Venezuela
Most popular words
All expressions
Venezuela
All expressions
In Mexico and Latin America, to go wild with fun — to have a crazy good time without limits or filters. When you loqueas, you're letting loose completely.
To chat or converse via text messages on any messaging application. This is the most normalized English loanword in digital Spanish.
An unbearably annoying person who drives you crazy with their presence or behavior in Venezuela. Also used as an exclamation of pure frustration when something goes wrong. A ladilla is that one coworker who won't stop talking, that errand that takes three hours, or any source of relentless irritation.
The legendary smack delivered with a flip-flop — the iconic Latin American parenting tool and universal symbol of maternal discipline. The chancletazo transcends borders and generations.
A cheapskate — someone pathologically reluctant to spend money, even when they can afford it. In Venezuela, pichirre is that friend who 'forgets their wallet' every single time, who splits the bill down to the last cent, who won't buy you so much as a coffee. Being called pichirre is not a compliment.