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OH-mehinterjection, nounRegionalCaribbean Coast
A Colombian Spanish slang term. Browse all Colombian slang.
What it means
Man, mate — a vocative on the Caribbean coast, tacked on to the end of clauses more often than the beginning.
As a standalone interjection of protest or disbelief, close to 'come on'.
Examples with translations
¡Ajá, ome, no sea así!
Come on, man, don't be like that!
Espérame ahí, ome.
Wait for me there, mate.
Where it comes from
A reduction of hombre, with the coastal loss of the aspirated h- and the final -r. Written ome, hombe or ombe depending on the writer; there is no settled orthography because it is a spoken form.
Other forms
- Spellings and variants:
- hombe, ombe
- Similar terms:
- hombe, ajá