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guitacash; dough

colloquial

Slightly more emphatic and street-flavoured than pasta; implies a significant or desirable sum.

Con toda la guita que tiene, podría pagarse una casa sin pedir ningún préstamo.With all the cash he has, he could buy a house without taking out any loan.

dar un paloto pull a job; to carry out a robbery

colloquial

Fixed phrase in criminal slang. The object of the robbery can follow: dar un palo a una farmacia.

Llevaban meses buscando el momento adecuado para dar el palo.They had been looking for the right moment to pull the job for months.

chungobad trip; dodgy; rough (situation or feeling)

colloquial

Broad adjective meaning anything unpleasant, suspicious, or physically bad. Dar un chungo means to have a bad reaction, especially to drugs.

El ambiente de ese barrio de noche me parece bastante chungo.The atmosphere in that neighbourhood at night seems pretty dodgy to me.

moscarseto get annoyed; to get irritated

colloquial

Mosquear / moscarse are interchangeable. Implies mild to moderate annoyance, not rage.

Se mosquea con mucha facilidad cuando la gente llega tarde.She gets irritated very easily when people are late.

estar forradoto be loaded; to be rolling in money

colloquial

Refers to being very wealthy. Forrado literally means 'lined' (as in a coat lining), but idiomatically signals extreme wealth.

Su familia lleva generaciones en el sector del petróleo y están forrados.His family has been in the oil sector for generations and they're absolutely loaded.

cagadocoward; scared stiff

vulgar

Literally refers to defecation; as an insult it means someone who lacks nerve or courage. Common in male peer-group speech.

No le gusta el riesgo para nada, es un cagado de mucho cuidado.He doesn't like risk at all, he's a total coward.

a huevodead easy; a piece of cake; handed to us on a plate

vulgar

Describes a situation or target that offers no resistance or difficulty. The phrase has a crass origin but is widely understood in informal speech.

Con el vigilante distraído, el acceso al almacén estaba a huevo.With the security guard distracted, getting into the warehouse was a piece of cake.

peladobroke; skint

colloquial

Pelado literally means 'peeled' or 'shaved'; colloquially it means completely out of money. Used in the same register as sin un duro.

Llegué a fin de mes completamente pelado y tuve que pedirle dinero a mi madre.I reached the end of the month completely broke and had to ask my mum for money.

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