(#)  APOGRIFRIGUCOS <br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 14pt">A Politically Incorrect, yet GRIngo-FRIendly GUide to Colombian Slang, _parlache_ and idioms</span>

(##) Contents

 * Intro
    * Vulgarity, Offensiveness and Coolness levels
 * Quick Index
    * A: algo, [#avión], amarga, anillo, arepa
    * B: bacano, barra, berraco, berraquera, biblia, birra, boleta, bueno, burro chancleteado
    * C: caco, cachos, cachondo, cacorro, camello, cantaleta, catorce, chepa, chela, chepero, chimba, chimbo, chino, chinazo, chiviado, chocoloco, chocha, chucha, chunchurria, churrias, chuspa, corroncho, cuadrar, cuchuflí
    * D: descache, descrestar, delicioso
    * E: embalado, encholar
    * F: fara, fritanga, full, fullero
    * G: gala, gallinazo, gonorrea, grilla, grillero, gringo, guácala, guachafita, guayabo, guerrero, güeva, gurre
    * H: harto
    * J: jarto
    * I: inmamable
    * L: llave, lucas
    * M: mamera, mamar gallo, man, marimonda, mecato, mono, motoso
    * N: nea
    * P: parce, parcero, parche, paro, pispo
    * Ñ: ñero, ñuco
    * O: onces
    * P: pan, paisa, panocha, pichar, plata
    * R: rolo, rumba, ruso
    * S: sapo, sardino,
    * T: tenaz, titino, tombo
    * V: vaca, vaina, verga, vieja, volao

(##) Intro

(###) Vulgarity levels

The following symbols are meant to guide you about the appropriateness of using each slang term in a polite setting or in front of kids.

 1. 👶 Not at all vulgar
 2. 🙄 Somewhat vulgar
 3. 😳 Vulgar
 4. 🤢 Very, very vulgar


(###) Offensiveness levels

Offensiveness of course depends on tone, context and the level of thrust you have with people.

 1.    Not at all offensive
 2. 🤨 Mildly offensive
 3. 😧 Offensive
 4. 😡 Very offensive

(##) A

(###) avión

👶 A smart, sly person, who can easily take advantage of opportunities or weaknesses of others.

(###) amarga (n.)

A beer 
Literal meaning: bitter (female form)
Example:
  - Vamos por unas amargas (Let's go for some beers)


(###) algo

(Paisa region) A mid-afternoon snack. The verb form is _tomar el algo_,
even though it is a solid snack and not a beverage.

(##) C

(###) cantaleta 👶

A repetitive or persistent complaint or nagging. It can also refer to a moralizing lecture or scolding.

Verb form: _dar cantaleta_

Example: _"¡No me des más cantaleta!"_ = "Stop scolding me!"

(###) chimba 😳

The female reproductive organ. Also used to denote things that are cool or neat

(###) chimbo 😳

The male reproductive organ. Also used to denote things that are bad, fake, or poor immitations.

(###) churro 👶

A very handsome or hot person.

(##) D

(###) delicioso 🙄

(n.) _hacer el delicioso_: to make sweet love

(##) G

(###) gallinazo

1. 👶 The Colombian name for a vulture (standard spanish _buitre_)
2. 🙄 A very flirtatious person. Mostly to refer to men who like to flirt.

(###) guayabo 👶

A hangover.
Literal meaning: A guava tree.

(###) gurre 🙄

(n.) A rather unactractive person, the kind you might hook up with while heavily inebriated.
The opposite would be _churro_



(##) M

(###) mecato 👶

Snacks such as _papitas_ (potato chips), _rosquitas_, _platanitos_, _chitos_, _achiras_.

Verb form: _mecatear_ (to have a snack)


(##) P

(###) paisa (adj./n.) 👶

A person raised in Antioquia, Caldas, Risaralda or Quindío. Also used to describe anything (food, custom, town, etc.) belonging to or originated in that region.

Note: Some people say it describes only people or things from Medellín or Antioquia. The author disagrees, as its discriminatory to towards peoples from the original

(###) parche (n.)

1. A cool place to hang. A cool activity to engage in. 
2. The crew, the homies
Literal meaning: patch.

Examples:   
   - Ese bar es un parche.
   - Jugar XBox con los parceros es un parch

(###) porro (n.)

1. A (marihuana) joint.
2. (not slang) A certain traditional kind of music.

(###) pichar (v.) 😳

To fuck

(##) R

(###) rolo, a (adj./n.)

A person raised in Bogotá or it's surroundings

(##) V

(###) verga

The male member, especially when large and imposing

Also used in expressions such as _¡Se fue todo a la verga!_ = everything went to shit,
or  _¡ese man es la verga!_ = that dude is awesome!

(###) volao

A cliff.

Example: _Si manejas por las carreteras de Antioquia tienes un gran riesgo de irte por un volao_ =
If you drive on Antioquia's roads you have a great risk of falling off a cliff


(##) Great links

https://spanish.yabla.com/lesson-Colombian-Slang-100-Words-and-Phrases-to-Sound-like-a-True-Colombian-1675



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