetheless enjoy!!
Yours truly,
TLT
1. estar de cachondeo = to party a lot or go out --carefree
2. la edad de pavo = usually refers to high schoolers, their rebellious and carefree years
3. cosas chanchos = dirty things
4. cerra ingle = bikini wax
5. taquilla = locker
6. rebajos = sales
7. morringo = more or less a player
8. toca fiesta = to party
9. joder = f**k
10. que te jodan = f***k off/it/you
11. estar jodido/a = I'm f***ked
12. mierda = sh**
13. moreno obrero = farmer's tan
14. estas cachondo = hott/player
15. eres un cachondo = funny person
16. eres un crack = amazing person
17. estoy flipando = something random that comes out of nowhere/ridiculous
18. ni puta idea aun = to have no f**king idea
19. No tengo un duro = to be really broke
20. paleto = hick
21. sereno = sober
22. putear = burlarse, to make fun of
23. chillar = shout
24. los polos opuesto siempre se atrae = polar opposites attract
25. zorra=girl player aka slu*
26. posición vertica= upright position---funny story with this word-- I tell all the new words I learn to the kiosko man I'm friends with near my house, and I said this word after having told him some bad words I was taught and obviously you would probably think you knew the definition of this one based on all these other words I was learning, but then I was telling him it was a word I learned on the plane to bring the seats back up!
Yours truly,
TLT
1. estar de cachondeo = to party a lot or go out --carefree
2. la edad de pavo = usually refers to high schoolers, their rebellious and carefree years
3. cosas chanchos = dirty things
4. cerra ingle = bikini wax
5. taquilla = locker
6. rebajos = sales
7. morringo = more or less a player
8. toca fiesta = to party
9. joder = f**k
10. que te jodan = f***k off/it/you
11. estar jodido/a = I'm f***ked
12. mierda = sh**
13. moreno obrero = farmer's tan
14. estas cachondo = hott/player
15. eres un cachondo = funny person
16. eres un crack = amazing person
17. estoy flipando = something random that comes out of nowhere/ridiculous
18. ni puta idea aun = to have no f**king idea
19. No tengo un duro = to be really broke
20. paleto = hick
21. sereno = sober
22. putear = burlarse, to make fun of
23. chillar = shout
24. los polos opuesto siempre se atrae = polar opposites attract
25. zorra=girl player aka slu*
26. posición vertica= upright position---funny story with this word-- I tell all the new words I learn to the kiosko man I'm friends with near my house, and I said this word after having told him some bad words I was taught and obviously you would probably think you knew the definition of this one based on all these other words I was learning, but then I was telling him it was a word I learned on the plane to bring the seats back up!