Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Bad Spanish Words, part 2

More words to watch out for, emailed to me by a colleague.

boboso -- bastard/dumbass

maricon/joto -- derogatory terms for homosexual

gue -- idiot

nalgas -- butt

torta -- tart, sexually promiscuous

puta -- whore/b___ (when used as an adjective as in putas llaves it means damn)

perra -- b___

hijo de la chingada -- son of a b____

mono -- monkey, often a racist code word for black people

mayate -- racist term for black people

cerote -- racist term used by Mexicans against Salvadorans, meaning rubbish.

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