Languages/Lenguajes
Languages/Lenguajes
If you are planning to travel to Peru, you can click in the buttom
below to learn spanish.
Learn additional words or sentences of spanish spoken only in Peru.
It is very important to talk to the natives in the jargon they
speak. The slang listed in this page is spoken mostly in Lima and
in the north region of Peru.
English ...... Peruvian slang
Friend = pata (or) carreta
something cool = es chevere (or) es bacan
police officer = tombo
thief = choro
omnibus (van) = combi
nice guy = gallada
police station = la comica
young woman = gila
brown nose = sobón
gay = maricón (or) ñoco
pretty woman = churro
have a lot of money = tiene bastante mosca (or) guita
have a party = pachanga
security guard = huachimán
tips = propinas
whistle blower = soplón
paper boy = canillita
jail = chirona
bald head = pelado
job = chamba
private eye = tira
succer = froilán
howdy = hola
bye = chao
see you later = nos vemos
woman = jerma
brawler = bochinchero
whiner = ayayero
soccer = futbol
handsome fellow = piedrón
gringo = yungay (DK)
bad luck = salado
girlfriend = flaca (DK)
girlfriend = costilla (DK)
money= plata (DK)
brown nose = chupa medias (DK)
jail = cana (DK)
pants = lompas (DK)
watch = bobo (DK)
tie = soga (DK)
shirt = mica (DK)
sneakers = tabas (DK)
child = chibolo (DK)
young teen = mocoso (DK)
to work = chambear (DK)
to steal = chorear (DK)
a pal = choche (DK)
circle of friends = chochera (DK)
to hit a slam dunk = clavar (DK)
two people making out in public = pulpos (DK)
no way = araque! (DK)
are you serious? = aburrrca! (DK)
someone from the mountains = serrano(a) (DK)
a Latin-American as opposed to a "gringo" = cholo(a) (DK)
blonde = cabeza de choclo (DK)
someone's house = jato (DK)
to hang around the house = jatear (DK)
an idiot = huaman (DK)
to get married = meter la soga (DK)
I have to do it, I don't have a choice = caballero, no mas! (DK)
to be hungry = estar con un filo (DK)
to have a nice body (a woman) = tener un buen chancho (DK)
to have luck = abrocharse (DK)
idiot, jerk = monse (DK)
fake or not real = bamba (DK)
bedroom = tocuar (DK)
pregnant woman = bolero (DK)
police car = burra (DK)
american money = cocos, gringas (DK)
friend = cumpa (DK)
beer = chela