Lingo Kaiava

Slang, Language by Language

Textbooks teach you the language. They don't teach you the word everyone in the room is actually using — and using the wrong one is the fastest way to sound like you learned from an app. Here's what people really say, with what it means, how to pronounce it, and when it'll get you in trouble.

Same meaning. Different word. Every border.

Spanish alone splits like this across 20 countries:

Spanish, country by country

🇲🇽 Mexico 10 words

güey·órale·no manches·chido·¿qué onda?·chamba·neta·cruda·ahorita·fresa

🇨🇴 Colombia 10 words

parce·¿qué más?·bacano·chévere·guayabo·listo·berraco·tinto·a la orden·lucas

🇦🇷 Argentina 9 words

che·boludo·dale·posta·quilombo·laburo·pibe·copado·re

🇨🇱 Chile 8 words

cachai·po·weón·bacán·fome·carrete·pololo·altiro

🇪🇸 Spain 8 words

tío·vale·guay·molar·currar·flipar·chaval·majo

🇵🇪 Peru 7 words

causa·pata·chela·pe·jato·palta·chibolo

🇻🇪 Venezuela 5 words

chamo·pana·vaina·arrecho·ladilla

🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 4 words

klk·tíguere·tato·chin

🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 5 words

wepa·brutal·corillo·chavos·janguear

🇨🇺 Cuba 4 words

asere·¿qué bolá?·yuma·pincha

🇨🇷 Costa Rica 5 words

mae·pura vida·tuanis·brete·diay

🇪🇨 Ecuador 3 words

ñaño·de ley·achachay

🇧🇴 Bolivia 3 words

cumpa·guagua·pucha

🇺🇾 Uruguay 3 words

bo·ta·guita

🇵🇾 Paraguay 3 words

tereré·nde·chipa

🇬🇹 Guatemala 3 words

chapín·pisto·chilero

🇸🇻 El Salvador 3 words

cipote·chivo·puchica

🇭🇳 Honduras 3 words

catracho·maje·baleada

🇳🇮 Nicaragua 2 words

deacachimba·nica

🇵🇦 Panama 3 words

¿qué xopa?·offi·buco

Every other language we teach

🇰🇷 Korean 12 words

대박·오빠·애교·진짜·아이씨·화이팅·막내·눈치·먹방·빨리·꼰대·사랑해

🇯🇵 Japanese 12 words

やばい·すごい·めんどくさい·懐かしい·頑張って·マジ·いただきます·先輩·お疲れ様·かわいい·しょうがない·バカ

🇨🇳 Chinese 10 words

牛逼·yyds·加油·麻烦·老外·内卷·差不多·关系·躺平·666

🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese 10 words

saudade·cara·legal·valeu·beleza·mano·gringo·oxe·fofoca·chato

🇫🇷 French 10 words

meuf·ouf·kiffer·chelou·bof·ça marche·truc·nickel·wesh·ras-le-bol

🇩🇪 German 9 words

doch·geil·krass·Alter·Quatsch·Feierabend·Bock·na ja·Schadenfreude

🇮🇹 Italian 9 words

boh·magari·allora·dai·che palle·figo·meno male·mannaggia·in bocca al lupo

Reading slang isn't speaking it

Lingo Kaiava is a voice tutor you pick a language — and for Spanish, a country — for. Choose Colombia and it says parce. Choose Chile and it says cachai. Choose Japanese and it speaks like a person, not a phrasebook. It corrects your grammar without ever flattening how real people talk — which is the thing every other app gets wrong.

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