Vaina
Venezuelan Slang: How to Understand a Caraqueño
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Add a word/Sounds like "BEHR" (as in "bed") + "gah" (as in "garden")/
Meaning
A wildcard Mexican swear word that can express anything from shock to insult depending on context. It literally means penis, but Mexicans have turned it into dozens of expressions covering surprise, anger, admiration, and total dismissal.
Examples
“Holy shit! Is that true?”
“I don't give a damn what they say.”
“Traffic today is absolutely terrible.”
Regional synonyms
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/Sounds like "BEHR" (as in "bed") + "gah" (as in "garden")/
Meaning
A wildcard Mexican swear word that can express anything from shock to insult depending on context. It literally means penis, but Mexicans have turned it into dozens of expressions covering surprise, anger, admiration, and total dismissal.
Examples
“Holy shit! Is that true?”
“I don't give a damn what they say.”
“Traffic today is absolutely terrible.”
Regional synonyms
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Tomarse el palo
To take a comment or joke personally when it was not aimed at you. In Mexico, someone who "se toma el palo" gets defensive over something that had nothing to do with them, which usually just confirms everyone else's suspicion that it actually did.