Past expressions

Estar frito

To be asleep or extremely tired

Reuf

A brother

It's time to hit the books

It's time to study

Estar entre la espada y la pared

To be in a difficult situation with no good option

Renoi

A Black person

It's gone tits up

Everything has gone badly wrong

Estar en la luna

To be daydreaming not paying attention

Relou

Annoying

I'm gonna hit the sack

I'm going to sleep

Estar de mala leche

To be grumpy

Prendre quelqu'un la main dans le sac

To catch someone red-handed

Hold your horses

Wait a moment; be patient

Estar crudo

To be hungover

Poser un lapin

To stand someone up

Hit the ground running

Start something quickly and effectively

Estar como un tren

To be extremely attractive

Plan Q

A casual sex arrangement

Gutted

Extremely disappointed

Estar colgado/a por alguien

To be crazy about someone, obsessively infatuated

Péter plus haut que son cul

To be arrogant, full of oneself, or pretentious.

Gobsmacked

Extremely shocked or amazed

Estar colado

To be in love/ obsessed

Pécho

To hook up with

Gobshite

A very annoying or stupid person

Estar a dos velas

To be broke

Passer du coq à l’âne

To jump from one thing to another

Go touch grass

Get offline and go outside

Está muy padre

It's really cool

Ouf

Crazy

Full of beans

Very energetic and lively

Es una mierda pinchada en un palo

It's very bad

Nawak

Nonsense

Fine and dandy

Perfectly good or acceptable

Eres un parguela

You're a loser / you're a sucker

Mifa

Family

Feral

Acting wildly or out of control

Éramos pocos y parió la abuela

As if things weren't bad enough

Mettre les pieds dans le plat

To make a gaffe / blunder

Drive someone up the wall

To annoy someone intensely

En el quinto pino

Very far away

Méfu

To smoke

Dope

Very cool or impressive

El burro sabe más que tú

Calling someone dumb or incompetent

Les carottes sont cuites

It's all over

Done and dusted

Thoroughly completed or settled

Echar un polvo

To have sex with someone

Le courant ne passe pas

There's no chemistry or connection between people

Dodgy

Suspicious, unreliable, or unsafe

Echar un kiki

To have a quickie / to have casual sex

Laisser tomber comme une vieille chaussette

To abandon someone

Deadass

Completely serious; not joking

Echar un casquete

To have a quickie

Laisse béton

Forget it

Curve

To reject someone romantically

De noche todos los gatos son pardos

Appearances can be deceiving

La zicmu

Music

Chinwag

A friendly chat

De Guatemala a Guatepeor

Worsen an already bad situation

La tof

A photo

Caught in 4k

Caught with undeniable evidence

Dar una mamada

To give a blowjob

La teuf

A party

Burn the midnight oil

Work late into the night

Dar la lata

To annoy or to pester someone

La teub

The penis

Bummer

A disappointment

Comerse el marrón

To deal with the problem

La reum

Mother

Brokie

Someone with no money

Codo

Cheap / stingy person

La beuh

Weed

Break a leg

Good luck

Churri

Sweetheart

Fait ièch

It's annoying

Brain rot

Mental dullness from consuming too much low-quality content

Chingar

To fuck / to mess with

Faire un 5 contre 1

To mastrurbate

Bounce

To leave or head somewhere else

Chilango

A person from Mexico City

Faire la sourde oreille

To ignore

Bonkers

Completely crazy; wildly irrational

Chela / cheve

Beer

Être en kiff total sur quelqu'un

To be totally into someone

Bob's your uncle

And there you have it; the task is complete

Chavo / chava

Kid / young person

En faire tout un fromage

To exaggerate the importance of something

Bloody

A strong intensifier similar to 'very'

Chafa

Cheap low quality

En avoir ras-le-bol

To be fed up

Bite the bullet

Tolerate something tough or unpleasant