Spainbuah
interjection · Informal · BWAH
Wow; oh man. An all-purpose reaction particle opening a sentence, expressing anything from awe to weariness depending on delivery.
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Spanish Slang for Filler Words
14 Spanish slang terms for filler words, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
The small words that hold speech together: hedges, tags, intensifiers and pause-fillers. Almost invisible to native speakers and almost impossible for learners.
coño
interjection · Vulgar
Damn it; for heaven's sake. Used as a general exclamation and as an intensifier inside questions: ¿qué coño haces?
Use with care
en plan
phrase · Informal
Like; sort of; as in. A discourse marker introducing an approximation or a quotation, almost exactly parallel to the English quotative 'like'.
joder
interjection, verb · Vulgar
Damn; for God's sake. An exclamation of frustration, surprise or emphasis, and the single most common swear word in Spain.
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Use with care
mogollón
noun, adverb · Informal
A huge amount; loads. Un mogollón de gente, or adverbially: me gusta mogollón.
ni de coña
phrase · Vulgar
No chance; not a hope. An emphatic refusal or denial of possibility.
Use with care
pillar
verb · Informal
To catch or grab: voy a pillar el metro.
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quedar
verb · Colloquial
To arrange to meet; to make plans with someone. Absolutely central to Spanish social life and with no single-word English equivalent — 'we quedamos at eight' means the meeting is agreed.
rollo
noun · Informal
A bore; something tedious and long-winded. Qué rollo — 'what a drag'.
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sobremesa
noun · Colloquial
The long conversation that continues at the table after a meal has finished. Not slang exactly, but untranslatable and central enough to Spanish life to belong here.
tela
adverb, noun · Informal
A lot; very. Es tela de caro — 'it's seriously expensive'.
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tío
noun, interjection · Informal · TEE-oh
Dude, mate. The standard address term between friends in Spain, and the rough equivalent of Mexican güey.
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vale
interjection · Colloquial · BAH-leh
Okay; alright; fine. The single most frequent word in Spanish conversation after the basics, and essentially untranslatable in its full range.
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venga
interjection · Colloquial
Come on; let's go. Encouragement or prompting.
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