25+ Slang Words in Spanish You Need to Know

The nuances of Spanish exist well beyond any dictionary. As if the language weren't hard enough to learn, our daily speech is full of words that have been completely redefined as slang. And to make matters even worse, those terms vary widely from country to country and even town to town — sometimes family to family.

Here, we rounded up some of the most loved and colloquially used words and phrases from across Latin America. The great part is that this slang is frequently used in more than one country! Consider yourself in the know.

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