![]() Hay un tono el viernes. (There’s a party on Friday.) 8. ¡Esta canción es pitri mitri! (This song is awesome!) 7. This is a cutesy, rhyming way to say “Awesome!” You don’t have a trabajo (job) in informal Peruvian jargon, you have a chamba. Jama is the noun form, so it just means “food.” The slang verb jamear is common in a few Latin American countries as an alternative to comer (to eat). Spanish speakers from some lands litter their sentences with pues (then, well) as a meaningless filler word. (I can’t go shopping, I don’t have money.) 3. According to one source, it comes from the Spanish gypsies’ word for money. The currency in Peru is the sol (as of this writing, one American dollar is worth about three soles). Note that it always ends with an a, no matter whether you’re referring to a male or a female. ![]() However, this is the Peruvian slang replacement for amigo (friend). Pata in standard Spanish means the leg or paw of an animal ( pierna is only used for human legs). ![]() This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that youĬlick here to get a copy. This post will show you 46 of the most important Peruvian slang terms you should know to sound like a native! Knowing Peruvian slang will help you understand more about the rich culture in Peru and be able to communicate better with the locals. ![]() 46 Peruvian Slang Words That’ll Help You Fit in With the Locals ![]()
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