prendido
prehn-DEE-dohadjectiveInformal
A Colombian Spanish slang term. Browse all Colombian slang.
What it means
Tipsy — pleasantly drunk, talkative, still functioning. The specific stage matters: Colombian has a graded ladder and prendido is the good rung on it.
Further along the ladder come tomado, jincho and, at the end, the state that produces a guayabo. Saying prendido when you mean jincho is an understatement everyone recognises.
Literally: Switched on, lit.
Examples with translations
Ya estoy prendido, mejor no manejo.
I'm a bit merry already, better not drive.
Se puso prendida con dos polas.
Two beers and she was tipsy.
Where it comes from
From prender, 'to light, to switch on' — the same metaphor as English 'lit', arrived at independently and much earlier.
Other forms
- Spellings and variants:
- prendida
- Similar terms:
- tomado, jincho, picho