some mexican slang (hair, children, party, police)

[FLEA1]

Originally Posted by malamute

Slang would likely vary quite a bit by region and also socio-economic level.

There's this song -- kind of catchy and clever as far as the use of slang.


YouTube - El Narco Cholo

:lol: this video make me laugh, is very funny.
Cholo(mexican-american culture)= gangster.

[kinkytoes]

I didn't understand that at all. Not very good w/ slang? What is some slang that "cholos" use?

[amc760]

Originally Posted by zacatecana

I had never heard of chilo. As far as I'm concerned Chilo is short for Isidro.

Also some of the slang vary due to the accent of a particular state. If you go to Sonora, you will find a lot of people pronounce ch as sh. So you hear them say,"Ay shiquillo!" Oh and everything ends with illo or illa like most northern states. Chiquillo, platillo, puertilla, maquinilla, etc.

Escuincle- if you ever watched El chavo del Ocho, you would have heard this one from Dona Florinda. This was one of my mom's words too as well as, "hija de tu madre". Of course, she was the only one allowed to use it toward us...hahahaha.

yeahhh...i heard shiquillo before, or referring to a little gangster, "pachucillo"...but I only heard it by voice..never r ead it, or heard people other than my mom or grandma talk like that

[zacatecana]

Originally Posted by FLEA1

I don't think so...at least in sonora that is not common.
Maybe you talk about the northeast (Nuevo Leon, coahuila, tamaulipas), there are differences also between slang of the people of the northeast and the northwest.

Yes, you are right. I did not specify which northern states I was referring to. In Zacatecas we talk like that all the time, in the small towns and ranchos, that is.

cotorrear-chat
cotorra or vesti santos- a woman who never married
sale- let's do it or you're on, etc.

[FLEA1]

Originally Posted by zacatecana

Yes, you are right. I did not specify which northern states I was referring to.

Example: huerquillo= Litle boy(Monterrey slang).

[FLEA1]

Originally Posted by kinkytoes

I didn't understand that at all. Not very good w/ slang? What is some slang that "cholos" use?

Something like that.

Que transa vato?= what's up man?= cero(0) (nothing new).
Que barrio tiras morro?= what is your neighborhood?= puro BBG socio(pure BBG man)

Cholos to talk about to their neighbourhood generally use the initial of their neighbourhood, and initials of their description.
Example: BBG, the first "B"(Balderrama is the neighbourhood) the second "B" (big), and the "G" (ghetto).

BBG=Balderrama barrio grande =Balderrama big ghetto.

cholos also mix English and the Spanish(spanglish).

[amc760]

Originally Posted by kinkytoes

I didn't understand that at all. Not very good w/ slang? What is some slang that "cholos" use?

If you mean cholos in the US, most of them talk English more than anything. But theres a lot of old school cholo talk that made its way to today.


heina=chick, girlfriend

rolas=songs

firme=good, cool, solid

vato=guy

ranfla=car, your ride

homes=cholos like to call each other homie, homeboy..but i think they started 'homes'

q-vo= OOOLD school way of saying whats up.

cuete=pistol, handgun

leva= a punk, a sell out

que onda?=whats up

orale=hey

rifa=tough...usually used with whatever hood. Sur 13 RIFA

[Travelling fella]

Originally Posted by amc760

If you mean cholos in the US, most of them talk English more than anything. But theres a lot of old school cholo talk that made its way to today.


heina=chick, girlfriend

rolas=songs

firme=good, cool, solid

vato=guy

ranfla=car, your ride

homes=cholos like to call each other homie, homeboy..but i think they started 'homes'

q-vo= OOOLD school way of saying whats up.

cuete=pistol, handgun

leva= a punk, a sell out

que onda?=whats up

orale=hey

rifa=tough...usually used with whatever hood. Sur 13 RIFA

of those some have made it to contemporary mexican spanish

rola is very popular when refering to songs.

hey checate esta rola
esta rola esta chida


vato is very popular in northern mexico

quiubo vato!!
que transa vatos!!
vatos locos!!

que onda and orale were used before cholos lol rifa too

tssss ese dj si rifa vato!!

LOLOL

'amonos en tu ranfla hasta tlalnepantla!! ROFL!!!

[amc760]

Originally Posted by Travelling fella

of those some have made it to contemporary mexican spanish

rola is very popular when refering to songs.

hey checate esta rola
esta rola esta chida


vato is very popular in northern mexico

quiubo vato!!
que transa vatos!!
vatos locos!!

que onda and orale were used before cholos lol rifa too

tssss ese dj si rifa vato!!

LOLOL

'amonos en tu ranfla hasta tlalnepantla!! ROFL!!!

haha!

Its funny how American cholos spoke a lot of spanish influenced slang, and over time, Mexicans started speaking some Chicano/English influenced slang. Especially in northern cities.

[kinkytoes]

Thanks! That reminds me of Cheech in a movie called Born in East LA